Alternative/Indie Rock

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29 Nov 2016, 6:14 pm

In the tradition of the punk and metal threads, post alt/indie songs you like and discuss.

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30 Nov 2016, 7:39 pm

Hopefully these aren't too mainstream, but I tend to like:

Barenaked Ladies
The Flaming Lips
The Might Be Giants
Devo

Just to name a few.

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01 Dec 2016, 11:25 am

Kraichgauer wrote:

Hopefully these aren't too mainstream, but I tend to like:

Barenaked Ladies
The Flaming Lips
The Might Be Giants
Devo

Just to name a few.

The Flaming Lips, They Might Be Giants, and Devo are all amazing bands!

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01 Dec 2016, 11:27 am

Amebix wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

Hopefully these aren't too mainstream, but I tend to like:

Barenaked Ladies
The Flaming Lips
The Might Be Giants
Devo

Just to name a few.

The Flaming Lips, They Might Be Giants, and Devo are all amazing bands!

I think so.

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01 Dec 2016, 11:33 am

*Accidental double post fail sry pls don't h8 me m8s :c*

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01 Dec 2016, 11:33 am

Devo is quality

In terms of indie rock, I like stuff like this.

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01 Dec 2016, 11:39 am

I love Jellyfish, only 2 albums but such strange musical landscapes and a drummer who stands.

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02 Dec 2016, 1:06 am

QuillAlba wrote:

I love Jellyfish, only 2 albums but such strange musical landscapes and a drummer who stands.

I'd classify Jellyfish more as power-pop (but then again, "alternative/indie" is such a broad umbrella term), but yes, they and Andy Sturmer were outstanding. 'Spilt Milk' is one of the best produced albums I've ever heard.

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02 Dec 2016, 1:50 am

I would definitely consider Jellyfish, and most power pop, actually, as alternative or indie rock. Teenage Fanclub, for example, are a major power pop group, but they're also one of the most significant indie groups of their era. As you mention, alternative and indie are very broad terms with tons and tons of subgenres that fit into them.

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02 Dec 2016, 2:20 am

The Bongos - In the Congo

Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On

Belly - Slow Dog

Geraldine Fibbers - California Tuffy

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06 Dec 2016, 2:02 am

I was always tired at work monday morning in the 80's and 90's because unlike most people who went to bed early Sunday night I stayed up to 2AM to watch 120 Minutes

Sinead O'Conner with M.C. Lyte - Put Your Hands On Me

Liz Phair - f**k and Run

Sugarcubes - Birthday

Lush - Sweetness and Light

Lush - Out Of Control From thier all to brief 2015-2016 comeback

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08 Dec 2016, 11:57 pm

Hüsker Dü is one of the greatest bands of all time IMO - the third video in the OP is actually of the band the drummer, Grant Hart, started after they broke up!

Psychocandy by the JAMC has been one of my favorite albums since I was a teenager.

Lush is awesome too

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09 Dec 2016, 1:29 pm

Here's a famous alternative band with an Aspie frontman going wild in a gloriously Aspie way... people who don't get it seem a bit critical of it, but to me it's beautiful and awesome:
Like an Aspie Iggy Pop