Indie/Folk Rock Bands

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  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    While I like My Morning Jacket, Conner Oberst is in my top 5 list of dudes I'd like to punch.

    No jumpin' the queue, damnit.
  • skittybang
    skittybang Posts: 1,525 Member
    LOVE all the bands mentioned. Fo sho.
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    I was going to post something like this the other day...but I obviously didn't.

    Built to Spill (my favorite band ever)
    Arcade Fire
    Elbow
    Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses
    Avett Brothers
    Josh Ritter
    Dispatch

    Oh, I could go on and on. Check out this song though. Pure awesomeness.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH9EJg4o9-s

    Thanks for posting that link! Nevery heard of Built to Spill, but I dig em... You'd probably like pinback (if you don't already)
    http://youtu.be/59cQWw9ctOA

    But seriously check out Avi Buffalo~ http://youtu.be/evu_MqAZpC0 - My fav line " you are tiny and your lips are like little pieces of bacon" haha~ of course it has to do with food!

    I love Pinback. Built to Spill is a lot like Modest Mouse sometimes, but I think they are a lot more listenable. I also need to add Badly Drawn Boy, Lucero, Alexi Murdoch, Damien Rice, Broken Bells, Portugal the Man...
  • kellyth78
    kellyth78 Posts: 35
    bump
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    Just added all the ones I don't know to my Spotify. Thanks you awesome ladies!
  • heyjude78
    heyjude78 Posts: 160
    I love Pinback. Built to Spill is a lot like Modest Mouse sometimes, but I think they are a lot more listenable. I also need to add Badly Drawn Boy, Lucero, Alexi Murdoch, Damien Rice, Broken Bells, Portugal the Man...

    Haha my bf likes Lucero a lot so we got to see them at the Troubadour (sp?) which was cool since I'd never been there. They were playing with Drag the River (the beau's uber fav) Def. a fan of Broken Bells and Noah and the whale (that someone posted earlier). Yay so many fun bands to check out! See if this tickles your fancy http://youtu.be/fnTacC1qUmE.
  • quitmakingexcuses
    quitmakingexcuses Posts: 906 Member
    Has anyone heard of The Shivers? I just found them last night and I AM IN LOVEEEE.
    Also, you all should check out:

    www.voiceproject.org

    It is a website that a bunch of awesome artists/bands do covers of songs by other awesome artists/bands i.e. Brett Dennen covering Citizen Cope, Deer Tick covering The Shivers, etc.

    It's actually where I found out about The Shivers. Super great! :)
  • heyjude78
    heyjude78 Posts: 160
    Has anyone heard of The Shivers? I just found them last night and I AM IN LOVEEEE.
    Also, you all should check out:

    www.voiceproject.org

    It is a website that a bunch of awesome artists/bands do covers of songs by other awesome artists/bands i.e. Brett Dennen covering Citizen Cope, Deer Tick covering The Shivers, etc.

    It's actually where I found out about The Shivers. Super great! :)

    wow I'm listening to Beauty- by the shivers....amazing!
  • finchest
    finchest Posts: 245 Member
    Has anyone heard of The Shivers?

    just found this thread & wanted to say i love the shivers! saw them open for a local band here about a year ago & have loved them ever since.
  • reneegee23
    reneegee23 Posts: 232 Member
    BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. Not trolling, pinkie swear.
  • Gigs1073
    Gigs1073 Posts: 25 Member
    Jimmy Gnecco/Ours
  • nocode52
    nocode52 Posts: 5 Member
    If you like Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes then check out Daniel Rossen and Father John Misty...solo work from members of those bands.

    Father John Misty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHJB9Po_Hc

    Daniel Rossen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ5C8qYlavE

    Also....DR. DOG!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDo6p6LH1zU
  • leadoff
    leadoff Posts: 136 Member
    Also my favourites;


    Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Modest Mouse, Silversun Pickups and Yo La Tengo ^_^

    Yo La Tengo! Haven't listened to them in a while! Saw them at the 40 Watt years back right when Electro-Pura came out. Butterglory was another favorite along that same time period....saw them at the Atomic Club at Athens.
  • carlyholly
    carlyholly Posts: 52
    Bump.
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    My favorite is 100 Monkeys, they are very unique and crazy on stage when they do shows. Bleeding Horse Express, is another awesome band, from Canada. Not a Planet, is a local Kansas city band, I love them!

    I really just love music! It don't matter who they are or how popular they are. Yesterday, at my local mall, some high school punks where walking around with a guitar saying, "play ya a song for a $1!" So after I see others rolling their eyes at them like "As if, Whatever...phift" I stepped up and gave them a dollar and listened, It was great fun, He played pretty well even :-)

    http://www.thebleedinghorseexpress.com/News.html
    http://notaplanet.com/NOT_A_PLANET/Not_A_Planet_-_Home.html
    http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/
  • SaraGrace82
    SaraGrace82 Posts: 232
    I would like everyone to share their workout playlists! I am always looking for good music to workout to!

    My favorite bands/singers are: Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, Camera Obscura, St Vincent, Neko Case, Low, Broken Social Scene, The Books, Yo La Tengo, Steve Wonder, Spoon, Stereolab, The Mountain Goats, Nick Drake, The National, Sufjan Stevens, The Smiths, Hum, Morphine, Grandaddy, Sam Cooke...

