Official Indie Starter Kit Thread (Calling all hipsters... sorry euro)

[istewart]

Didn't read everything, but:

Shouldn't be discussing Radiohead at all in this thread IMO. They're completely different from all these other bands. If you're taking indie =! Pitchfork-reviewed (which this seems like), might as well add in Kanye West.

Wilco and the Flaming Lips are probably "outliers" as well.

The Shins has to be on this list.

XO is ES's best album, but I'm kind've a sucker for production. From a Basement I also like more than Either/Or probably, but they're all close.

Are the Smiths indie? The Pixies? Seem to fit in with the other bands here.

Sonic Youth is kinda gay IMO.

Bright Eyes should probably have an album on the list. Maybe they're not top 10 in quality, but they seem kinda quintessential lonely-girl-black-mascara-acoustic-guitar music.

Oh yeah, and Modest Mouse [censored] sucks.

[uw_madtown]

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I was sort of with you til this.

[jason_t]

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I was sort of with you til this.

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I was with him right through that.

[12ozLongneck]

Am I the only one on here that would suggest Elliott Smith's self-titled album over XO and Either/Or?

[CallMeIshmael]

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Shouldn't be discussing Radiohead at all in this thread IMO. They're completely different from all these other bands. If you're taking indie =! Pitchfork-reviewed (which this seems like), might as well add in Kanye West. [/b]

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Meh... I know what I wanted recommended, and I got it. Kanye was not wanted, and radiohead was.

I guess the best way I could have described it was "music reviewed in pitchfork, that is rockesque." I said 'indie' and got the same.

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Wilco and the Flaming Lips are probably "outliers" as well.

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The flaming lips are not.

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The Shins has to be on this list.

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They got cut since he already has shins stuff.

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XO is ES's best album, but I'm kind've a sucker for production. From a Basement I also like more than Either/Or probably, but they're all close.

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ES didnt quite make it [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img], so its all moot.

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Are the Smiths indie? The Pixies? Seem to fit in with the other bands here.

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For some reason or another, it seems no one really considered pre-Pixies. I def. wouldnt mind see TQiD on there.

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Sonic Youth is kinda gay IMO.

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Not a fan either

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Bright Eyes should probably have an album on the list. Maybe they're not top 10 in quality, but they seem kinda quintessential lonely-girl-black-mascara-acoustic-guitar music.

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He already has them, and I dont think they're quite good enough to make it anyway.

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Oh yeah, and Modest Mouse [censored] sucks.

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Nah



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