Indie Starting Points?

[rustysurf84]

Hey, I'm looking to get into some Indie, and I have no idea where to start. Any ideas?

[dei]

Bright Eyes.

[Tangy zizzle]

ERASURE
Leo Sayer
The Commodores
Push Push

[CameoRole]

Radiohead- The Bends, OK Computer
Minutemen- Double Nickels
Replacements- Let It Be and Tim
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Their first record, the Modern Lovers
The Velvet Underground- anything
The Strokes- Is This It
The Libertines- Up the Bracket
Husker Du- Zen Arcade
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation and Sister
Bjork is always good if you give her the chance to be good.

[iarescientists]

Zach Braff

[class]

u decide to push yourself into genres? you apparently aren't sophisticated enough

[EightMilesHigh]

Take a look at the What I've Been Digging Lately thread, check out some of the stuff mentioned there. This thread will probably just get spammed.

[Scuba_Steve]

Combat Wounded Veteran

[seamantis]

u decide to push yourself into genres? you apparently aren't sophisticated enough

Your clearly being elitist for the sake of it.

Try bloc party's first album mate and try modest mouse's latest album. Then let your taste in music to spand :)

[dei]

Your clearly being elitist for the sake of it.

Try bloc party's first album mate and try modest mouse's latest album. Then let your taste in music to spand :)

we're trying to bring him into indie, not get him laughed off earth.

[perriwinkle]

i dont see whats so bad about we were dead before... i think its good

[Six Foot Revolver]

i dont see whats so bad about we were dead before... i think its good
Me too but only because Johnny Marr was on it.

[dei]

i dont see whats so bad about we were dead before... i think its good

is that the new modest mouse album? modest mouse blows now.

[Six Foot Revolver]

is that the new modest mouse album? modest mouse blows now.
Yeah it is.

[perriwinkle]

spitting venom is a really good song

[dei]

i think isaac brock should quit music.

[perriwinkle]

i dont

[dei]

your name is perriwinkle and you are wrong.

[perriwinkle]

:upset:

[seamantis]

I can see what you mean. However i like the new modest mouse album and I doubt that most people would get into lonesome crowded west before we were dead. Takes time to get into stuff like that

[dei]

no it doesn't. i liked lonesome crowded west on first listen.

[seamantis]

Well thats good for you but not everyone is like that. When i was new to indie i listened to oasis, bloc party, razorlight and bigger bands like that. True these bands arnt the greatest but were trying to introduce him to indie. Underground bands usually dont do that.
maybe im wrong.

Check out Super furry animals. Start with radiator. Ace album :)

[dei]

oasis, bloc party, and razorlight aren't indie.

indie isn't a sound.

[Ganondorf]

Radiohead...

[mozartv]

buffalo tom
my morning jacket
dinosaur jr.
sonic youth
neutral milk hotel
guided by voices
archers of loaf

start with this and work your way up

[dei]

radiohead isn't indie
my morning jacket isn't indie
sonic youth isn't indie

the other bands idk

[mozartv]

radiohead isn't indie
my morning jacket isn't indie
sonic youth isn't indie

the other bands idk

come on!

[dei]

to be indie you have to be on an indie label, and none of those bands are. kttyl

[perriwinkle]

you take the whole "indie" thing way too far

[EightMilesHigh]

my morning jacket are not indie but however are quite nice

[mozartv]

very nice

[dei]

you take the whole "indie" thing way too far

lol what?

[RedMorningLight]

The forum is named alternative and indie...so therefore people should be able to recommend anything they deem, and others agree to be, alternative and/or independant?

[camdizzle]

Sonic Youth- Sonic Nurse
The Notwist- Neon Golden
Radiohead- OK Computer
Minus the Bear- Highly Refined Pirates
The Arcade Fire- Funeral
The Velvet Teen- Cum Laude!
The Decemberists- Crane Wife
The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow

*these are albums

[dei]

The forum is named alternative and indie...so therefore people should be able to recommend anything they deem, and others agree to be, alternative and/or independant?

but this thread is about independent music. and independent music exists only on independent labels unless the artist releases the music themselves.

[mozartv]

but this thread is about independent music. and independent music exists only on independent labels unless the artist releases the music themselves.

I can agree with you, but theres no reason to be a hardass.

[dei]

i like truth.

[EightMilesHigh]

you can't handle the truth

[dei]

you can't handle the truth

right-winged scum

[Zmev]

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Slint - Spiderland
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Radiohead - Kid A
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
Converge - Jane Doe

[cbmartinez]

Haha, that last pick is essential.

My first records of the genre were:
Architecture in Helsinki- In Case We Die
Sonic Youth- Goo and Daydream Nation
Mission of Burma- ONoffON
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Sparta- Porcelain (if you wanna lump that in with indie)
Interpol- Turn On The Bright Lights
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead- Source Tags & Codes
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Cursive- The Ugly Organ

[dei]

you're doing it wrong.

[Ganondorf]

you're doing it wrong.

