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Originally posted by cuneyt81:
my list has some familiar names, some not as much:
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

I'm surprised these two aren't on more lists.

Btw, Hollister's jukebox has killed Silent Alarm for me (one of it's songs comes on every 10 minutes... yes, I work at Hollister haha)

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:

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Originally posted by Jonas42:
Starlight Mints - Drowaton

What are these guys like? I've heard of them but never listened to any of their stuff.

They get a lot of comparisons to the Flaming Lips, although that's not too accurate. The singer sounds kinda like Gordon Gano. Really restless songs that take off in odd directions. Melodically a bit similar to, say, the New Pornographers. Definitely pop, lots of unusual instrumentation and silly sounds. Very fun.

the top 10 is extremely easy:

1) Wolf Parade
2) Arcade Fire - Funeral
3) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
4) Daft Punk - Discovery
5) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
6) Rapture - Echoes
7) LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
8) The Wrens - Meadowlands
9) Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
10) Sufjan - Illinois

I can think of any argument that would put anything above these 10. But to be fair, by my count there are something on the order of 50 must have albums made in the 2000s.

11) Shins - Oh inverted World
12) Shins - Chutes too Narrow
13) TV on the Radio - Desperate Youths, Bloodthirsty Babes (Die bandwagon Return to Cookie Mountain fans Die)
14) Blur - Think Tank
15) Notwist - Neon Golden
16) Wilco - Hotel Yankee Foxtrot
17) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
18) Flaming Lips - Yoshima
19) British Sea Power - The Decline of BSP
20) Avalanches - Since I left You
21) Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
22) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
23) Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
24) QOTSA - Rated R
25) Les Savy Fav - Inches
26) National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
27) Peter, Bjorn, and John - Writer's Block
28) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
29) Hot Chip - The Warning
30) Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
31) Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretends to Like Me is Gone
32) Spoon - Girls Can Tell
33) Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
34) Thermals - All of them
35) Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
36) At the Drive in- Relationship of Command
37) !!! - Myth Takes
38) Death Cab - Transatlanticism
39) CYHSY - CYHSY
40) New Pornographers - Electric Version (Die P4K-whore New Cinema lovers Die)
41) Mission of Burma - ONoffON
42) Klaxons
43) Cat Power - You are Free
44) Be Your Own Pet
45) Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
46) The Strokes - Is this It?
47) My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
48) Calexico - Garden Ruin
49) Decemberists - Take you pick
50) Andrew Bird - eggs

I guess you can tell that my job is more boring then yours.

I purposely did not read the rest of the posts in this thread because I did not want to be influenced by them. I've been thinking about this for a couple of days and this is what I came up with:

In Chronological Order -

White Stripes, De Stijl (2000)
Spoon, Girls Can Tell (2001)
Drive-By Truckers, Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Okkervil River, Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See (2002)
Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)
Crooked Fingers, Red Devil Dawn (2003)
Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Antony & the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now (2005)
José González, Veneer (2006)

Hey MJ, did you leave one out? There are only nine.

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Originally posted by Jonas42:

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:

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Originally posted by Jonas42:
Starlight Mints - Drowaton

What are these guys like? I've heard of them but never listened to any of their stuff.

They get a lot of comparisons to the Flaming Lips, although that's not too accurate. The singer sounds kinda like Gordon Gano. Really restless songs that take off in odd directions. Melodically a bit similar to, say, the New Pornographers. Definitely pop, lots of unusual instrumentation and silly sounds. Very fun.

I would start with their first album - "the Dreams that Stuff is Made of" or something like that. They get the Flaming Lips comparisons partially cos both bands are from Norman OK. I can kinda see the NP connection, but the Starlight Mints are way weirder - still with the poppy core, but lots of odd twists and turns in the songs, and some of it (I'm talking mainly the first album here) is surprisingly dissonant, in a catchy way.

I haven't given Drowaton a full listen yet, but their achilles heel in the first two albums is that they can't seem to come up with enough really solid material for a full length at a time (I recommend the first album cos I think it suffers less from this than BOS).

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Built On Squares

, their sophomore album, is unstoppable for the first 5 songs or so, but it sags like a mother in the home stretch (tracks 7-9 or so). Still, I would definitely give a hearty recommendation for 'em.

1. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Anarctica
2. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
3. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
4. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan
5. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
6. The Sea and Cake - Oui
7. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
8. Feist - Let it Die
9. Dntel - Life is Full of Possibilities
10. The Postal Service - Give Up

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Originally posted by mark f:
Hey MJ, did you leave one out? There are only nine.

