new wave/alternative/indie bands Options

[sammi rules you]

i want new music. i like new wave..and indie..and alternative. gimmegimmegimme.

such as:
ted leo and the pharmacists, the shins, beulah, the new pornographers..light-hearted music.

some electronica/technoish stuff isn't bad on the occasion either.

such as:
the postal service, lcd soundsystem..

thanks in advance.

[blondisnirvana]

I don't know if you want to listen to any older bands but w/e. They rock.

New Wave
B-52's
Devo
Depeche Mode
the Talking Heads
Modern English


Indie/ Alternative

The Cure
Sonic Youth
The Meat Puppets
The Vaselines
the Pixies
Melissa Auf Der Maur
Kim Gordon

[DisneyPrincessKa...]

you should check out the smiths because i am in love with them

[imafreakinazn]

the new pornographers <3
but i like le tigre

they own.

[william]

dntel is a lot like the postal service, seeing as it's the other guy's main band (by other guy i mean not ben gibbard.. jimmy ti--something). i've been listening to a lot of the elected recently too, i guess they're indie. and i absolutely love her space holiday... "the young machines" is one of those cds that never gets old (they're kind of like the postal service + strings + a more whispy and less annoying version of conor oberst's voice).

[d0nchikit0]

P J HARVEY! lol Oh yeah.. and The Dresden Dolls.. I guess... I don't know much XD

[*tweeak*]

say hi to your mom makes me happy

the microphones are good, m83 (well, ive only heard one song, ubt i like it a lot)...er, everything else i might have to offer has been mentioned many times over in the underground thread

and of course, as william said, dntel is lovely

[rockstermonkey]

If you liked the new pornographers, you should like one of the band member's albums. It was by A.C. Newman, entitled "The Slow Wonder". A couple of good tracks from there are "Miracle Drug" and "On The Table". Did you know there is a new pornographers album coming out soon? You learn something new everyday...

[william]

oh, i forgot to mention q and not u. "soft pyramids", "hooray for humans", and "wonderful people" are all awesome.

[*tweeak*]

yeah, i love q and not u. scott the dumbass was saying he liked to rave to q and not u. i did not quite understand that one

[xquizit]

And You Will Know Them By The Trail of the Dead. Long name, awesome band. Download "Another Morning Stoner".

[william]

^ i thought they were called "...and you will know us from the trail of the dead." hmm. i've been meaning to check them out for awhile, they're really popular on audioscrobbler.

and nicki, raving to q and not u makes no sense.. though i do dance to soft pyramids daily .

[xquizit]

^ i thought they were called "...and you will know us from the trail of the dead." hmm. i've been meaning to check them out for awhile, they're really popular on audioscrobbler.

and nicki, raving to q and not u makes no sense.. though i do dance to soft pyramids daily .

Arg... I don't know. LOL. Name too long to remember but their music is definately worth checking out.

[*tweeak*]

^ i thought they were called "...and you will know us from the trail of the dead." hmm. i've been meaning to check them out for awhile, they're really popular on audioscrobbler.

and nicki, raving to q and not u makes no sense.. though i do dance to soft pyramids daily .

i didnt like them that much

really. i just stood there and wondered what the hell he was talking about, and he was like, "what else do you do to q and not u?" i dont know. but you dont rave.

[antix10_kos]

Wasn't there a post similar to this a few days ago??? Oh well, I'll just leave my humble markings on this one as well...

If you like The Postal Service, Modest Mouse, and Radiohead, check this band out.
Namlessnumberheadman or Namelessnumberheadman Stream Site They are freakin' awesome. My boyfriend is really good friends with the drummer. This band deserves any attention they get they are truly, truly talented.

These guys sound like The Cure. They are definately worth checking out...VHS Or Beta. They have kick ass little stream radio on their main page where you can stream their whole album.

Don't forget Jawbreaker. These guys started what we call emo today. They remind me a bit of Alkaline Trio but overall their sound is their own. Great band.

