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What was the best 2000s and 2010s indie band?
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Date: March 19th, 2024 10:46 PM Author: Khaki menage pozpig Out of Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The National, White Stripes, Interpol, Vampire Weekend, The Killers, The Shins, Modest Mouse, MGMT, Death Cab…
Who am I forgetting?
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Date: March 19th, 2024 10:48 PM Author: Nighttime hall sweet tailpipe modest mouse by far of that group but their best album came out in the 90s
brand new also had some very good stuff if you consider them indie |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:19 PM Author: exhilarant set My junkie mom and her husband are close friends with the lead singer of modest mouse. He has a big loft in downtown Portland. I guess he has a pool table that has stacks of hundred dollar bills on it. He'll grab one on his way out the door. He buys people booze but only does heroin himself. I met him once. He seemed incredibly dumb. Laughed at really immature fart type jokes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509058) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:24 PM Author: Jet-lagged rigpig personal credit line I always thought it was weird as fuck when Johnny Marr joined Modest Mouse. Like, why?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509071) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:42 PM Author: Hot casino nibblets Same here. Guy is a guitar virtuoso and songwriting genius and he joined MM to play rhythm guitar at a time when they quit doing anything interesting with their music. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509110) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:44 PM Author: Nighttime hall sweet tailpipe that was surprising at the very least. MM was past their peak and johnny was pretty old already. i heard recently that marr didnt know them at all and just got a random phone call one day.
they made a good(not great) album together though. better than almost everything else marr's done post smiths imo |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 10:37 AM Author: Hot casino nibblets marr's career is confounding. the guy is a truly amazing guitarist and songwriter, at least judging by the smiths' output. and beyond his "side gig" with bernard sumner in electronic, he hasn't done anything worth a shit, certainly not anything even in the same neighborhood as the smiths.
i guess him and that fag morrissey were just a magical duo (not taking anything away from the rhythm section, which was also phenomenal). |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 11:41 AM Author: Nighttime hall sweet tailpipe cr. the worst of it was "johnny marr and the healers" which sounded like bad oasis 5 years after oasis knockoffs went out of style
smiths were 180 rip andy rourke |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:38 PM Author: Nighttime hall sweet tailpipe cr. he's a scumbag from a trailer park. makes for more interesting songs than the "indie" made by theater kids and art fag types imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509102) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 10:49 PM Author: Black Crusty Foreskin Heaven My fav albums of this genre are
Funeral - Arcade Fire Pieces of the People we Love - the Rapture Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:28 PM Author: Avocado haunting abode voyeur Never could get into that Klaxons album all that much
I kinda view them as a one hit wonder |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:02 AM Author: Black Crusty Foreskin Heaven which hit? I think the non-singles from the album are actually the best songs.
Totem on the Timeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXLjv27PWw
Two Receivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZtLAQFdVvg |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 10:49 PM Author: swollen chestnut chapel In terms of lasting impact:
1. The Killers
2. White Stripes
3. Death Cab |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 10:49 PM Author: Bright Misanthropic Sandwich Weed Whacker The Walkmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47508975) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 10:57 PM Author: Black Crusty Foreskin Heaven The skints are prob my fav actually. 3 killer albums between 2012-2019. Swimming Lessons in particular is an incredible genre blending album.
https://youtu.be/b5NVWmOKGGw?si=XuwZNMRQgiVQTk7D |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:11 PM Author: Wine Boyish Dilemma Depressive some albums from the 00's 'indie' scene which hold up well:
jason molina's 'magnolia electric co.'
