Indie and alternative rock

[Shawn]

Doesn't even have to be rock per say. I am just getting tired of the same crap they play on the radio over and over again. When I was home for spring break I listened to XM station Ethel and liked most of what they played on that station.

Some groups that I like that aren't on the radio much (or at all):
Bloc Party
Hot Hot Heat
The Bravery
Spoon
OAR
Shiny Toy Guns
MGMT
Franz Ferdinand
The Postal Service
Death Cab for Cutie
Ben Folds
Cake


Some mainstream stuff I like:
10 Years
3 Doors Down
Dave Matthews
Foo Fighters
The Fray
Goo Goo Dolls
Jimmy Eat World
The Killers
Panic! at the Disco
RHCP
Matchbox 20


So that's what I like. Now make some suggestions.

 

[ni0v]

Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores

Beirut

Deerhoof

 

[glenn1]

Try Amplifico. I posted their video here a while back also.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Doesn't even have to be rock per say. I am just getting tired of the same crap they play on the radio over and over again. When I was home for spring break I listened to XM station Ethel and liked most of what they played on that station.

Some groups that I like that aren't on the radio much (or at all):
Bloc Party
Hot Hot Heat
The Bravery
Spoon
OAR
Shiny Toy Guns
MGMT
Franz Ferdinand
The Postal Service
Death Cab for Cutie
Ben Folds
Cake

Wow, thats said. While all good, they are all overplayed here in so cal (Kroq, 91.X). Oh if you like the Kilelrs you'll probably love She Wants Revenge.

Bill

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Wow, thats said. While all good, they are all overplayed here in so cal (Kroq, 91.X). Oh if you like the Kilelrs you'll probably love She Wants Revenge.

Bill

Consider yourself lucky. If it's not top 40 we don't have it on the radio around here. Anyway thanks for the suggestions.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: bsobel
Wow, thats said. While all good, they are all overplayed here in so cal (Kroq, 91.X). Oh if you like the Kilelrs you'll probably love She Wants Revenge.

Bill

Consider yourself lucky. If it's not top 40 we don't have it on the radio around here. Anyway thanks for the suggestions.

I believe both stream their content, as does 103.1 from LA... Might be worth checking out at least when you are tethered to your desk

 

[SirPorl]

British Seapower!!

Great band

 

[Dimmu]

The Kaiser Chiefs

They put out some really good music.

 

[sniperruff]

i love greenday's earlier albums.

 

[Toonces]

Hmm...

The Weakerthans / John K. Sampson
The Arcade Fire
Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers
Metric
The Stars
Immaculate Machine
Tokyo Police Club

Those are just some Canadian bands you might like

 

[SpanishFry]

We Are Scientists
British Sea Power's - new album = awesome
Interpol (of course)
the Rakes

 

[SirPorl]

Originally posted by: SpanishFry
We Are Scientists
British Sea Power's - new album = awesome
Interpol (of course)
the Rakes

Interpol - good call man
The Raveonettes
The Sounds
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Arcade Fire - mentioned previously

 

[panipoori]

Broken Social Scene

 

[GeeFizzleDizzle]

Impetigo.

 

[FeuerFrei]

How about The Stone Roses?
Here's some songs off their mid 90's album Second Coming.
It's bluesy guitar rock.

Breaking into Heaven
This is some squirrely fan video, but I'm linking to it for the audio quality.
1st track on the album. Looong buildup for an intro. Really starts around the 4:50 mark. It's all good though, IMO. Video ends after 10 min and a little before the song ends. >_<

Driving South
One of my favorites.

Ten Storey Love Song
Classic.

Good Times

Love Spreads
I know this one got radio play.

(These links should be for the highest available quality, so load times may be longer)

The Stone Roses split after their second album.
Google search

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Dimmu
The Kaiser Chiefs

They put out some really good music.

:thumbsup: for them

311 of course
Acceptance
Amber Pacific
Beautiful Creatures
Beck
Billy Corgan
Blind Melon
Broken Sunday
Centered
CKY
Cobra Starship
CoHeed and Cambria
Cold
Collective Soul
Dashboard Confessional
Eve 6
Garbage
Hard-Fi
Hot Action Cop
Ingram Hill
Kate Nash
Lavaman
Local H
Molly Half Head
No Address
Nuno
Porcelain
RadioHead
Simple Plan
The Unnamed Project For Revenge
Venice
When November Falls

 

[CptObvious]

Arcade Fire - vid
The National - vid on Letterman

Those are a couple of the best bands I've heard in the last few years. Although I've been out of the loop recently.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

How Indie must it be?

 

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: Dimmu
The Kaiser Chiefs

They put out some really good music.

I was addicted to them for awhile.

The Fratellis and Libertines are good too.
Harvey Danger is another one of my favs.
Cobra Starship was another addiction of mine.

 

[jman19]

A bunch of stuff mentioned before and a few more...

The Shins
Arcade Fire
British Sea Power
Broken Social Scene
Interpol
The Decemberists
The Flaming Lips
Mogwai
My Bloody Valentine
Neutral Milk Hotel
Animal Collective
Radiohead
Vampire Weekend
Wolf Parade
Wilco
Yo La Tengo

 

[Iron Woode]

how about something more ethnic?

Alex Cuba

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
how about something more ethnic?

Alex Cuba

or even more ethnic...

Sergio

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
how about something more ethnic?

Alex Cuba

or even more ethnic...

Sergio

as long as no one posts anything by Gunther we will be fine.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
how about something more ethnic?

Alex Cuba

or even more ethnic...

Sergio

as long as no one posts anything by Gunther we will be fine.

or Rico Suave

Damn, I just googled Gunther started watching Tutti Frutti summer luv and was like damn, the music sucks, but there is chix in bikini's



then it switched to dudes in tighty whitey's....

 

[mjrpes3]

If you have a strong interest in indie and are OK with foregoing mainstream then you might look into a subscription with www.emusic.com to get good value for your money (starting at 30 songs/month for $10).

Artists that I've picked up there:

New Pornographers
The National
Cat Power
Andrew Bird
Arcade Fire
Belle and Sebastian
Beulah
Eliott Smith
Headlights
Beirut
Joanna Newsom (weird but good)
M. Ward
Margot & The Nuclear So & So's
Okkervil River
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
The Decemberists (before they signed)
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (The Frames)
Josh Ritter
Of Montreal
Sigur Ros