Who else??? Can't forget Death From Above 1979. These guys also kick major ass.

Also there's Bloc Party...not great, but pretty good.

Also, if you're into female vocals or goth music at all, try checking out these bands: MorissonPoe and 33degree

Enjoy!

PS- The Smiths rock my socks. So do The Sisters of Mercy, Gary Numan, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, XTC and tons of other 80's alternative/gothic bands.

[yupimchuck]

As for the indie stuff;

The unicorns, Ima robot, le tigre, the faint, the smiths, the new pornographers, the spill canvas, the format, tilly and the wall, dresden dolls, gravy trian, scary kids scaring kids, comeback kid, bloc party, death from above 1979, the bravery, panic! at the disco, old man gloom, these arms are snakes, rilo kiley, ambulance ltd, squires of the subterrain, kasabian, mates of state, cheap trick, emery, mae, these enzymes, fear before the march of flames, head automatica, beepbeep, showbread, lovedrug, minus the bear, converge, i can mak a mess like obodys business.

oh wow, that a long list.

[*StanleyThePanda*]

say hi to your mom makes me happy

the microphones are good, m83 (well, ive only heard one song, ubt i like it a lot)...er, everything else i might have to offer has been mentioned many times over in the underground thread

and of course, as william said, dntel is lovely

Aw I love Say Hi To Your Mom and Dntel

As for the indie stuff;

The unicorns, Ima robot, le tigre, the faint, the smiths, the new pornographers, the spill canvas, the format, tilly and the wall, dresden dolls, gravy trian, scary kids scaring kids, comeback kid, bloc party, death from above 1979, the bravery, panic! at the disco, old man gloom, these arms are snakes, rilo kiley, ambulance ltd, squires of the subterrain, kasabian, mates of state, cheap trick, emery, mae, these enzymes, fear before the march of flames, head automatica, beepbeep, showbread, lovedrug, minus the bear, converge, i can mak a mess like obodys business.

oh wow, that a long list.

I bolded all the ones I love!

[ItzOnlySydney]

*checks iTunes*

Ausioslave
Th Exies( they are more rock than alternative)
Skillet (i <3 them)
Metric
Chevelle
candiria
Alice in Chains
A perfect Circle

hm... not many you probably haven't heard of.

oh yea!
Snowbread ( they are christian rock but thy don't sound like it)


check my sig for more

[*StanleyThePanda*]

*checks iTunes*

Ausioslave
Th Exies( they are more rock than alternative)
Skillet  (i <3 them)
Metric
Chevelle
candiria
Alice in Chains
A perfect Circle

hm... not many you probably haven't heard of.

oh yea!
Snowbread ( they are christian rock but thy don't sound like it)
check my sig for more 

Do you mean Showbread?

[yupimchuck]

Aw I love Say Hi To Your Mom and Dntel
I bolded all the ones I love!

Oh woww.
I think I love you.

[ItzOnlySydney]

Do you mean Showbread?
a perfect circle, chevelle and audioslave are well known bands.

yes well chevelle wasn't until recently. that pissed me off a bit lol. i didn't want them to go mainstream.
are you sure? i could've sworn it was snowbread. i saw one of their vidoes( mouth like a magazine) and i fell in love with it lol.

[racoons > you]

who cares if their well known, as long as the musics good?

anyways... her space holiday is good... say hi to your mom!

british sea power are good, and starsailor arent bad, the two are quite similar

[*StanleyThePanda*]

yes well chevelle wasn't until recently. that pissed me off a bit lol. i didn't want them to go mainstream.
are you sure? i could've sworn it was snowbread. i saw one of their vidoes( mouth like a magazine) and i fell in love with it lol.

yeah, its deffinately Showbread.
I've been a fan of them for a long while.

