Who am I forgetting?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47508963)

brand new also had some very good stuff if you consider them indie

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47508967)

they made a good(not great) album together though. better than almost everything else marr's done post smiths imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509112)

i guess him and that fag morrissey were just a magical duo (not taking anything away from the rhythm section, which was also phenomenal).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47512791)

smiths were 180 rip andy rourke

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47512969)

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Pieces of the People we Love - the Rapture

Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47508968)

I kinda view them as a one hit wonder

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509079)

Totem on the Timeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXLjv27PWw

Two Receivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZtLAQFdVvg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509610)

1. The Killers

2. White Stripes

3. Death Cab

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47508970)

https://youtu.be/b5NVWmOKGGw?si=XuwZNMRQgiVQTk7D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509000)

jason molina's 'magnolia electric co.'

calexico's 'feast of wire'

the faint's 'danse macabre'

dismemberment plan's 'change'

justice's cross album

grandaddy's 'sophtware slump'

sweet trip's 'velocity'

mark kozelek's 'ghosts of the great highway'

spoon's 'girls can tell'

richmond fontaine's 'winnemucca'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509031)

And yeah it holds up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509103)

paul and carlos were actually cool rock star types too. other indie bands almost never had dudes like that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509118)

The Strokes have a high number of excellent albums & fewest clunkers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509106)

sort of like how 2020s NBA seems kind of lame because teams 'cracked the code' and even mediocre players are basically stronger/more athletic than peak Michael Jordan. it devalues the product somehow.

i remember listening to my hipster GF's indie ipod and it was like 10000 songs that were all sort of 'better' than anything that came out of 80s/90s indie, but also sort of interchangeable and boring as a result.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509135)

Two door cinema club

Young the giant

Cage the elephant

Metric

Florence and the machine

Alvvays

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509577)

alternates: Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, Belle & Sebastian, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509672)

Arcade Fire solid second.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509691)

But in no specific order I would say:

death cab/postal service, modest mouse, bloc party, foals, arcade fire, interpol, silversun pickups, band of horses, war on drugs, beach house, the XX, Bombay bicycle club, the national, two door cinema club, Franz Ferdinand, grizzly bear, local natives, lcd soundsystem, future islands, phoenix, yeah yeah yeahs, fleet foxes, empire of the Sun, m83, Arctic monkeys, the strokes, cage the elephant, tame impala, metric, vampire weekend. There are a few more.

Picking a best is impossible - how do you compare silversun pickups to beach house?

Im leaving the killers, white stripes, keane and muse off this list. They are rock bands but very far away from what someone would consider “indie” if you listened to the rest of the list.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47509696)

I don’t think many people’s mind jumps to Mumford and sons or the lumineers when they hear “indie” either - folk music and brim hats are just that - folk music. I think my list is pretty fair. It basically means electic rock music with emo undertones. More of a vibe than anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47512282)

Take me back, take me back to seeing death cab and broken social scene in small venues and following random blogspot blogs to catch new music and seeing what your friends were listening to on last.fm and stealing music from people’s iTunes on the library WiFi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47512164)

For endurance, I think it’s The National and Arcade Fire. Still both touring and have listenable music, and it’s not gimmicky or wildly different than what they were playing 15-20 years ago.

This thread confirms that many of us are 38-44.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5506448&forum_id=2)#47512379)