I, Brian

Looking to explore more of the modern Indie scene - my own music influences are mainly from the late 80's to early 90's, but I really need to widen out and get more up to date.

Any bands that come particularly recommended across the general Indie genre?

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Figure8

Elliott Smith is my favorite ever, I think you've already checked him out other then him i'm really into.

Patrick Wolf
The Flaming Lips
Okkervil River
Neutral Milk Hotel
Modest Mouse
Of Montreal
Beck
American Football

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LikelyLad

Yeah...the best thing to do would to be to buy NME magazine, its the best place for alternative/indie music and upcoming bands and stuff

GoodOmens

I'd have to say Sufjan Stevens, Mat Pond PA, and Oxford Collapse are some of my favorites.

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telegedi

yea you should check out Illinois, East Hundred, and Eastern Conference Champions. all great bands that not a lot of people know about yet. go to myspace and type them in. They're going on tour and East Hundred has new a recording come out soon

I, Brian

Thanks for the recommendations.

Especially good tip about looking some up on Myspace.

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mar82

I recommend you two bands: The Big Sleep and Land of Talk.
I adore them!Let me know if you like them too.

Cheers

Marta

Pronetoboredom

Rademacher
Yes Means No
E>K>U>K
Venus Infers
The Weather Underground
Softlightes
Xiu Xiu
Jaguar Love
Castledoor

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cretora

q and not u
dear and the headlights
moving units

Milena007

Hi there,

I think i am a bit lost really...i never heard of the bands above..are they all americans?

Sorry, i am into UK bands only...

indieaaron45

If you want to go globe tripping check out Beirut...They'll whisk you off to Europe in no time...

white_gangster

If you like Neutral Milk Hotel, of montreal, I noticed that it was mentioned, check out Elf Power, Folklore, The Olivia Tremor Control, Camera Obscura, Belle and sabastian.

Flaming Lips, Beck - Wilco? Maybe.

Xiu Xiu - check out the pAper chAse for sure. "said the spider to the fly" is my favourite.

Modest Mouse- the decemberists, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie(has the same lead singer as the postal service), The Shins, Iron and wine, camera obscura, belle and sabastian, The Killers, Bright eyes???, and I would almost say the dashboard confessional

thats about all I have time for, if you want some more just message me.

white_gangster

one more thing, don't be afraid of popular bands like Radiohead, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, some people listen the "indie" genre so that they can be different and try as hard as they can to find the most unknown band just so that they can be different. So, don't give those other bands up just because they are a little more known.

travanx

I like
Editors
Apartment
Maccabees
The Wombats
Moving Units

Turtle109

I have to agree with many of the posts in here...def. check out (or re-check) radiohead, death cab for cutie, the postal service and matt pond PA...all of which will be good adds to your music library