,May 26 2005, 1:50 PM]
Oh woww.
I think I love you.

yay!
haha I probably would have bolded more, if I had heard of them. lol
::goes to myspace and searches for the bands that I havent heard::

edit// heres the list as of right now....

The unicorns, Ima robot, le tigre, the faint, the smiths, the new pornographers, the spill canvas , the format, tilly and the wall, dresden dolls, gravy trian, scary kids scaring kids, comeback kid, bloc party, death from above 1979, the bravery, panic! at the disco, old man gloom, these arms are snakes, rilo kiley, ambulance ltd, squires of the subterrain, kasabian, mates of state, cheap trick, emery, mae, these enzymes, fear before the march of flames, head automatica, beepbeep, showbread, lovedrug, minus the bear, converge, i can mak a mess like obodys business.

So pretty much just listened to the top few.
I absolutely love The spill canvas.

[william]

As for the indie stuff;

The unicorns, Ima robot, le tigre, the faint, the smiths, the new pornographers, the spill canvas, the format, tilly and the wall, dresden dolls, gravy trian, scary kids scaring kids, comeback kid, bloc party, death from above 1979, the bravery, panic! at the disco, old man gloom, these arms are snakes, rilo kiley, ambulance ltd, squires of the subterrain, kasabian, mates of state, cheap trick, emery, mae, these enzymes, fear before the march of flames, head automatica, beepbeep, showbread, lovedrug, minus the bear, converge, i can mak a mess like obodys business.

oh wow, that a long list.

ahh, i love a lot of these bands, but i'm too lazy to bold them... you can look at my myspace if you want to see. this also reminded me, i haven't listened to the spill canvas forever! i bought their cd.. gosh, almost over a year ago, and i even made a buddy icon for their official site (which used to be in the media section.. but last time i checked it's just a recording journal). then a couple months ago i gave their cd to one of my friends, and a bunch of people looked at it and now they claim they're such huge fans. asswipes.

and nicki, this is actually really funny, because i'm having a rave at my house for graduation (not a real rave, it's all one big inside joke) and last night i made the playlist for it at midnight, and i was looking at it right now, and it turns out i put some q and not u on it! haha, i was like "wait... this is not raving music!". oh well, i guess it's dancable.

and everyone needs to go download "an owl with knees" by the books. freakin' perfection. the last part with the strings is so intense.

[*tweeak*]

haha, william, that is pretty funny

people mentioned bands i like...but im to lazy to name them. oh well

[sammi rules you]

...kay i have most of those. lemme narrow it down for you all.

bands currently on my playlist:
beulah, hot hot heat, ted leo and the pharmacists, matt pond pa, the spill canvas, bloc party, lcd soundsystem, the arcade fire, dntel, all-time quarterback, louis xiv, action action, coldplay, dcfc, death from above 1979, franz ferdinand, the shins, frou frou, harvey danger, her space holiday, stereolab, interpol, jimmy eat world, keane, kings of leon, the mars volta, metric, mogwai, the new pornographers, spoon, talking heads, the cure, the album leaf, david byrne, the flaming lips, the format, the killers, the kinks, the posies, the pixies, the postal service, the receiving end of sirens, the walkmen, tv on the radio, violet femmes, desparecidos, commander venus, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, the who, the clash, the ramones, ambulance ltd, gang of four, head automatica, le tigre, q and not u, the velvet underground, the bravery, the awkward romance, the stills, the wrens

cmon. some of you know me better than that to suggest me bands you know i already have. :P

[*tweeak*]

red letter agent

ive only heard one of their songs and cant find anymore, but it was pretty good

[william]

i don't see mates of state, tilly and the wall, volcano i'm still excited!!, american football, the jealous sound, caribou, the dismemberment plan, erlend oye, the helio sequence, the hold steady, husky rescue, the appleseed cast, the books, camera obscura, the dears, the dandy warhols, denali, the elected, ima robot, or sunny day real estate on your list. all the above are worth checking out... hope that helps.

