Good Indie Artists?

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Dec 7, 2009 12:19 AM #521534
I already have these.

The Antlers
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Band of Horses
Bill Callahan
Black Kids
Bloc Party
British Sea Power
Dan Deacon
Does it Offend you, Yeah?
Fever Ray
Florence and The Machine
Great Lake Swimmers
Grizzly Bear
Hard-Fi
Hockey
The Juan MacLean
Klaxons
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Management
MGMT
Midnight Juggernauts
Owl City
Passion Pit
Phoenix
Radiohead
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Sufjan Stevens
Sun Kil Moon
Sunset Rubdown
The Temper Trap
Vampire Weekend
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Wild Beats
Yeasayer
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Dec 7, 2009 1:28 AM #521550
good
indie
choose one

also, The Management and MGMT are the same band, and they are signed to major record lables, so they aren't indie. same with radiohead.

oh and i saw the music video for cousins by vampire weekend on tv a few times, cool music video.
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Dec 7, 2009 3:12 AM #521585
Quote from 2-D
good
indie
choose one

also, The Management and MGMT are the same band, and they are signed to major record lables, so they aren't indie. same with radiohead.

oh and i saw the music video for cousins by vampire weekend on tv a few times, cool music video.


Eh, I really meant bands that sounds similar to a few of the artists I posted. Sorry for misunderstanding.
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Dec 7, 2009 10:27 AM #521661
uh, tell me what sound classifies as independent?
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Dec 7, 2009 12:50 PM #521669
Yeah, I was going to say that a bunch of them are nowhere near indie...

Anyway, here are all the ones from my comp that would fit loosely with the above list.

Imogen Heap
Friendly Fires
The Dead Weather
Royksopp
Miike Snow
Metronomy
Crystal Castles
The Whitest Boy Alive
The Avalanches
LCD Soundsystem
Seekae
The XX

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Modular Leave Them All Behind III (A great compilation)
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Dec 7, 2009 12:52 PM #521670
Royksopp are cool.
i got pretty sick of them though after listening to their A.M. album 1000 times
even though I like the songs on it, i hate listening to them
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Dec 7, 2009 12:58 PM #521674
Oh, I forgot to add Hudson Mohawke. Some of the songs on his album "Butter" are really unconventional, and definitely an acquired taste.
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Dec 7, 2009 9:45 PM #521815
hnnnn... the strokes? can't think of many atm
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Dec 8, 2009 5:48 AM #521997
the strokes aren't indie
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Dec 13, 2009 8:33 PM #524238
wikipedia says they are
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Dec 14, 2009 1:22 AM #524339
they aren't indie anymore. they were indie when they started, sure.
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Jan 12, 2010 5:59 AM #535732
i will add Regina Spector,Supertramp
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Jan 12, 2010 7:38 PM #535909
Are the Silversun Pickups still considered indie? They're quite good.
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Jan 12, 2010 8:03 PM #535919
The XX
The Republic Tigers
Wilco
The Beta Band
Sea Wolf
Nada Surf
Built to Spill
Modest Mouse
Sebathe
Dadly Drawn Boys
Mazzy Star
Beck
Iron and Wine
Retribution Gospel Choir
Manchester Orchestra
Blind Pilot
The Shins
Ra Ra Riot
Matt & Kim
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Jan 12, 2010 9:16 PM #535947
pretty sure modest mouse and beck aren't indie either