calexico's 'feast of wire'
the faint's 'danse macabre'
dismemberment plan's 'change'
justice's cross album
grandaddy's 'sophtware slump'
sweet trip's 'velocity'
mark kozelek's 'ghosts of the great highway'
spoon's 'girls can tell'
richmond fontaine's 'winnemucca'
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:38 PM Author: aromatic light legal warrant Ghosts of the great highway was under sun kil moon aktually, not a mark kozelek solo And yeah it holds up |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:12 PM Author: Jet-lagged rigpig personal credit line Bright Eyes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509033) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:54 AM Author: Floppy Doobsian Theatre lol fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509736) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:13 PM Author: bipolar trust fund coldplay fan Muse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509037) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:13 PM Author: lime hissy fit Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509039) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 4:38 AM Author: Laughsome Keepsake Machete Black Keys I can still get into. Not sure that Franz Ferdinand really holds up. I’ve tried to listen to their albums recently and make it through half a song and get bored. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512376) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:16 PM Author: Marvelous duck-like antidepressant drug native Interpol gets my vote (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509044) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:49 PM Author: Nighttime hall sweet tailpipe first album was 180.
paul and carlos were actually cool rock star types too. other indie bands almost never had dudes like that |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:53 PM Author: lascivious famous landscape painting same. I never miss their show when they come to town. I'm seeing them in a few months (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509129) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 1:32 AM Author: galvanic party of the first part (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512292) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:22 PM Author: comical therapy Animal Collective (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509066) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:40 PM Author: aromatic light legal warrant brother sport is ungnnngnngngh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509105) |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:40 PM Author: Avocado haunting abode voyeur Arcade Fire put on the best three album run
The Strokes have a high number of excellent albums & fewest clunkers |
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Date: March 19th, 2024 11:56 PM Author: Transparent stock car there was such an avalanche of so much indie music of high technical/production/songwriting quality coming out back then that it became 'worthless' in a sense.
sort of like how 2020s NBA seems kind of lame because teams 'cracked the code' and even mediocre players are basically stronger/more athletic than peak Michael Jordan. it devalues the product somehow.
i remember listening to my hipster GF's indie ipod and it was like 10000 songs that were all sort of 'better' than anything that came out of 80s/90s indie, but also sort of interchangeable and boring as a result. |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 8:45 AM Author: fighting sexy toaster ratface Lana del Rey Two door cinema club Young the giant Cage the elephant Metric Florence and the machine Alvvays |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 1:02 PM Author: maroon erotic hell bbw 👍 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47510401) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 8:46 AM Author: Fishy Naked Theater Twinkling Uncleanness The Killers. Done. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509579) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:24 AM Author: Jet-lagged rigpig personal credit line not really indie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509674) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:24 AM Author: Bossy sickened school cafeteria the Indie Big 3: Wilco, The National, Bon Iver
alternates: Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, Belle & Sebastian, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:29 AM Author: Concupiscible stage mother The Strokes and The Killers are the two best bands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509683) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:31 AM Author: Sepia lodge Aerosmith (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509686) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:33 AM Author: Peach beady-eyed corner electric furnace Out of the group OP listed, the White Stripes and it isn't close.
Arcade Fire solid second. |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:36 AM Author: Heady Coral Digit Ratio Pistol “Indie” is too broad of a label. At this point it’s basically meaning any non-classical/country/screamo music by white people with real instruments between 2000 and 2020.
But in no specific order I would say:
death cab/postal service, modest mouse, bloc party, foals, arcade fire, interpol, silversun pickups, band of horses, war on drugs, beach house, the XX, Bombay bicycle club, the national, two door cinema club, Franz Ferdinand, grizzly bear, local natives, lcd soundsystem, future islands, phoenix, yeah yeah yeahs, fleet foxes, empire of the Sun, m83, Arctic monkeys, the strokes, cage the elephant, tame impala, metric, vampire weekend. There are a few more.
Picking a best is impossible - how do you compare silversun pickups to beach house?
Im leaving the killers, white stripes, keane and muse off this list. They are rock bands but very far away from what someone would consider “indie” if you listened to the rest of the list.