[sammi rules you]

haha i still have most of those but i'm just not listening to them right now i'll check out the others though, thanks. :]

[random person]

i like postal service and metric!

[*mipadi*]

I don't know if you want to listen to any older bands but w/e. They rock.

New Wave
B-52's
Devo
Depeche Mode
the Talking Heads
Modern English
Indie/ Alternative

The Cure
Sonic Youth
The Meat Puppets
The Vaselines
the Pixies
Melissa Auf Der Maur
Kim Gordon

I have to second The Pixies, they're such an awesome band, and have influenced a lot of indie/alternative rock. It's a shame they were just a few years ahead of their time; else I think they could've been a lot bigger, at least in the early 1990's. But if you're looking for good indie/alternative rock, The Pixies are awesome. So awesome that they even reformed and went on a tour last year. I had hoped for years they would do that, and then they finally did, and I couldn't go. Drat the luck.

[JlIaTMK]

;o.....

I am so out of this trendy stuff. Argh.

[sammi rules you]

I have to second The Pixies, they're such an awesome band, and have influenced a lot of indie/alternative rock. It's a shame they were just a few years ahead of their time; else I think they could've been a lot bigger, at least in the early 1990's. But if you're looking for good indie/alternative rock, The Pixies are awesome. So awesome that they even reformed and went on a tour last year. I had hoped for years they would do that, and then they finally did, and I couldn't go. Drat the luck.

yea i know. i love the pixies. i might be going to see them this summer at lollapalooza. :]

they're also in my little list up there, if you didn't see :P

[*mipadi*]

yea i know. i love the pixies. i might be going to see them this summer at lollapalooza. :]

they're also in my little list up there, if you didn't see :P

Yeah, I saw that. I have to give props to anyone who's a fan of the The Pixies.

[antix10_kos]

I think that if we're going to talk old school bands, then someone ought to have brought up bands like Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Blondie, X, Television, Talking Heads, Suicide, New York Dolls, Big Black, Nico, The Heartbreakers, MC5, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, T. Rex, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music, Generation X, Hawkwind, Rocket From The Tombs, The Buzzcocks, The Descendents, Mission Of Burma, The Undertones, The Cure, The Damned, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, Butthole Surfers, Husker Du......this list could go on forever....

All of those bands started the whole indie punk/new wave scene...without them, today's alternative scene would not exist. These bands made it ok to sing about what you saw and felt, ok to rebel against the way things are done. These bands made music what it is today. They taught people that the music you listen to doesn't have to be manufactured to perfection....Music can be just what you want it to be and it can be a good time.....Anyway, the list above is just to give those who are interested in seeing where it all started a taste of the beginning. I have listened to all of these bands and am quite a large fan of some of them. Just in case you're getting bored with what's currently out there.....

Also a heads up to all of you Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan fans out there:
CHECK OUT THE NEW BILLY CORGAN SOLO ALBUM. IT OWNS!

[Fashion Rulz]

Just a few bands to def. look itno are Broken Social Scene, Andrew Bird, Chicks on Speed, Cut Copy[/B] , Death cab for Cuties (not sure if anyone has suggested this on, but it's one of the mebers on the Postal Service's band), Destroyer (one of the members on the New Pornographers's band), French Kicks, Iron and Wine, Ladytron, Kings of Leon, Phoenix, Radio 4 (if you like more technoy stuff), Reeve Oliver, Scissor Sister (if you like Elctric Six), Sondre Lerche,The Walkmen, and I'm asuming someone said the Yeah Yeah Yeah, but i didnt see it in your list.
I was just running through my Ipod really quick to list a few. If you have never heard Chicks on Speed def download "Fashion Rules" , "Culture Vulture", and "Electroclah Girl". Cut Copy is very technoy, but they are really good. Should try and Download "Saturdays" and "That was Just a Dream". Im a super big fan of Ted Leo and you should check out the Ipod exlusives of "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" and the remake of the stiff little fingers song "Suspect Device". Hope that helps.

