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The_Ink_Pit_Ox

The only indie band I've really grown to like is Interpol.
The Killers have a few catchy hits, but I really like Interpol. They have a Depeche Mode like sound.

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JonWahlgren

Not sure if The Killers even count as indie anymore, but yeah they've got a few catchy tunes.

Here's some of my favorite "indie" bands, no real order:
Los Campesinos!
Yeasayer
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
Battles
The Thermals
St. Vincent
The Knife
Sleater-Kinney
Giant Panda
The Magnetic Fields
Tobacco/Black Moth Super Rainbow

And, of course, Mae Shi.

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Wildvine53

Some good indie bands, definitely worth listening to:
She & Him
There For Tomorrow
Agent Ribbons
Cake
Gossip
Little & Ashley
MorningWood

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The_Ink_Pit_Ox

The Killers are indie because they still have the indie sound.

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Arcade Fire.

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tambourine_man

Super Furry Animals

seriously they're good

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MERG

@Panda...kudos for mentioning The Knife. I listen to them alot.

For favorite indies I may have to go with TV on the Radio. The Weakerthans are up there too.

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Oh...and The Editors.

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citizenerased

Foals. They've just released - what I consider to be - the album of the year so far.

Practically listen to all the bands mentioned in here, though. I'm a bit annoyed at the whole "indie" genre/tag, though, as it seems to encompass every single rock subgenre (as well as a bunch of other ones) and has absolutely nothing to do with "independent" anymore.

(indeed, a lot of the bands mentioned above have never been independent)

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treyoshi

I'm a fan of Deathcab for Cutie, but perhaps they have lost indie status in some ppl's eyes?

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Brer

I Fight Dragons. Great band.

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Feeder/Renegades.

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Birdman

I agree with Broken Bells, Arcade Fire and Editors. Here are some more I love:
The Boxer Rebellion
White Lies
Vib Gyor
Spoon
The XX
Manchester Orchestra
Silversun Pickups
Grizzly Bear
Glasvegas
The National

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TheBazookaExperience

I can't believe no one has mentioned The Strokes or The White Stripes.
Yeah they're a bit more famous than other indie bands but they're definitely not mainstream or anything.
Some other ones that I like are...
Spoon
Sleater-Kinney
Arcade Fire
The Smiths
The Replacements
Husker Du
The Sonic Youth
Queens of The Stone Age
Joy Division/New Order
PJ Harvey
Pixies
Interpol
Modest Mouse
Bloc Party
Arctic Monkeys
TV on The Radio
Tom Waits
Wolf Parade
Of Montreal
Broken Social Scene
Belle and Sebastian
Talking Heads
Flaming Lips
My Bloody Valentine
The New Pornographers
The National
Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah

If you could consider The Killers indie for their indie sound then couldn't you also consider Beck or Radiohead for theirs?

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Phoenix
Two door cinema club
Ladyhawke
Sleigh bells
neon trees
kid cudi
chiddy bang
k'naan
metric
death cab for cutie
chromeo
justice

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TheBazookaExperience wrote:

I can't believe no one has mentioned The Strokes or The White Stripes.
Yeah they're a bit more famous than other indie bands but they're definitely not mainstream or anything.
Some other ones that I like are...
Spoon
Sleater-Kinney
Arcade Fire
The Smiths
The Replacements
Husker Du
The Sonic Youth
Queens of The Stone Age
Joy Division/New Order
PJ Harvey
Pixies
Interpol
Modest Mouse
Bloc Party
Arctic Monkeys
TV on The Radio
Tom Waits
Wolf Parade
Of Montreal
Broken Social Scene
Belle and Sebastian
Talking Heads
Flaming Lips
My Bloody Valentine
The New Pornographers
The National
Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah

If you could consider The Killers indie for their indie sound then couldn't you also consider Beck or Radiohead for theirs?

I don't consider anything by jack white Indie. The dead weather or ratuncors maybe but the white stripes aren't indie.

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