Shoot. I meant to mention I was leaving the 10th spot open for this year. Right now, I certainly see Dino Jr sliding in there nicely, but I'm not ready to commit.

totally not limited to these, but this is my top 10

01. joanna newsom - ys
02. arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare
03. frog eyes - the golden river [reissue]
04. elliott smith - new moon
05. lcd soundsystem - lcd soundsystem
06. nada surf - the weight is a gift
07. peter bjorn and john - writer's block
08. the kooks - inside in, inside out
09. sufjan stevens - come on feel the illinoise
10. broken social scene - you forgot it in people
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ps - daft punk is NOT indie, guys...

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1. White Stripes "Elephant"
2. The Strokes "Is This It?"
3. Arcade Fire "Funeral"
4. Sufjan Stevens "Come On Feel the Illinoise"
5. Fourtet "Rounds"
6. Detroyer "Destroyer's Rubies"
7. Low "Things We Lost in the Fire"
8. Franz Ferdinand "Franz Ferdinand"
9. Fountains of Wayne "Welcome Interstate Managers"
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever to Tell"

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Originally posted by outof_nowhere:
ps - daft punk is NOT indie, guys...

Haven't we discussed this already?

1) Sigur Ros- Ágætis Byrjun
2) Arcade Fire-Funeral
3) Radiohead- Kid A (if that counts as indie)
4) The Go! Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike.
5) Sonic Youth- Murray Street
6) Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
7) Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
8) Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
9) Sonic Youth- Sonic Nurse
10) TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain

This is just off the top of my head. A rough list really.

Not caring what is indie or not, just my favorites of the decade in order after much long, hard thought...

1. Wrens - Meadowlands
2. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
3. Radiohead - Kid A
4. Strokes - Is This It?
5. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Animal Collective - Feels
7. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
8. Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
9. New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
10. Microphones - Glow Pt. 2
11. Arcade Fire - Funeral
12. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
13. Radiohead - Hail to the Theif
14. Postal Service - Give Up
15. Deerhoof - Runners Four
16. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
17. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
18. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
19. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
20. The National - Alligator
21. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
22. Interpol - Antics
23. Broken Social Scene - S/T
24. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake its Morning
25. McLusky - McLusky Do Dallas
26. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
27. Microphones - It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water
28. Radiohead - Amnesiac
29. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
30. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
31. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
32. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...
33. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
34. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
35. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
36. Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
37. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
38. White Stripes - White Blood Cells
39. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
40. Notwist - Neon Golden
41. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
42. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
43. My Morning Jacket - Z
44. M83 - Dead Cities, Lost Seas, Lost Ghosts
45. Islands - Return to the Sea
46. Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
47. Dungen - Ta Det Lungt
48. New Pornographers - Electric Version
49. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
50. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight

Neon Golden -- The Notwist
Catch for Us the Foxes -- mewithoutYou
Kid A -- Radiohead
Cold Roses -- Ryan Adams
Transatlanticism -- DC4C
I'm Wide Awake -- Bright Eyes
Blue Screen Life -- Pinback
More Deep Cuts -- Thee More Shallows
You Are There -- Mono
Hail to the Thief -- Radiohead

Interesting that so many Spoon fans like Girls Can Tell best. I have that one and Gimme Fiction and I far prefer the latter. How does Kill the Moonlight compare?

You can search both the known, and unknown universe, and not find anything like Kill The Moonlight.

I don't think that there is any other 'genre' that would be able to throw up as many amazing artists as 'Indie' does...there must be about 40-50 albums on this thread that I've never even heard of.

Nothing like the combined thoughts of many to deflate one's belief in his musical knowledge!

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake...
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
My Morning Jacket - Z

To me these seem obvious (if not a little dubious as to whether these are 'indie'). I would also put Interpol's 'Turn on the Bright Lights' and Death Cab's 'Transatlanticism' in as favourable mentions...

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Nothing like the combined thoughts of many to deflate one's belief in his musical knowledge!

They don't mean it.

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Originally posted by Jonas42:
Interesting that so many Spoon fans like Girls Can Tell best. I have that one and Gimme Fiction and I far prefer the latter. How does Kill the Moonlight compare?

Series of Sneaks>Girls Can Tell>Gimme Fiction>Kill the Moonlight>Telephono

I haven't quite made up my mind about Ga^5, but I think it slip in just behind Girls Can Tell at #3.

Will you guys quite using that circumflex!