What would you consider 'cage the elephant' to fit in?

Hey guys! I've been listening to Indie/Alternative for a while now, and I need some new bands. My favorite bands include (in no particular order) Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens, MGMT, Panda Bear, and Vampire Weekend.

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i need help regarding what to post and what indie listeners want to specifically hear for my new indie music blog. you can post your suggestions at the new thread i jusst started here. thanks

The Replacements - Let It Be

I totally agree with the previous posts regarding this Album. Hands down one of the greatest albums of the 1980's and without a doubt one of my favorite albums ever!

^Let It Be is indeed a great album, I also recommend it.

Try Cherry Ghost. I saw them supporting Doves (who are another great Alternative band, and quite well known) and they really impressed me. In fact, they're one of only two support bands that I've ever enjoyed, and the other one was preying on my weak spot by being Americana folk.

Are you reviewing old or new music?

Hey anyone want to recommend me something, I last listened to Pedro The Lion's Control, love anything Radiohead, think Automatic For The People is R.E.M's best album and have a soft spot for the Fiery Furnaces.

You should check out Animal Collective if you don't already know them, since you listen to Panda Bear. Also, St. Vincent.

You'd probably like some Red House Painters:



Albums to get: Down Colourful Hill and [I]

Grandaddy is must:





Basically all of their stuff is good - Just like the Fambly Cat; Sumday; The Software Slump

And a personal favourite of mine:



Get: Three Flights from Alto Nido

learning alot here :)

Dr. Seussicide so sorry only just popped back into this thread, was a bit stoned when I posted that up the other day but cheers or the response funnily enough I downloaded Red House Painters yesterday and then saw it here, so I'm going to listen to Down Colourful Hill now, will give the others a go too. Thank you!

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Just read through these pages, tons of great recommendations. If it's something in particular you're after, you'll have to specify.

Something lively
 

Been enjoying a lot of downbeat stuff (Grandaddy, Shearwater, Elbow, Nick Drake) and would like to liven up my current iPod. Anyone know of anything combining electronica with heavy guitars & real drums that I might listen to? Also listening to LCD Soundsystem, Midnight Juggernauts, M83....

Mercury Rev is really similar to Grandaddy, the best way I've heard them described is "the Flaming Lips of the northeast." Their recent material (since 1998's Deserter's Songs) is more pop-oriented, but earlier albums were more crowded and noisy. Sparklehorse is great too, but can be a bit depressing at times (especially since Mark Linkous recently committed suicide). Still, his first three albums (Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, Good Morning Spider & It's a Wonderful Life) are among some of the strongest to come out of the lo-fi movement.

And there's always Yo La Tengo, Gomez, Super Furry Animals, Spiritualized, Primal Scream & the Flaming Lips among others.

Cheers lucifer_sam, some great bands there. Not familiar with Yo La Tengo so will give them a listen.

Victorian Halls look pretty good too judging from their youtube performances. Will check out the album, thanks jacobharris.

I don't really enjoy all indie songs but the ones on my repeat are 'Crystallised' by The Xx, 'Punching in a dream' by The Naked and the Famous, 'Kids' by MGMT and 'Crystalline' by Bjork. Other than these dream poppy songs, i also like duet songs by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova.

So what kind of songs can you guys recommend to me?

I wouldn't really call MGMT dream-pop, The xx have more of a dream-pop influence I guess. I'm not familiar with The Naked and the Famous.

If you dig The xx and Bjork you could try Bat For Lashes. Her music is fairly poppy and accessible yet still has plenty of depth and experimentation. If you like this song get her last album Two Suns.



If you haven't already also check out Jamie xx, he's one of the members of The xx and he has is own solo stuff, it's electronic rather than indie but you might enjoy him.



I can't really think of any other singer-songwriter duet artists but since you dig Glen Hansard check out his band The Frames. They have a few albums but all are pretty much worth checking out.

Been meaning to post Star Star, classic.