[*tweeak*]

who hasn't heard of death cab for cutie? (discluding my entire spanish class...)

[william]

Just a few bands to def. look itno are Broken Social Scene, Andrew Bird, Chicks on Speed, Cut Copy[/B] , Death cab for Cuties (not sure if anyone has suggested this on, but it's one of the mebers on the Postal Service's band), Destroyer (one of the members on the New Pornographers's band), French Kicks, Iron and Wine, Ladytron, Kings of Leon, Phoenix, Radio 4 (if you like more technoy stuff), Reeve Oliver, Scissor Sister (if you like Elctric Six), Sondre Lerche,The Walkmen, and I'm asuming  someone said the Yeah Yeah Yeah, but i didnt see it in your list.
    I was just running through my Ipod really quick to list a few.  If you have never heard Chicks on Speed def download "Fashion Rules" , "Culture Vulture", and "Electroclah Girl". Cut Copy is very technoy, but they are really good. Should try and Download "Saturdays" and "That was Just a Dream".  Im a super big fan of Ted Leo and you should check out the Ipod exlusives of "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" and the remake of the Jagged little fingers song "Suspect Device".  Hope that helps.

chicks on speed are fabulous, except i could only get 3 of their songs off of limewire .

and sammi is a huge ted leo fan already.

[*tweeak*]

i just downloaded one of them, but they have the same song on amazon as epitonic i hate it when that happens

[Fashion Rulz]

I'm not sure why you could only get 3 Chicks on speed songs off limewire. I got about 16. You should def download limewire pro off lime wire. It will make downloading things that much faster and easier while not costing you 20 dollars. I found it kinda funny when a friend told me to do this cause I'm using there own program to get there adavnced software for free. Oh well. Another band i forgot to say is the dead 60's. I just heard about them yesterday. They are not bad at all. Also Dogs Die in Hot Cars is worth checking out , as is Badly Drawn Boy.

[*tweeak*]

dogs die in hot cars is a bit annoying. badly drawn boy is ok i downloaded some of their stuff today, though i'd heard them before

[Fashion Rulz]

I cant believe i forgot the Futureheads and Shout Out Louds. Also, for some older stuff look into the Stiff Little Fingers and The Beta Band.

[william]

i love dogs die in hot cars, even though some of their music is kind of cheesy (like the intro to godhopping).

belle and sebastian are decent, as are hint hint.

[jordanriane]

Why does this seem like a regurgitated "Do you listen to underground.." thread?

[antix10_kos]

Why does this seem like a regurgitated "Do you listen to underground.." thread?

Because it is....but alas, it will never die. People always wanna know about "underground" stuff so they can stay cool....or just have some new stuff to listen to....

[william]

Why does this seem like a regurgitated "Do you listen to underground.." thread?

because sammi asked for indie bands, and as you said in version one of that topic:

it all depends on demographics to be completely honest, when talking about "underground" music. Technically this should be "indie" music, but whaatev.

i don't really think this thread is necessary, but she also asked for new wave and alternative bands (even though they're not being discussed as much..) so eh.

[*Statistik*]

Thrice.
Papa Roach.

I dont know..

[jordanriane]

because sammi asked for indie bands, and as you said in version one of that topic:
i don't really think this thread is necessary, but she also asked for new wave and alternative bands (even though they're not being discussed as much..) so eh.

Which is why I said it's a regurgitated thread.

[sammi rules you]

Thrice.
Papa Roach.

I dont know..

uhh...do you know what indie/alternative/new wave means?...

and i didn't mean for it to turn into a regurgitated thread..most of the bands being mentioned in the underground thread were more emoish..and i wanted some bands somewhat similar to ted leo, new pornographers, beulah..

but i guess it's turning into the underground thread, so i'll close it.