Favorite indie albums

Anaxo

Anaxo

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Not too long ago I made a thread about TV shows and got a lot of interesting shows on my "to watch" list (I've watched Code Geass and I'm currently on season 5 of Bones)​
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-Post the names of a few of your favorite artists.

-Name your favorite album by said artist.

-If you want to give a sample of the best of their music, post your favorite song by them; But don't feel like you have to.

-Try to keep it Indie if you can. The point of this thread is to discover new music, not hear the same mainstream stuff.

-Also, I don't think I need to say this, but please don't criticize others' taste in music. You've not yet reached the pinnacle of musical taste, I promise you.

-Feel free to come back later and share some more

-Weird music is okay, like, even King of Carrot Flowers Pt.2 weird. Like to listen to a concept album about my little pony? Sure.
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I myself love folk, acoustic and alternative, but I'm open to anything that isn't loud(metal and such) and isn't rap, but if you're into that, then feel free to recommend it anyways, this thread isn't just for me.​



So here I go, in no particular order.

I'll be naming them Artist, Album, a favorite song of theirs, and maybe a comment in parenthesis.

1. City and Color - Bring Me Your Love - The Girl (This man has the voice of an angel)
2. Dr. Dog - Shame, shame - Stranger (It was hard for me to choose a song,I love so many songs in this album)
3. Mikhael Pascalev - What's Life Without Losers - I spy
4. The Decemberists - The King is Dead - Calamity Song
5. Vampire Weekend - Contra - Horchata
6. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt - The Wild Hunt
7. Lazlo Bane - All The Time in The World - Superman (Those who've watched scrubs will know this one, but it's not the only good song in the album)
 
1. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin - Window Blues
2. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs - Nervous tic motion of the head to the left (Cool almost western motif)
3. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther - Young Bride
4. Built To Spill - Keep it Like a Secret - The Plan (Actual meaning, really cool sounding song)
5. Pinback - Blue Screen Life - Penelope (Pretty sure it's about a goldfish)
6. Brand New - Deja Entendu - The boy who blocked his own shot (Really nice melody)
7. Stepdad - Ordinaire - Parrot (This song reminds me of me in every way)
8. Beirut - The Rip Tide - The Rip tide
(Dr. Dog is one of my favorites, you took it from me xD)
 
not too indie-heavy but i'll list some indie favorites as well as favorites from other genres

some indie artists i'm into
andrew jackson jihad - people that can eat people are the luckiest people in the world - rejoice
modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west - cowboy dan
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea - king of carrot flowers pts. 1, 2, and 3
trophy scars - never born, never dead - never dead
animal collective - spirit they've gone, spirit they've vanished - chocolate girl
elliott smith - either / or - punch and judy

some (any kind of / relating to) rock / post-hardcore / emo artists i'm into(just gonna group those together)
at the drive-in - relationship of command - non-zero possibility
fear before the march of flames - odd how people shake (and) art damage - god awful truth
the world is a beautiful place and i am no longer afraid to die - whenever, if ever - pictures of trees that don't look okay
good luck - into lake griffy - pajammin
the velvet underground - the velvet underground & nico - sunday morning
foxy shazam - flamingo trigger - no! don't shoot!
kyuss - sky valley - space cadet
godspeed you! black emperor - F#A#∞ - providence
spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space - broken heart
king crimson - in the court of the crimson king - self-titled
primus - sailing the seas of cheese - jerry was a race car driver
a lot like birds - conversation piece - orange time machines care
protest the hero - kezia - turn soonest to the sea
faith no more - angel dust - midlife crisis
mr. bungle - disco volante - merry go bye bye

some metal artists i'm into
intervals - in time - mata hari
deafheaven - sunbather - dream house
after the burial - rareform (original and re-release) - aspiration
between the buried and me - alaska - selkies: the endless obsession
vektor - black future - forests of legend
boris - pink - farewell
dragged into sunlight - hatred for mankind - buried with leeches
burzum - filosofem - rundgang um die transzendentale säule der singularität
scar symmetry - pitch black progress - self-titled
the human abstract - nocturne - harbinger
converge - when forever comes crashing - ten cents
dismember - like an everflowing stream - override of the overture
atheist - an incarnation's dream - self-titled
 
Nordiclovepotion said:
1. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin - Window Blues
2. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs - Nervous tic motion of the head to the left (Cool almost western motif)
3. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther - Young Bride
4. Built To Spill - Keep it Like a Secret - The Plan (Actual meaning, really cool sounding song)
5. Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs - Penelope (Pretty sure it's about a goldfish)
6. Brand New - Deja Entendu - The boy who blocked his own shot (Really nice melody)
7. Stepdad - Ordinaire - Parrot (This song reminds me of me in every way)
8. Beirut - The Rip Tide - The Rip tide
(Dr. Dog is one of my favorites, you took it from me xD)
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So out of the ones I've listened to so far, I'm keeping Andrew Bird, Beirut, Built to Spill, and Stepdad. Stepdad is something really different, but I love the entire album. Thanks for sharing.
 
