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What are some great Indie bands?

I wanna get a little more into indie, I like the way it sounds but I haven't really explored it as much as I should. If anyone could start me off with some neat bands it would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Death Cab for Cutie

    The Shins

    The Vaccines

    Kings of Leon

    Hot Hot Heat

    The Wombats

    Mumford & Sons

    The Lumineers

    Villagers

    Kodaline

    Two Door Cinema Club

    Vampire Weekend

    Gotye

  • Wonkey
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Wilco

    My Morning Jacket

    Sufjan Stevens

    Mason Jennings

    Fleet Foxes

    Band Of Horses

    Elliott Smith

    The Smiths

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I'm not even too sure as to what exactly is considered indie these days but here goes:

    Elliott Smith

    R.E.M. (80's stuff)

    The La's

    The Smiths

    Pavement

    Sparklehorse

    Modest Mouse

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    The Antlers

    Sebadoh

    The Cribs

    The Libertines

    The Strokes

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Beach Fossils

    Craft Spells

    Death Cab For Cutie

    Fleet Foxes

    Iron & Wine

    Modest Mouse

    Neutral Milk Hotel

    Timber Timbre

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  • 5 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    Arctic monkeys

    Kasabian

    The xx

    The smiths

    The stone roses

    The horrors

    Noah and the whale

  • 8 years ago

    Modest Mouse (they're one of my favorite bands)

    Death Cab For Cutie

    Vampire Weekend

    Bright Eyes (they're kind of indie folk)

    Iron & Wine (also indie folk)

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    MGMT

    The Strokes

    Japandroids

    Tame Impala

    Foxygen

    Hopefully you'll like some of these! If you want some more bands or some specific song recommendations just email me. (chillrocky10@yahoo.com)

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Kasabian is awesome. Try Let's Roll Just Like We Used To, Velociraptor, Re-Wired, etc.

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  • 8 years ago

    Bastille. They're like sex to your ears seriously...and the singer's pretty hot too which is always a bonus :)

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