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Date: March 20th, 2024 12:38 PM Author: Fishy Naked Theater Twinkling Uncleanness Don't mention bloc party pls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47510308) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 1:17 PM Author: umber locus pocket flask indie is a shitty term because it originates from a business model but has been transformed into an aesthetic. under the former, white stripes are as indie as it gets. but to most people now indie means you have a beard, a short brim hat, tattoos, and folk instruments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47510440) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 1:22 AM Author: Heady Coral Digit Ratio Pistol So what? Talking about how indie used to mean “independent” is like saying Netflix isn’t “tv” if you watch it on a laptop or something. Terms change. I don’t even think the “independent” phrase really had much value at the start anyways. Who cares if a band has signed with a label? Meaningless for listeners.
I don’t think many people’s mind jumps to Mumford and sons or the lumineers when they hear “indie” either - folk music and brim hats are just that - folk music. I think my list is pretty fair. It basically means electic rock music with emo undertones. More of a vibe than anything. |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:53 AM Author: thriller nofapping sneaky criminal Hudson Bell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509734) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 9:58 AM Author: Floppy Doobsian Theatre Spoon is by far the best from that era simply because each album they produced is good music. Girls Can Tell, Kill the Moonlight, Gimme Fiction, Ga Ga Ga, etc. They just consistently put out good music. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509748) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 10:03 AM Author: umber locus pocket flask and they still do. last couple of records went a more synth/electronic direction and are still very good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509757) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 10:00 AM Author: umber locus pocket flask not seeing much lcd in here. anyway it's probably the strokes. they were there from the start and they're still there. white stripes burned hotter but burned out. could argue for arcade fire, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509750) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 10:20 AM Author: fighting sexy toaster ratface Strokes = the last rock band before everything became “indie” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47509821) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 1:13 PM Author: umber locus pocket flask i don't know, the killers and black keys have been huge for 20+ years now. rock definitely isn't the main attraction anymore, but there were plenty of successful acts amidst all the clap stomp hey indie shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47510429) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 1:04 PM Author: smoky fear-inspiring parlor The Lumineers /EOT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47510404) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 3:44 PM Author: Racy Degenerate Cart me off to Williamsburg 2008 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47510923) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 10:07 PM Author: excitant quadroon second Chairlift record (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47511956) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 10:11 PM Author: Violet athletic conference new version Postal Service (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47511969) |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 11:49 PM Author: aromatic light legal warrant This thread is unearthing long lost memories and playlists and albums long forgotten from college Take me back, take me back to seeing death cab and broken social scene in small venues and following random blogspot blogs to catch new music and seeing what your friends were listening to on last.fm and stealing music from people’s iTunes on the library WiFi |
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Date: March 20th, 2024 11:51 PM Author: Avocado haunting abode voyeur I still use last.fm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512167) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 4:41 AM Author: Laughsome Keepsake Machete Are you old enough to have listened to college radio? That’s how I learned about new music back then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512377) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 12:06 AM Author: Peach beady-eyed corner electric furnace Xo has such horrible taste in music unless most of you guys are flaming or gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512185) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 10:57 AM Author: Floppy Doobsian Theatre stfu ZZZ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512853) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 1:36 AM Author: Deep location Subject: im gay https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=4825046&mc=39&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512295) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 3:05 AM Author: Sienna Faggot Firefighter Cuckold I agree with a lot of the suggestions ITT. I'd add The Mountain Goats to the list of contenders, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#47512358) |
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Date: March 21st, 2024 4:47 AM Author: Laughsome Keepsake Machete Lot of good stuff itt although there’s some of the inevitable attempts to out-indie other people. I like Beach House, too, but to put them in the same importance conversation as Arcade Fire or the White Stripes, etc. is laughable.
For endurance, I think it’s The National and Arcade Fire. Still both touring and have listenable music, and it’s not gimmicky or wildly different than what they were playing 15-20 years ago.
This thread confirms that many of us are 38-44. |
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Date: April 5th, 2026 10:13 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2#49796618) |