Fra Lippo Lippi - In Silence

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This 1981 album from Fra Lippo Lippi sounds like a tribute album to Joy Division or early New Order. If you are into that sound it's not a bad listen.

VHS or Beta
Rival Sons
Cut Copy
Holy Ghost!
Umpire
Sons of Rico
Soft Metals
The Chain Gang of 1974
chill-wave (genre)
Ocean Colour Scene
Fountains of Wayne

Any suggestions?

Tame Impala
the xx
Passion Pit

Wild Trees - Cupcake Heart Boy
The Most Serene Republic - Stay ups

• Cloud Cult
• Beirut
• Radiohead
• Fleet Foxes
• Bonobo
• Emancipator
• Joanna Newsom
• Iron & Wine
• Local Natives
• Modest Mouse
• Pinback
• Sea Wolf
• Stornoway
• Kaki King
• The Smiths
• Woodkid

Any recommendations?

Bon Iver
Woods
Arcade Fire
The Shins
The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Check out all of Band Of Horses' albums.
Built To Spill, The Shins
You could check out other 80's melancholists like The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen and New Order. The Stone Roses as well maybe.

Thank you Zer0 and Flume! I actually love Bon Iver as well as The Shins and Built to Spill. And The Cure is of course, most excellent. Band of Horses are also very fantastic. However, I've never listened to The Rural Alberta Advantage/The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/Stone Roses? I'm interested.

The Tallest Man On Earth
Elliott Smith
Joy Division
Arcade Fire

I was debating on whether or not put this in the electronica rec thread, but I felt this is more indie than anything else. Regardless of what it is, I like it and maybe you folks will too.

Yeah Tobacco's good, check out his band Black Moth Super Rainbow too, even better.

anyone know similar bands to the libertines?

Babyshambles lol.
You might also want to check out The Coral.

Check out Dirty Pretty Things, I haven't listened too much to it but it's the band that Barat created/joined after the Libertines split up. Also, of course Pete Doherty's solo stuff.

Broken Social Scene
Interpol
Phoenix
The Antlers
The National
I'm From Barcelona
Ra Ra Riot
Laakso
Foster The People

Looking for some new stuff
 

So, here's a sample of what I've been listening to lately (in some sort of order):

Bear vs Shark - all
Juno - The great salt lake
Hot Snakes - all
Drive Like Jehu - all
Against Me! - early stuff
Bluetip - Dischord 101
Hoover - Lurid Traversals of route 7
Les Savy Fav - all
Naked Raygun - Jettison
Pegboy - all
Quicksand - manic compression
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Kukim - all

Although I'm really into all of this I need something new. Just found Bob Tilton looking around this forum and I'm glad about that. Any other recommendations?

Thanks!

Give a listen to Coastline Pilot, an upcoming band out of Vancouver BC Canada. Check out some of their songs!


Brothers - Coastline Pilot - YouTube



Young Yesterdays - Coastline Pilot - YouTube



Open Heart Burglary - Coastline Pilot - YouTube


ENJOY!

Has Wolf Parade been mentioned yet? They're awesome. Songs of choice would be I'll Believe In Anything, Pobody is Nerfect and Soldier's Grin (one off each of their albums, there's plenty more where those came from..)

Also Handsome Furs are pretty sweet, it's one of the guys from Wolf Parade and his wife doing a rock/electronic thang. Good songs of theirs include Talking Hotel Arbat Blues, Sing! Captain and Nyet Spasiba. Most of their songs are really good though..

Firstly, check out Crash of Rhinos, they're an emo band who released one hell of a debut this year, they fit the 'new' criteria quite literally.


Also, judging from your list, Squirrel Bait, Bastro, Lungfish, Dag Nasty, Texas is the Reason, Mock Orange, American Football, Mineral, Braid, Jawbox, Shudder to Think, Rites of Spring, Beefeater, Indian Summer, Faraquet, Don Caballero, Saccharine Trust and The Effigies are bands off the top of my head that you may appreciate.