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Any good indie bands/artists?

Starting to dig indie music but I don't have enough to fuel my need!
Bands/artists I like that (I think) are indie:
The Kooks
Best Coast
Neon Indian
Last Dinosaurs
Death Cab For Cutie
Lana Del Rey (is she even indie?)
Active Child
The Naked and The Famous
Grouplove
Broadcast 2000
The Radio Dept
The Wombats
Washed Out
SBTRKT
M83

Oh and if anyone knows any good orchestral music like this please tell me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqoANESQ4cQ

March 30, 2012

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SensuaLobster

@Strazberry: They're great i really loved listening to each & every of these bands; thank you for telling me about these artists~

Reply April 3, 2012
Alexisonfire

[quote=Liam]Foster The People if you want an electronic feel.
Foals if you want a weird/psychedelic feel.
Two Door Cinema Club if you want a light/upbeat feel.
The Xcerts if you want an underground scottish rock feel.
The Echoes if you want crazy stuff.

upon that..
Bat for Lashes
Grizzly bear
Late of the pier
Hot chip
Flaming lips
Friendly fires
The lasy shadow puppets
Nick Cave and the bad seeds
Super furry animals
Tv on the radio
The XX
Yeasayer

..or just go on spotify & type in "indie" on the search bar then click some playlist[/quote]

foals? psychedelic? that literally makes zero sense.

Reply April 1, 2012
uphailure

Thanks guys !1! :-) There's so many bands now that I had to paste all of them in a Word document lol.
@metaghost3: Haha I guess I should reword what I want to say then, at least I got my idea across.

Reply April 1, 2012
Ramunesun

Neutral Milk Hotel lolz

Reply April 1, 2012
kayfabe

belle & sebastian heavily recommended

Reply April 1, 2012
kayfabe

;-; most of the bands posted here are in my library

how 2 to achieve eclecticism

as for suggestions:
white hinterland
the unicorns
the pains of being pure at heart
generationals
the octopus project ('cause of neon indian)

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Strazberry

@SensuaLobster: Check out Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, and Bright eyes. A few of my favorite right now. Metric is really nice too.

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kevinhbk

The killers
MGMT
The Strokes
The Naked And Famous
Phoenix

Reply March 31, 2012 - edited
uphailure

Thanks guys that's a lot of bands, now to check 'em all out. <3

Reply March 31, 2012 - edited
Splutter

[quote=Traase]Sorry but your missing out, Local Natives and MGMT. PLease check em out![/quote]

Haven't met a person whose listened to Local Natives Gorilla Manor all the way.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
uphailure

@Lancaster: There are a lot of different types of indie music so idk, that's why I posted some bands/artist for you guys to get an idea of what I like lol.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
uphailure

@Traase: Already got MGMT so I'm not missing out that much

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
Traase

Sorry but your missing out, Local Natives and MGMT. PLease check em out!

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
uphailure

Thanks guys I can't wait to chem 'em all out! :-)

@lawlerskates: I don't get your point
@fradd13: Coolz
@AIonso: I kinda knew that, considering I am a newbie at listening to them loll
@LookingForward: Ikr :-) I still have more bands of course but can't be bothered lol.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
Splutter

Foals, M83, the XX, Local Natives, Fun, Miike Snow, The Drums, and maybe Myriad?

EDIT: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCriOq3kC4U]Burning - Whitest Boy Alive[/url]
One of my favorite songs as of recently

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CircaSurvive

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmuqxP0WJRQ]Is Tropical - The Greeks[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H0hrACFunA$]Saké - Jupiter[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRd77eApw8g]Odd Lovers - Teddiedrum[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDgjbSaVmT8]Miami - Teddiedrum[/url]

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
RebelSlayer

Abbandoned Daylight
Say Anything
Lowshoulder
Munchausen by Proxy
Off
Phish- maybe
Shaimus
The axis of awesome
Chocker

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
StarOfDOOM

Samwell, best indie artist ever.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
StiKman19

[quote=ZimMaster]Rilo Kiley is considered Indie/Alternative, they are a good band, I like 'em.[/quote]

rest in peace.

OT: Ingrid Michealson? I'm bad at genres.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
lawlerskates

"Indie music" isn't a thing.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
SensuaLobster

@Strazberry: well if you like my taste, then i must love yours if you like those artists

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
balle3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTd0oeNS9n4&feature=relmfu

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ZimMaster

Rilo Kiley is considered Indie/Alternative, they are a good band, I like 'em.

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Strazberry

[quote=SensuaLobster]@uphailure: Personally my top favorite indie bands have always been Ra Ra Riot, The Shins, Letting Up Despite Great Faults(especially their 2009 album), Dashboard confessional(albums released in 2003 & older), Silversun Pickups (everything they've released I've loved), Cults, Wild Beasts, and [url=http://equals.bandcamp.com/]Equals[/url]

all of these artists are easily found on spotify if you're not sure whether to buy the tracks/albums or not
in addition to @Liam 's recommendation, The Islands by the XX is super addicting[/quote]

I like your taste in music. RaRa Riot, Silver Sun, The Shins. All great.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
uphailure

@SensuaLobster: Yeah I just heard Islands by The XX and now I'm gonna get their music. <3

Thanks guys for the suggestions by the way!

Haha I don't actually know that much about indie music apart from it being awesome. Newbie right here lol.
@caben45: I /SWEAR/ I knew someone was gonna mention Skrillex.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
rabbithole

The XX is amazing. Highly recommend. I like their "Heart Skipped a Beat" song.

I'm surprised you didn't mention The Strokes. And not because of Guitar Hero -__-

"I Heard it on the Radio" by The Bird and the Bee.
"Combat Baby" by Metric.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
imogene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc-tHE9QcpQ Tennis

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
SensuaLobster

@uphailure: Personally my top favorite indie bands have always been Ra Ra Riot, The Shins, Letting Up Despite Great Faults(especially their 2009 album), Dashboard confessional(albums released in 2003 & older), Silversun Pickups (everything they've released I've loved), Cults, Wild Beasts, and [url=http://equals.bandcamp.com/]Equals[/url]

all of these artists are easily found on spotify if you're not sure whether to buy the tracks/albums or not
in addition to @Liam 's recommendation, The Islands by the XX is super addicting

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
uphailure

@Liam: Thanks, I already got Foster the People & Grizzly Bear on my iTunes but never really listened to them haha. :o
I will check out the other bands in the mean time, thanks.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
Liam

Foster The People if you want an electronic feel.
Foals if you want a weird/psychedelic feel.
Two Door Cinema Club if you want a light/upbeat feel.
The Xcerts if you want an underground scottish rock feel.
The Echoes if you want crazy stuff.

upon that..
Bat for Lashes
Grizzly bear
Late of the pier
Hot chip
Flaming lips
Friendly fires
The lasy shadow puppets
Nick Cave and the bad seeds
Super furry animals
Tv on the radio
The XX
Yeasayer

..or just go on spotify & type in "indie" on the search bar then click some playlist

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
uphailure

LOL It's all good! 8-)
I'm kinda new to indie so I don't really know much bands and yeah.
A big jump from dubstep if I say so myself.

Reply March 30, 2012 - edited
FSHikari

There was this 1 song I really liked, but I don't really remember the title.

Yea I'm no help ;_;

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