You're a moron, there's tons of stuff on independant labels that would be exactly NOT what the guy is looking for.....what kind of person asks for music based on the type of label that it's on? :rolleyes:

[Tangy zizzle]

Holy **** This Place Huffs Dong. None Of This Is Funny/cool/ironic Or Anything

[Tangy zizzle]

Haha, that last pick is essential.

My first records of the genre were:
Architecture in Helsinki- In Case We Die
Sonic Youth- Goo and Daydream Nation
Mission of Burma- ONoffON
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Sparta- Porcelain (if you wanna lump that in with indie)
Interpol- Turn On The Bright Lights
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead- Source Tags & Codes
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Cursive- The Ugly Organ

LIES

[sexymuffin]

tbh john sellers' definition of indie is the one i adhere to and that is "music that feels independent" even if it's not necessarily on an indie label. of course what feels independent is subjective in a lot of ways but there really is no point in trying to argue it's not indie if it's not on an independent label because it's obviously adapted a semi-specific sound.

[EightMilesHigh]

gentlemen this conflict could all be resolved simply with http://www.sendspace.com/file/1vx5s1

[Kyle]

I can't believe that anyone would seriously suggest 'indie music' is still directly associated to independent labels. Whether people like it or not genre definitions change with time and Indie music is defined by it's sound these days, it's a broad sound, but it's easy enough to recognise. Besides, a great proportion of the bands people talk about in this forum are attatched to a major label in some way, given horizontal integration and how Major labels have pretty much destroyed the idea of being independent.

Anyway, I'll suggest some usual obvious ones:
Pavement - Slanted + Enchanted
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
The Cure - Head on the Door
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
The Stooges - Fun House

[dei]

lol, it's not?

[A Dead Modernist]

damn this thread is gay

[seamantis]

No this is rubbish. The idea of being of having to be on an independant label to be indie was scraped years ago. Whether you like it or not the term has changed. Completely. If you want to delve into subgenres and sub- sub genres than fair enough but lifes easier if we just call it indie. Seriously.

[bleep_bloop]

srsly

[seamantis]

yes srsly :)

[bleep_bloop]

No this is rubbish. The idea of being of having to be on an independant label to be indie was scraped years ago. Whether you like it or not the term has changed. Completely. If you want to delve into subgenres and sub- sub genres than fair enough but lifes easier if we just call it indie. Seriously.

not really

[seamantis]

Well it generally has by the majority of people. Anyway this thread has gone stale. More reccomendations.

[dei]

idk, man. indie's not a genre, i don't know how to recommend things to you.

[rustysurf84]

Okay, from seeing everything, I've noticed Neutral Milk Hotel and The Velvet Underground being consistant. Considering I already own every Radiohead album, and like Minus the Bear alot, I'm actually even more confused about what Indie is now. I was also under the assumption that Sonic Youth was Noise Rock, but apparently I was wrong about that. Bleh, whatever.

[dei]

indie's not a genre, guy. so you were right in assuming sonic youth is noise rock.

[cbmartinez]

LIES

lol wut

[rustysurf84]

[QUOTE=fauxreal;15105317]indie's not a genre, guy./QUOTE]
Bleh, I'm totally lost. Oh well. So Indie is describing a record label? Or just some ambient term that no one can define?

[Zmev]

Indie labels

Major labels

Learn the difference.

[dei]

indie is independent music, which basically means any kind of music released on an indie label.

[80vs90]

radiohead isn't indie
my morning jacket isn't indie
sonic youth isn't indie

the other bands idk

shut the **** up. you have no idea what you're talking about.

listen to some sonic youth, dude. preferably daydream nation. then just come back and dig what every one talks about on that day. and repeat.

[bleep_bloop]

shut the **** up. i have no idea what i'm talking about.


fixed :thumb:

[dei]

shut the **** up. you have no idea what you're talking about.

listen to some sonic youth, dude. preferably daydream nation. then just come back and dig what every one talks about on that day. and repeat.

no, you don't understand.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

well let's look at this from the TS's perspective.

i sincerely doubt he was looking for music from broke labels.

just some good tunes. now set aside your stupid skirmish and deliver.

[dei]

screw the thread starter. this is about indie.

[EightMilesHigh]

indie 500

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

blackalicious - blazing arrow

indie as **** confirm/deny

[Zmev]

Label: Mca

Deny

[perriwinkle]

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[rustysurf84]

Looks like I should've never started this thread; but at least I've learned something.

[Tangy zizzle]

That you'll recieve little to no constructive help from these monkeys?

In saying that I suppose i didn't give you anything of worth. Meh, just listen to Dimmer, The National and mclusky.

[The Great Decay]

This thread has reminded me of how these forums have gone to ****.

[mozartv]

Jack Johnson

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Four Tet - Rounds

srs reccomendation itt

[seamantis]

phoenix.

Their last album. Cant be bothered looking for the name of it. But its nice and a great listen

[bleep_bloop]

phoenix is so terrible

[Zmev]

United is the record you're looking for.

[Hillary_Clinton]

i dont think you should listen to phoenix

[dei]

This thread has reminded me of how these forums have gone to ****.

Cry more.