Recommend an Indie/Alternative band thread.

mrguy · 01-20-2010, 06:01 PM

Since there are "recommend a band" threads in the other topics, i thought we needed one for this section of the board. I did a search and couldn't find one, however if there is already one, feel free to close this thread.
So, if there isn't one already, let's make this the place to post for Indie/Alternative band recommendations.

I'll start.
The bands i like are;

-Muse
-Radiohead
-The Killers
-Kaiser Chiefs
-Biffy Clyro
-Cut off your Hands
I know these are mainstream bands, but I call bands like CoyH, Biffy, Radiohead and Muse 'sub-mainstream'. So i'm looking for some indie/alternative/"sub-mainstream" bands

Any recomendations?

Neapolitan · 01-20-2010, 07:34 PM

here are my seven:

1 Arctic Monkeys
2 Art Brut
3 British Sea Power
4 The Fratellis
5 Kings of Leon
6 oF Montreal
7 Phoenix

duga · 01-20-2010, 08:05 PM

^

i don't get it.

i only have one rec for now, since i concur with neapolitan's recs. girls...they are good.

edit: japandroids, the pains of being pure at heart, and gliss...also really good but more on the shoegazey side

storymilo · 01-20-2010, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

here are my seven:

1 Arctic Monkeys
2 Art Brut
3 British Sea Power
4 The Fratellis
5 Kings of Leon
6 oF Montreal
7 Phoenix

I thought you hated the Arctic Monkeys... weird. Phoenix are good though.

mrguy · 01-20-2010, 08:17 PM

Okay. Thanks.
I'll have a look at those. (but i do hate KoL).

Any other suggestions?

storymilo · 01-20-2010, 08:28 PM

Animal Collective, Guided By Voices, and The Shins are all considered indie. Perhaps you want to check them out.

Rickenbacker · 01-20-2010, 08:44 PM

Pavement

Neapolitan · 01-20-2010, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duga

^

i don't get it.

What did you miss?

Quote:

Originally Posted by storymilo

I thought you hated the Arctic Monkeys... weird. Phoenix are good though.

lol yeah I do, " 'cause they scream and bang their instruments," but that doesn't stop me from recommending them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrguy

Okay. Thanks.
I'll have a look at those. (but i do hate KoL).

Any other suggestions?

oh did I say the Kings of Leon? I meant to say The Chesterfeild Kings

here's other bands you can "do hate":
The Hives
Silversun Pickups
The Strokes
The Thermals

bebop · 01-21-2010, 09:55 AM

If you've never heard Andrew Bird, I suggest you jump on that train immediately. Seriously. He is a goddamn evil genius.

LoathsomePete · 01-21-2010, 09:58 AM

http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...post-here.html

This thread gets heavy traffic from all members of the forum and incorporates all the different genres. We don't need two threads like this running around, use the one that's been around for years.

01-20-2010, 06:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
mrguy Please, don't feed Mrguy Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 234	Recommend an Indie/Alternative band thread. Since there are "recommend a band" threads in the other topics, i thought we needed one for this section of the board. I did a search and couldn't find one, however if there is already one, feel free to close this thread. So, if there isn't one already, let's make this the place to post for Indie/Alternative band recommendations. I'll start. The bands i like are; -Muse -Radiohead -The Killers -Kaiser Chiefs -Biffy Clyro -Cut off your Hands I know these are mainstream bands, but I call bands like CoyH, Biffy, Radiohead and Muse 'sub-mainstream'. So i'm looking for some indie/alternative/"sub-mainstream" bands Any recomendations?

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	^ i don't get it. i only have one rec for now, since i concur with neapolitan's recs. girls...they are good. edit: japandroids, the pains of being pure at heart, and gliss...also really good but more on the shoegazey side __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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mrguy Please, don't feed Mrguy Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 234	Okay. Thanks. I'll have a look at those. (but i do hate KoL). Any other suggestions?

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storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	Animal Collective, Guided By Voices, and The Shins are all considered indie. Perhaps you want to check them out.

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