    The list goes on and on...
  • leadoff
    leadoff Posts: 136 Member
    Almost forgot....GUIDED BY VOICES. :)
  • finchest
    finchest Posts: 245 Member
    Also my favourites;


    Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Modest Mouse, Silversun Pickups and Yo La Tengo ^_^

    Yo La Tengo! Haven't listened to them in a while! Saw them at the 40 Watt years back right when Electro-Pura came out. Butterglory was another favorite along that same time period....saw them at the Atomic Club at Athens.

    yo la tengo! butterglory! the 40 watt! you are my people.

    huge magnetic fields fan here. elliott smith, pavement, superchunk + neutral milk hotel, too. and others. many others.
  • nocode52
    nocode52 Posts: 5 Member
    If you like Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes then check out Daniel Rossen and Father John Misty...solo work from members of those bands.

    Father John Misty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHJB9Po_Hc

    Daniel Rossen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ5C8qYlavE

    Also....DR. DOG!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDo6p6LH1zU

    Department of Eagles if you like Grizzly Bear

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIWMWCcpO_Y
  • leadoff
    leadoff Posts: 136 Member
    Also my favourites;


    Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Modest Mouse, Silversun Pickups and Yo La Tengo ^_^

    Yo La Tengo! Haven't listened to them in a while! Saw them at the 40 Watt years back right when Electro-Pura came out. Butterglory was another favorite along that same time period....saw them at the Atomic Club at Athens.

    yo la tengo! butterglory! the 40 watt! you are my people.

    huge magnetic fields fan here. elliott smith, pavement, superchunk + neutral milk hotel, too. and others. many others.

    YOu definitely are my people! I saw Superchunk three times...they put on a great show! I was also lucky enough to be in Athens during the Elephant 6 days and saw Neutral Milk, Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, and Apples in Stereo at the 40 Watt a few times. A NMH/OTC concert was a spectacle to behold!!!
  • reneegee23
    reneegee23 Posts: 232 Member
    Almost forgot....GUIDED BY VOICES. :)

    The BEST.
  • jennit1801
    jennit1801 Posts: 14 Member
    Oh how I loved Bright Eyes, back in the day...and Dashboard Confessional. Those 2 bands take me back to a verrrry special place in time. Speaking of, I need to download some of that so I can go back there anytime I am feeling nostalgic...
  • _trickpie
    _trickpie Posts: 87
    I would like everyone to share their workout playlists! I am always looking for good music to workout to!

    My favorite bands/singers are: Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, Camera Obscura, St Vincent, Neko Case, Low, Broken Social Scene, The Books, Yo La Tengo, Steve Wonder, Spoon, Stereolab, The Mountain Goats, Nick Drake, The National, Sufjan Stevens, The Smiths, Hum, Morphine, Grandaddy, Sam Cooke...

    The list goes on and on...
    Great list, and I second the workout playlist request. Every time I see a workout playlist thread on here it's always full of metal responses, or stuff I really am not interested in. I had an excellent indie workout playlist a few years ago, but in between then and now my iTunes got wiped and I lost all my playlists. Ugh.
  • reneepugh
    reneepugh Posts: 522 Member
    Magnetic fields, Ariel pink, Kurt vile, Beach house, atlas sound, deer hunter, animal collective, absolutely love neutral milk hotel, pinback surprised me (love the band hate the name :-)), and many more I can't think of right now...
  • StrawberrySt
    StrawberrySt Posts: 235
    Oooh my favorite thread EVER!

    My list in no particular order....

    Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Death Cab For Cutie, Neutral Milk Hotel, St Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Belle & Sebastian, Beirut, Fiest, Lissie, Roisin Murphy, She & Him, Tegan and Sara, Tired Pony, The XX,

    Aussie/New Zealand awesome bands

    Angus & Julia Stone, Goyte, Ladyhawke, Washington, Lior, Microwave Jenny, The Temper Trap, Matt Corby, The Boat People, Sia

    LOVE LOVE LOVE! I have seen 80% of these bands play live and they are just amazeballs!

    Feel free to add me :) I need more awesome friends!
  • finchest
    finchest Posts: 245 Member
    YOu definitely are my people! I saw Superchunk three times...they put on a great show! I was also lucky enough to be in Athens during the Elephant 6 days and saw Neutral Milk, Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, and Apples in Stereo at the 40 Watt a few times. A NMH/OTC concert was a spectacle to behold!!!

    i wonder if we overlapped! i was there briefly in '99.
    love all the elephant 6 goodness!

    and gbv! just caught them again on their 'original lineup' reunion at the matador records fest in vegas. what a crazy 3 days: pavement, cat power, gbv, spoon, jon spender blues explosion, liz phair, belle & sebastian, sonic youth, girls, ylt, ted leo, new pornographers, & many more all played. it was the best!
  • galaxyhearts
    galaxyhearts Posts: 258 Member
    I never know what qualifies as indie or not, but here are some not-pop, rap, or rock-music bands & singers that I like:


    Regina Spektor

    Neutral Milk Hotel

    Gotye (Does this count? I don't care.)

    Of Monsters & Men

    Radiohead

    Tom Waits

    Interpol

    The Kills

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • cannonsky
    cannonsky Posts: 850 Member
    Young the Giant

    Snow Patrol

    Death Cab for Cutie

    The Black Keys

    Phoenix

    Interpol

    Radiohead

    Spoon

    The Decemberists

    Deftones

    Dashboard Confessional (Judge me if you will)

    The list goes on and then drifts into random places (class rock, punk, hip hop, etc) ... but that's the indie/broody/ folksie side of it
  • cannonsky
    cannonsky Posts: 850 Member
    Also Jimmy Eat World... but going into hipster mode .... only their first two albums.... and mostly just the song "Ten"

    not sure that counts as indie.. I just wanted to share
  • _trickpie
    _trickpie Posts: 87
    Gotye (Does this count? I don't care.)
    Gotye's a weird one to class. I consider him indie. Though his first single from his latest album is destroying the charts worldwide, right? SO WEIRD. And great!
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