I'm looking for more accoustic based or mostly accoustic indie/alternative albums. So far I've come up with Nuetral milk, Bright eyes, and a couple others. But I wanted to get some input from the metamembers.
Thanks.

BRMC Howl
Grant Lee Buffalo Mighty Joe Moon
The Coral Magic and Medicine
eels Daisies of the Galaxy
Go-Betweens Oceans Apart

Temporarily running out of ideas, but I'll get back to ya.

Elephant Micah - And the Agrarian Malaise
J. Tillman - Long May You Run
National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear

All 3 of these are among my all-time favorite albums, partifularly those first two.

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Cat Power - You Are Free
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Richard Buckner - The Hill
Mark Kozelek - What's Next To The Moon
Crooked Fingers - Red Devil Dawn

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's -- Dust of Retreat

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Elliott's the first thing that came to mind. Then it was the Ladyhawk Anarchy EP. Then The Life Aquatic OST (Seu Jorge doing Bowie covers).

-Badly Drawn Boy - the hour of bewilderbeast
-Belle n Sebastian - Tigermilk
-Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of Broken Seas

Any Iron & Wine album should do.

most of the big ones I can think of were already mentioned. Others that come to mind...

Hayden - Skyscraper National Park
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Andrew Bird's Mysterious Production of Eggs
Feist - The Reminder

oh and also...

Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Mirah - C'mon Miracle
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer

Give the Microphones a try. I'd start with It Was Hot, We Stayed In the Water or The Glow Pt. 2.

You could also go with Pajo - Pajo (self-titled album) or his other name Papa M. He's a former guitarist for this band Slint, who were pretty instense. But his solo work is softer and good.

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Give the Microphones a try. I'd start with It Was Hot, We Stayed In the Water or The Glow Pt. 2.

I was just about to say that, i like the Glow pt. 2 more than my mom! I also second Mirah; C'mon Miracle is awesome.

I would add

Young Prayer by Panda Bear.

great, heartfelt album.

Anything by M. Ward. I personally like the Transfiguration of Vincent and Post War. I also second the Iron & Wine

anything damien jurado.
and i second m. ward.
quality and consistency.

Violent Femmes first album. Emiliana Torrini's "Fisherman's Woman". Anything by Darren Hanlon. Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" and Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" may not be indie, but are certainly essential.

I second the Violent Femmes. Possibly one of the best acoustic albums ever.