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[Edited on December 10, 2005 at 12:20 AM. Reason : White Stripes and ColdPlay]

12/10/2005 12:19:46 AM

Iron and Wine
Of Montreal
The Arcade Fire
Bright Eyes is one of my least favorite bands out there. Connor Oberst: you are not any more talented than any other artist you are competing with in your genre. Give it up.

12/10/2005 12:42:03 AM

I hate Conor Oberst. a lot.

I like the Arcade Fire, though.

12/10/2005 12:51:56 AM

What is annoying to me is when people listen to these bands just to act like they're cool and know something everyone else doesn't, even if the bands aren't great... Whatever floats their boats, I guess...

12/10/2005 11:05:19 AM

the fucking Subways and their stupid 'rock & roll queen'

*GAG*

12/10/2005 11:35:23 AM

^how do you discern between someone who just really likes the band though? Bright Eyes has a number of songs i like. not my favorite artist, but there is good stuff there in my opinion. i also really like Architecture in Helsinki and the Arcade Fire and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! and the New Pornographers and some of the other stuff listed in this thread. do i like them because some label what they do indie? No, i like them for the reason that i like all the music i listen, because it either makes me think, makes me want to sing along, makes my head bob, or my makes my ass shake.

12/10/2005 2:05:51 PM

i'm mostly just angry at wknc's dj automation for playing the same 20 bands over and over like an indie g105

[Edited on December 10, 2005 at 2:12 PM. Reason : ]

12/10/2005 2:10:33 PM

Death Cab For Cutie

12/10/2005 2:55:04 PM

haha, this thread reads like my playlist lately

12/10/2005 2:55:45 PM

yea, i secretly like bright eyes, but i can definitely understand why people would be turned off by him

12/10/2005 3:10:32 PM

^ditto

12/14/2005 4:05:03 PM

i love of montreal, bright eyes, clap your hands, and I don't listen to the decembrists alot but they are REALLY talented

12/14/2005 4:44:57 PM

Quote :

"I hate Conor Oberst. a lot. I like the Arcade Fire, though."

12/14/2005 4:57:26 PM

the decemberists are good in small portions

pirate rock can get on my nerves

12/14/2005 9:56:15 PM

haha, i love most of these bands. dont diss it just cause you arent smart/cool enough to get it. everyone loves to love something for its cool factor. but some (new pornographers, those people who moan instead of sing) i dont like. there are standards, even in indie.

12/14/2005 10:25:33 PM

Bright Eyes
Postal Service
Dashboard Confessional (I don't know if it's indie, but I hate that band)

12/14/2005 10:29:24 PM

Quote :

"haha, i love most of these bands. dont diss it just cause you arent smart/cool enough to get it. everyone loves to love something for its cool factor. but some (new pornographers, those people who moan instead of sing) i dont like. there are standards, even in indie."

i just dont follow, at all

12/14/2005 10:32:05 PM

Quote :

"haha, i love most of these bands. dont diss it just cause you arent smart/cool enough to get it. everyone loves to love something for its cool factor. but some (new pornographers, those people who moan instead of sing) i dont like. there are standards, even in indie."

way to contradict yourself chief

12/14/2005 10:34:31 PM

i only listen to 400 Blows now so i hate everything else

12/14/2005 10:41:43 PM

Quote :

"Postal Service"

marko! i like the postal service but they are probably the only group w/ that sound that i like too...

just to name a few that i do not care for - haha......

guided by voices
mountain goats
polyphonic spree
hot hot heat
of montreal ( & i don't need to know more than 1 song by them - that one song i know sux so bad )
rainer maria
mates of state
pavement
slater kinney
magnetic fields

ugh

[Edited on December 14, 2005 at 10:58 PM. Reason : & i would add belle & sabastien but i do like 1 song of theirs]

12/14/2005 10:57:08 PM

Quote :

"dont diss it just cause you arent smart/cool enough to get it."

Now, I like almost every band that's been mentioned in this thread, but



HOW CAN ANYBODY NOT LIKE SLEATER-KINNEY?!?

12/14/2005 10:59:05 PM

dude - tell me a good song of theirs & i'm willing to check it out...... i LOVED the band Denali but i have never liked anything i've heard from rainer maria & slater that 88.1 plays....


my formula = if i like atleast 1 song, i can not say that i "can't stand" the band.....
however, if even 1 song by the band is shitty enough, it can cause me to loathe the band so much that i don't care to hear more from them..... ( i.e. Of Montreal

[Edited on December 14, 2005 at 11:11 PM. Reason : ijafd]

12/14/2005 11:07:57 PM

I wouldn't put any two of Denali, Rainer Maria, or Sleater-Kinney in any sort of grouping, but I ESPECIALLY wouldn't put S-K in with the other two. For what it's worth, I dislike Denali and like a few Rainer Maria songs. I would recommend basically any of their music, but there's a good deal of variety to it. I'm partial to their last two albums, especially the newest one if you like some fucking dirt in your music. I'd definitely recommend just torrenting One Beat or The Woods to start with, especially if you aren't a big fan of riot stuff in general.

