Can you tell me some good indie bands?

Neutral Milk Hotel

New Model Army

Try this.. http://somafm.com/play/indiepop

do the ting tings count?

Antelope, The Cool Kids, NoHomoHomoGuys, Sweep the Leg Johnny, The God Damn Gentlemen, TransAm, Karate, Rodan, June of 44, Japanther, 31Knots, Candy Apple, The Black Hollies, The MotherFuckingGasLampKiller….

A band I recently discovered – The Appleseed Cast

@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities Appleseed Cast is great. Almost all the music off of Tiger Music Records is good.

Thank you!!!

The Mountain Goats, Arcade Fire, Man Man, Wolf Parade, Seabear, The Unicorns, Cocorosie, Jay Reatard (RIP), Black Lips, Tom Vek, José González, Animal Collective, The panda band, The Octopus Project, Of Montreal, New Pornographers, Vandaveer, Bon Iver, Akron/Family, Vetiver, Dirty Projectors, Cap’n Jazz, Say Hi, Orange Juice, M. Ward, Cloud Cult, The Books, Andrew Bird, Voxtrot, Fleetfoxes, Dr. Dog, The National, Okkervil River, Paul Baribeau, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Devandra Banhart, Final Fantasy, Grizzly Bear, Modest Mouse, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, ... okay, I’ll stop

Dirty Projectors, Decemberists, Grandaddy, Neko Case, Destroyer, Camera Obscura, Belle and Sebastian, Immaculate Machine, My Brightest Diamond, The Long Winters, Of Montreal, Pulp, Ra Ra Riot, Spiritualized

William Fitzsimmons. Grizzly Bear. Phoenix. Rilo Kiley. The Weepies. Aqualung. Beirut. Andrew Bird. Great Lake Swimmers.

Upon review, these are mostly mellow/folky indie. Which makes sense cause that’s what I like. :)

gah! The Extra Glens

modest mouse

vampire weekend

matt and kim

Spoon
Vampire Weekend
Pavement
Andrew Bird
White Rabbits
Modest Mouse

Some of the heavyweights.

Vampire Weekend; Cold War Kids; the Raconteurs; the Protomen; the Walkmen; Kings of Convenience; the Postal Service; TV on the Radio; Jack’s Mannequin; OK Go; Iron & Wine; Ted Leo & the Pharmacists; the New Pornographers; Cage the Elephant; Portugal. the Man; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Ra Ra Riot; Bright Eyes; Dr. Dog; Band of Horses; My Morning Jacket; Sigur Ros; Nada Surf; Matt Costa; Bon Iver; She & Him; Andrew Bird; the Shins; Rilo Kiley; M.Ward; Animal Collective; Shiny Toy Guns; Athlete; the Bens; Gomez

I almost forgot, Red Fang!

@ella Cage the Elephant are good. Very good.

@dverhey i’ve seen them a couple of times, in Nashville and at bonnaroo last year.. they’re fantastic.

Both Vampire Weekend albums are good, but I like the self titled one better than Contra personally.

Modest Mouse is one of the ye olde indie bands.
For indie Modest Mouse check out: The Fruit That Ate Itself, Building Something Out of Nothing, The Lonesome Crowded West, This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About. (These are all Modest Mouse albums btw.)

For more mainstream Modest Mouse (but still strange, in Isaac Brock’s signature way) check out The Moon and Antarctica, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, We Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank.

Don’t get me wrong here, all Modest Mouse is pure gold to me. I would kiss Isaac Brock on his mouth parts if I ever saw him, and I am a straight male ;).

Message me if you have any more questions. Or anyone, for that matter. It makes me feel special.

@ShiningToast
I hope I don’t crush your bubble but Issac Brock is a junkie, egotistic, asshole. He used to be my neighbor.

Yes

@judochop I agree completely. He is a prick. But he sure can write music. He was really your neighbor though? Trippy.

lots of good ones listed here. my new favorites are: the rural aberta advantage, portishead, the pixies, midlake, emily wells, alela diane (not sure if i’d consider her indie, she just effen rocks), beirut, anthony green, the airborne toxic event, and you will know us by the trail of dead, bloc party, grizzly bear, metric, the knife, PAVEMENT, wilco, the XX…. oh music today is getting sooo much better, finally! yay!!

@Samantha_Rae portishead, the pixies, grizzly bear, pavement, wilco! oh, we WOULD be friends!!

@ShiningToast I love Modest Mouse, but to me, Steven Malkmus is a better songwriter than Issac Brock. His solo stuff is so much better.

Sleigh Bells, Andrew Bird (my favorite!), Cryptacize, Helvetia, The Bitters, Caribou, Department of Eagles, Chiminey, Micachu and the Shapes, The Luyas, Dirty Projectors, White Hinterland, The Dø, Fanfarlo, Henry Clay People, Los Campesinos!, The Magnetic Fields, Of Montreal, Parenthetical Girls, Slaraffenland, The xx, !!!, Vetiver

my goodness. I could go on forever. I love this question :)

Choir of Young Believers, Department of Eagles, Erase Errata, Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly (thanks Allie!), Jens Lekman, Menomena, Ra Ra Riot, Oxford Collapse, The Gaslight Anthem

Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, The Libertines, Babyshambles (for the more mainstream stuff)