1. Pegasus Bridge - Heartstrings - Boa (this one's stuck in my head constantly)
2. Pegasus Bridge - While We're Young - Yoko
3. Islands - A Sleep & A Forgetting - Hallways
4. Islands - Ski Mask - Hushed Tones
5. Futures - The Karma Album - Indigo
6. Futures - The Karma Album - Aeroplanes
7. Futures - The Holiday - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

They're all fairly good songs to listen to while doing simple work, cleaning, driving for a long while.. Basically everything that isn't extremely hectic.
 
Unismurfsity said:
1. Boa - Heartstrings - Pegasus Bridge (this is stuck in my head constantly)
2. Yoko - While We're Young - Pegasus Bridge
3. Hallways - A Sleep & A Forgetting - Islands
4. Hushed Tones - Ski Mask - Islands
5. Indigo - The Karma Album - Futures
6. Aeroplanes - The Karma Album - Futures
7. The Boy Who Cried Wolf - The Holiday - Futures

They're all fairly good songs to listen to while doing simple work, cleaning, driving for a long while.. Basically everything that isn't extremely hectic.
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Are you putting the band last?
 
Ah lawdy I'm so glad this thread is a thing. You could say I'm more into mainstream indie. But I'm open to other genres too (not so much screamo).

ALT ROCK
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - 1901
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs - Grapevine Fires
Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone - Celebrity
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations - Starlight
Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song - Itchin' on a Photograph

INDIE POP
The xx - xx - Islands/Crystalised/Intro/Infinity
Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream - Out of My League
Miike Snow - Miike Snow - Black & Blue
*MS MR - Secondhand Rapture - Bones
*Foster the People - Torches - Call It What You Want
Coconut Records - Nighttiming - It's Not You It's Me
*Lenka - Lenka - Trouble Is A Friend
George Barnett - 17 Days - Cassi

INDIE ROCK
Arctic Monkeys - AM - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History - What You Know
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - Campus
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions - Tiptoe
Young the Giant - Young the Giant - Cough Syrup

INDIE FOLK
The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Stubborn Love
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below - Janglin
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal - King and Lionheart

*saw in concert
 
Cathykiddo said:
Ah lawdy I'm so glad this thread is a thing. You could say I'm more into mainstream indie. But I'm open to other genres too (not so much screamo).

ALT ROCK
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - 1901
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs - Grapevine Fires
Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone - Celebrity
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations - Starlight
Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song - Itchin' on a Photograph

INDIE POP
The xx - xx - Islands/Crystalised/Intro/Infinity
Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream - Out of My League
Miike Snow - Miike Snow - Black & Blue
*MS MR - Secondhand Rapture - Bones
*Foster the People - Torches - Call It What You Want
Coconut Records - Nighttiming - It's Not You It's Me
*Lenka - Lenka - Trouble Is A Friend
George Barnett - 17 Days - Cassi

INDIE ROCK
Arctic Monkeys - AM - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History - What You Know
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - Campus
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions - Tiptoe
Young the Giant - Young the Giant - Cough Syrup

INDIE FOLK
The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Stubborn Love
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below - Janglin
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal - King and Lionheart

*saw in concert
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Ain't music share threads great?
I've already added like 10 albums to my collection.
 
Here are a few more I feel like I should add
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - For reverend Green (The shrieks juxtapose beautifully with the upbeat melody)
Animal Collective- Sung tongs - Who could Win a Rabbit?
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I - What do you want me to say
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues - Grown Ocean
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - Obstacle 1
 
Nordiclovepotion said:
Here are a few more I feel like I should add
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - For reverend Green (The shrieks juxtapose beautifully with the upbeat melody)
Animal Collective- Sung tongs - Who could Win a Rabbit?
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I - What do you want me to say
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues - Grown Ocean
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - Obstacle 1
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Ooh, love Fleet Foxes. I haven't listened to any of the others, but I shall when I get the time.
 
Wellllll here I go

The Wonder Years - Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing - Came Out Swinging (This is usually the song every TWY fan gets into)
Real Friends - Put Yourself Back Together (I just like the whole album :V)
Man Overboard - Man Overboard Self Titled Album - Picture Perfect
Anamanaguchi - Endless Fantasy - Planet/Prom Night (Jesus Christ I love these guys. They sent pizza to space one time)
The Story So Far - Under Soil And Dirt (Saw these guys live and they were just super energized. Hell they weren't even headlining)
Transit - Promis Nothing - I've Never Told That to Anyone (This band is awesome but I'm having trouble finding all of their stuff on youtube right now)
La Dispute - Wildlife (This album is the truth)
Fireworks - All I Have to Offer is My Confusion - Detroit/I Support Same Sex Marriage
Zebrahead - Broadcast to the World (These guys are kind of weird and I don't really listen to them anymore but hey, they fit in the thread)
Set It Off - Cinematics

I'll probably update this more if I can remember, but this should hold you until then :p
 
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