And just out of curiosity, what the Of Montreal song you hate so much? I got into them when I was in my big e6 phase, and I still like them, but I would never have guessed that they would have gotten so popular.

12/14/2005 11:16:53 PM

all Of Montreal songs are annoying

but wtf do i know


[Edited on December 14, 2005 at 11:24 PM. Reason : not much]

12/14/2005 11:22:56 PM

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[Edited on December 14, 2005 at 11:25 PM. Reason : kjaf]

12/14/2005 11:25:23 PM

Rilo Kiley-didn't like their songs when I heard them,then saw them opening for Coldplay and they were HORRIBLE. Songs sucked,voices were off,and no stage presence whatsoever. Ugh...

12/15/2005 12:12:58 AM

Well, Jenny Lewis is one of the sexiest women I've ever seen.

So there.


(Also, keep in mind that they always sound fine when they're at teh Cradle. Bigass venues don't tend to give a shit about the sound of the openers in my limited experience with them.)

12/15/2005 12:15:53 AM

^its been said a million times, rilo kiley is not an amphitheatre band and did not translate well at all to that sort of venue/crowd. go see them at the cats cradle and then see if you can bitch about their stage presence

12/15/2005 12:16:15 AM

rilo kiley...no longer indie
decemberists...no longer indie
death cab...no longer indie

if you want to use the textbook definition of indie

12/15/2005 12:52:22 AM

hence the "hyped"

12/15/2005 12:55:25 AM

^ what Of Montreal song was it? I also want to know.

12/15/2005 12:57:26 AM

indie doesn't mean indie these days

12/15/2005 12:57:51 AM

even it's stupid ass name annoys me -

which i just learned = "Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games"

12/15/2005 1:01:03 AM

oh

that song rules

therefore i hate you

......

I would also like to throw Xiu Xiu into the ring.

12/15/2005 1:06:01 AM

i was going to say xiu xiu, but i figured i hadn't given it enough of a chance.

12/15/2005 1:10:17 AM

i tried too, man. but that dude is pretty much just vomiting into the microphone.

12/15/2005 1:13:56 AM

haha - this is crazy. i hate that antarctica song but i actually can't add XiuXiu to my list b/c "i luv the valley ohio" kicks ass.

12/15/2005 1:47:42 AM

^^^ ^^Ahahahahahaa I know exactly what those two posters are feeling.

12/15/2005 1:48:21 AM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=269040

12/15/2005 1:56:26 AM

Haha.

Of Montreal has way worse song titles than that. I was going to go look up some of them from Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse, but allmusic's database cuts that shit off at like 64 characters.

I recommend "Tim, I Wish You Were Born a Girl". Because it's gay.

Or real recommendations would be maybe "Lysergic Bliss" or "Requiem for O.M.M2". But, like I said, they're not for everyone.

12/15/2005 2:00:18 AM

yes, definently not. but their catalog is very diverse!

i would reccomend the album The Gay Parade, because it's gay.

12/15/2005 2:07:37 AM

~

[Edited on December 15, 2005 at 2:09 AM. Reason : man]

12/15/2005 2:08:51 AM

magnetic fields

12/15/2005 2:10:53 AM

p.s. I listened to that xiu xiu song from the other thread and it was pretty cool in an awful way.

12/15/2005 2:16:53 AM

"i luv the valley oh" is one of the best songs ever for just the scream xiu does at the 1:47 mark

12/15/2005 3:02:27 AM

I'm not a big fiery furnaces fan.

I like most the bands mentioned though. not all are my absolute favorites, but I like most of em.

and must my two cents, but I think the unicorns "who will cut our hair when we're gone" is one of the best albums of the last five years.

12/15/2005 11:09:24 AM

whats worse is having to figure out how to say Xiu Xiu when your a dj. BUT I GOT IT.

and im pretty sure its just "I Love The Valley OOOOOH" and that song is great but everything else is pretty shattastic.

12/15/2005 11:47:06 AM

is it "zoo zoo" kinda?

12/15/2005 12:22:44 PM

shoe shoe

12/15/2005 12:25:05 PM

well yea, zoo zoo + the frenchy sound

[Edited on December 15, 2005 at 12:26 PM. Reason : & bless you - haha]

12/15/2005 12:25:34 PM