what are some good indie bands?

Question

I love indie music. I love bright eyes, the shins, modest mouse, death cab for cutie, the postal service, and belle & sebastain. I cant find anymore. Off this any suggestions to other bands i might like?

Answer 1

Bouncing Souls
The Mountain Goats

Answer 2

You have good taste.

Try using this excellent website called 'Lastfm'.

There are hundreds of thousands of users signed up. The website offers suggestions for similar artists based on what other people are already listening to.

For example, Belle and Sebastian is similar to

Sufjan Stevens
The Arcade Fire
The Shins
The Decemberists
Elliot Smith
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Flaming Lips
Broken Social Scene

Modest Mouse is similar to

The Shins
The Arcade Fire
Death Cab
The Postal Service
The Decemberists
Radiohead
Interpol
The Flaming Lips

I have used it a lot for indie band suggestions!

Good Luck

Answer 3

I love indie music too, the shins are my favorite!

Definitely check out The Kooks, Arctic Monkeys, Spoon, The Fratellis, Sherwood, Franz Ferdinand, The Honorary Title, The Bravery, Anberlin, Snow Patrol, Jack's Mannequin, Dandy Warhols, Hot Hot Heat, and the Caesars

I know a bunch of others but those are my favorites.

Answer 4

Making April, Permanant Me, The Higher, Cartel, Play It By, Woodale, National Product, Framing Hanley, Self Against City, Don't Look Down, Blindside, Asteria, Boys Like Girls, Saves The Day, Her Space Holiday, Dresden Dolls, Hellogoodbye, Cold War Kids, The Arcade Fire, The Broken West, Silversun Pickups, Dropping Daylight, Rock Kills Kid

Answer 5

Bummer - I just made a list with descriptions and accidentally erased it. Anyway, I have similar tastes, and I love all these:

1. The Decemberists
2. Spoon
3. Cold War Kids
4. Yo La Tengo
5. Arcade Fire
6. The Dears

Answer 6

Of Montreal
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Le Tigre
The Shins
Sleater-Kinney
Dr. Dog
Apples in Stereo

Answer 7

TV on the Radio, Karin Tatoyan(go on her mySpace, she doesn't have an EP out yet), the Thermals,Frou Frou,Iron and Wine, and the Dresden Dolls are some of my favourite indie artists

Answer 8

Making April, Allred, Cary Judd

Answer 9

1.patrick wolf
2.of montreal
3.apples in stereo
4.the feeling
5.shins
6.death cab
7.arcade fire
8.kaiser chiefs
9.bloc party
10.kings of leon
11.bird and the bee
12.tapes n tapes
13.the cinematics
14.deerhoof
15.deerhunter
16.new pornographers
17.spoon
18.decemberists
19.she wants revenge
20.good the bad the queen
21.fujiya and miyagi
22.wolf parade
23.clap your hands say yeah
24.panda bear
25.feist
26.raconteurs
27.peter bjorn and johb
28.band of horses
29.the editors
30.bravery
31.silversun pickups
32.magic numbers
33.blonde redhead
34.jenny lewis and the furcoats
35.stereophonics
36.gruff rhys
37.lcd soundsystem
38.hold steady
39.keane
40.interpol
41.arctic monkeys
42.yeah yeah yeahs
43.cold war kids
44.white stripes
45.hot chip
46.wilco
47.vietnam
48.belle and sebastian
49.the rakes
50.andrew bird

the best ive heard among the indie artists are: patrick wolf, arcade fire, of montreal, modest mouse, shins, kings of leon, decemberists, and my personal favorite wolf parade. listen to their whole album 'apologies to the queen mary'.. and their EP. and of montreals album 'hissing fauna are you the destroyer?' is nearly perfect. patrick wolfs album has yet to be released in the US.. but you can download them. its well worth it... listen to the songs 'magic position' and 'accident and emergency'. you'll see what i mean.

Answer 10

deerhoof, OCS (the ohsees), O death, Mountian goats, Neutral Milk hotel, Devendra Banhart, Half Japanese, Pavement, Shooby Taylor, Tortoise, Residents, Animal Collective, leadbelly, joanna newsom. :D