The Indie Thread

[blackwasp]

Alright.

I added you on my userlist, but it's not really registering you. Is your user name "Blackwasp" with the "b" capitalized? It may be case sensitive.

If I'm not on soulseek, just send me an IM and I'll get on (if my away message is on, I'm still probably around)

If I didn't screw something up, I should be registered as Blackwasp. Oh well.

 

[blackwasp]

i Just listened to Saint Etienne's 'Lose That Girl' and i can't get enough of it. I've always had an interest in Indie but never really looked into it, but now, i think i should.

Seriously, here goes the fourth time i a row i'm listening to that song. And this comes from someone who likes Black Metal! (don't need a post about wide tastes, i'm just joking).

Anyway, I'm wondered if i can get recommended some difintive Indie bands/artists to get me started.

Here are some albums that I think are definitive in the history of Indie, but I'm probably forgetting some really important ones:

"Surfer Rosa" -- Pixies
"Crooked Rain Crooked Rain" -- Pavement
"Spiderland" -- Slint
"OK Computer" -- Radiohead
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" -- Neutral Milk Hotel
"The Moon and Antarctica" -- Modest Mouse
"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" -- Wilco

 

[nadroj1985]

I might also add:

Radiohead- Kid A
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Yo La Tengo- I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
Tortoise- TNT
Songs: Ohia- Didn't It Rain

 

[philN]

I second the albums mentioned above.

I would probably also throw in Television's Marquee Moon, Gang of Four's Entertainment!, and possibly some Joy Division or Talking Heads or Jeff Buckley. I think those and the albums mentioned basically make up the canon for indie music.

As far as modern albums go, (and I realize some people are probably getting tired of hearing people laud him) Sufjan Stevens is one of the modern innovators, in that he is one of the few indie artists not recycling the ideas of the other artists mentioned. There are others too, but I can't think to list them.

 

[blackwasp]

3000 posts. Woot woot!

 

[Arnold_Philips]

I would add to the indie primer...

Cat Power - Moon Pix
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
The Delgados - The Great Eastern
The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Fridge - Happiness

 

[blackwasp]

I forgot There's Nothing Wrong With Love by Built to Spill.

 

[philN]

Oh, and Purple Rain by Prince

which I am listening to right now.

 

[cjedick]

whoops, wrong section. my humble apologies.

PS - Jacob smells.

 

[JaelWasWickedCool]

Alright.

I added you on my userlist, but it's not really registering you. Is your user name "Blackwasp" with the "b" capitalized? It may be case sensitive.

soulseek definitely does make things case sensitive as far as adding people on your userlist. i don't know if that means there can be a user of the same name with different capitalization, though.

i just got the roosevelt's it's so hard to make a sound in the mail today. i won it in a contest a few weeks back. it's really nice pop rock.

 

[philN]

PS - Jacob smells

It's true!


That Roosevelts cd was a pleasant surprise for me. Initially, I didn't have the highest hopes, but it wasn't too bad.
http://decapolis.com/music_/pages/TheRoosevelts-ItsSoHardToM.shtml

 

[nadroj1985]

I have the new Broken Social Scene.

Ditto (thanks for your help, but I got it from Arnold).

I am listening to it now.

Ditto.

Yes.

No ditto on this one. Maybe I'm not listening close enough, and maybe it's a grower, but I don't think much of it on the first listen.

 

[theFijian]

Ok guys, I downloaded Soulseek, how do I actually use it (I'm too lazy to read the FAQ and tutorials)

 

[Arnold_Philips]

There's a search tab up at the top and a transfer tab and some others
You can right click on users' names and browse their files or add them to your list of users you like
You can set the upload/download rate and limit

It's really very intuitive

 

[philN]

Wow. So am I the only one that doesn't think the new Broken Social Scene is that bad?

I don't think it's as good as You Forgot It In People, but I think it's decent.

 

[The Theory]

That Roosevelts cd was a pleasant surprise for me. Initially, I didn't have the highest hopes, but it wasn't too bad.
http://decapolis.com/music_/pages/TheRoosevelts-ItsSoHardToM.shtml

Man, you're killing yourself here! There is nothing interesting about that Roosevelts cd.

And BSS is nothing more than b.s.

 

[MoreInSorrow]

I haven't picked up the new BSS yet, but I need to. I've been too busy trying to get up to speed on Sufjan Stevens, and rounding out my Peter Murphy collection. Mmmmm, Peter Murphy........

Plus, Jacob thinking BSS is carp only makes me want to get it more, since Jacob is an elitist snob.

 

[philN]

If you don't like BSS, then why should I trust your judgement on the Roosevelts?

I gave it that score because I made it the whole way through the album. It was a fun listen. Maybe I was a little biased because Jamie and Heather frequent Decapolis, but I actually was pleasantly surprised. The last Roosevelts album sucked; this was tolerable.

 

[The Theory]

Plus, Jacob thinking BSS is carp only makes me want to get it more, since Jacob is an elitist snob.

You're right. Jacob is an eleitist snob.

wait. if I can't spell it, then I can't be it... let me rephrase.

Jacob is an ass.

 

[blackwasp]

And BSS is nothing more than b.s.

Did you change your CF birthday? I could have sworn it said you were 20 not long ago.