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.

[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!