Indie/ Post/ Alternative Rock Recommendations Options

[Twibeard]

I'v desided to make a cool Indie Rock (Alternative Rock) band list.
I'v added a random Youtube or Myspace link by the band name, so you can go and knock yourself out with some real music: Rock Art from people in the streets around.
Add more Indie bands to this list, if you know any, by reply or PM, I will add suggestions to this the first post - thanks

Indie::

Built to spill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0B2HbS8Q4

Dinosaur Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XBIfOFtmmM

Mindy Misty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpv3N4jf_w

Superchunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzcUOX1vOKA

Polvo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1DoMNL3GA

Sebadoh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRnmcqQgMWQ

Wilco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYx5fg_hZk

Sonic Youht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytADXZFzwH8

Pavement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1SBQKOW8qE

Modest Mouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf_zKPyamsM

Pixies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCoOlUjhlc

Flaming Lips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3hFrGjcDGQ

Blonde Redhead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7FqUNlEdwA

Folk Implosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZdTwXJfSmw

Breeders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt5MWCwFhCI

Halo Benders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou8xhYe0kZw

Treepeople: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwLP443yY_E

Unwound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_j3XmQ45xk

Enon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T98vH_SdPvs

Nirvana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iki6xBSbrIE

Motorpsycho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klW45xohG0s

Gastr del sol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gip5CQ0lq9U

Meat Puppets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh8Zy0j-GwU

My Friend George: http://www.last.fm/music/My+Friend+George

Figurines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6UA0XQjzGw

My Bloody Valentine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8nCE2EoIw

Sixteen Horsepower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVm74OkoQmM

Ugly Casanova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2rfh_t5x4

Helium: http://spain.real.com/music/artist/_7710/articles/369955

Low: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXguCYq9GEE

Grandaddy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV7hFJNpl9E

Pj Harvey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A83JorcLaU

The vaselines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-96bv8FSBsw

Godspeed you black emporor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW42u8nFtvo

Stephen malkmus & the jicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kioSqxHDYjY

J. Mascis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkGla6BKofU

Thurston Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a71dTOYFepk

Project A-KO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJiEHg9c4Bk

Cat power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UowZbpQkCO8

Trumans water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XMX3UwI7Dw

The cure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSmfNxmaQHc

Elliot smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAOxo8qH_AQ

Sleater Kinney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxRu7fwR24

The amps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAzVEaX_08

Yo la tengo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe-4W_xhHT8

Radiohead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxpblnsJEWM

Mercury Rev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xJbEoc5sDw

Bright Eyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBZuCSr7dI

Bjorg and The Sugarcubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mnIzNY0DP4

Minutemen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJ8dcLxFVg

Daniel Johnston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjPS-zmPAk

Magnus Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XwvPhUkw1g

The Arcade Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNfWC4Sgkcs

Belle & Sebastian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2637_waoI

Fugazi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzC0RNkBXM0

Black Flag/Henry Rollins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKFImER0vA

MDC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-nbkeGJQsw

Halo of Flies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uznZVUPI4pk

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l05j8hNiCjk

Ministry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FbdxIkJ9jI

SNFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wThnab-JHPI

Gang of Four https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA

Bomb Everything (former Bomb Disneyland, forced to change name because of Pathocratic facism)

Helmet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8pyBZevUFQ

Lydia Lunch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2IaelXaW8Q

The Killers http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Oec8RuwVVs

Free Kitten http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=ht...freekitten.html

Mission of Burma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6ioFC88co

Liz Phair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTv_zkPVcEM

Spiritualized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCS__YZAaLw

Band of Susans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9fF91Tif9Y

Rollerskate Skinny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCS__YZAaLw

Wolf And Cub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtLN1IdUv98 http://youtube.com/watch?v=2-yNrkrgGmo&feature=related



More Heavy::

Melvins: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XBaxRYGtrkI

Flyleaf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zL3dqdxUg

Don Caballero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qaKqNJYIg

Jesus Lizard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu9lUbf5GQ0

Ruins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmjyhCSFDXQ

Shellac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb5W9Zl_7aQ

Big Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_gfuN_Llqs

Dead Kennedys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPn0l220MY

Mudhoney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNm-pF10mNE

Zeni Geva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rJunCVA9mw

Aarabrot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTo6bLGAojU

Kambodja: http://www.myspace.com/kambodsja

The ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P71wHF3aB70

Next life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AH4zcXNRM

Janes addiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lro71LzRA7I

Teenage jesus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgnvpt9CmNw

Babes in toyland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPzpYfXQ-3U

Queens of the stonage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXCaXz0GbU

Noxagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_uJW91FiJQ

Dead moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Glgm1E6mw

Tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm__8yL1Wdc

Wolf Eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7P3p_Cs8sQ

Chavez http://youtube.com/watch?v=xz9En8CIVBw



More Experimental::

StarBug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DeOgkF4d7w

King Crimson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbOdgevxDE

The Residents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve0XrTiFiwo

God is my co pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw_ENRPJ3ig

Snakefinger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euhyF9MJ0rA

Sun ra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWz6D7hQxkA

Melt banana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvuHlA1Vtvw

Kraftwerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j72xBFffZck

Faust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEy8Abh_cfQ

Neu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23HfAHSKWlk

Einsturzende neubauten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm_aut6RDAY

Ex girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm7rpi_vVG4

Acid mothers temple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3agMApaJU

Frank Zappa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgujWm0TrJA

Captain beefheart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRHr5pEIFU

The Lapse: http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=ht...2Fthelapse.html

Soft Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsdgu_KtjvA

Silver Apples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPPGVq9GMOI

USA is a Monster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIzbCoXGZ2Y

Swellmaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YweKU8ckalk

Erase Erratta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWWl0TMewSw

Glenn Branca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqHz7cUw4Ls

Lightningbolt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2emHj3qTX9k

Vialka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ittswJNADpg

Epikurs Euforie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjLbVKh59k

Now We've got Members: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKPB-i2rPo

My Cat is an Alien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIDer29ri4A

James Chance and the Contortions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPb18CzG2gg

Throbbing Gristle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_T5AYTUlw

Alternative TV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_TV#External_links

Porcupine Tree http://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree

Nurse with Wound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmmR9OJWV0I

Matmos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2OgrzaINp8

Karen Findley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czUxRu193vY

Controlled Bleeding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edRm-0DVqTE

Cornelius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQI0R_87Afc



More Post Rock::

Mogwai http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=37792973

Red Sparowes http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...riendID=1899211

Jakob http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=14296194

French Teen Idol http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=24089864

All Angels Gone http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=39000620

Crippled Black Phoenix http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=29249398

International Karate http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=79234631

Laura http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=17364100

Pelican http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...riendID=8066086

PG.Lost http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...riendID=5441486

Russian Circles http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=31220613

Karate http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=43892741

Logh http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=31842590

Early Day Miners http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...riendID=7699989

Explosions in the Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbe8RKfaIjU

The Coma Lilies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfr_kHkuqk

Cul de Sac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyTcD0ZbRmA

Manitoba (now Caribou) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4y24zL84UY

A Silver Mt. Zion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-eJVBERdI



Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as opposed to indie pop or other possible match-ups. These criteria vary from an emphasis on rock instrumentation (electric guitars, bass guitar, live drums, and vocals) to more abstract (and debatable) rockist constructions of authenticity.
Indie rock is shorthand for independent rock, this is the Rock made by "the man in the street" for many of its artists are or were unsigned or signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. It is not strictly a genre of music (although the term is often used to reference the sound of specific bands and the bands they have influenced), but is often used as an umbrella term covering a wide range of artists and styles, connected by some degree of allegiance to the values of underground culture, counterculture, and (usually) describable as rock music. Genres or subgenres often associated with indie rock include lo-fi, post-rock, sadcore, C86, and math rock, to list but a few; other related (and sometimes overlapping) categories include: Alternative dance, Alternative metal, Baggy, Britpop, Christian alternative rock, College rock, Dream pop, Dunedin Sound, Geek rock, Gothabilly, Gothic rock, Grebo, Grunge, Indie pop, Industrial rock, Jangle pop, Madchester, Noise pop, Noise rock, Paisley Underground, Post-grunge, Post-punk revival, Psychobilly, Riot Grrrl, Shoegazing, Space rock and Twee pop.
Indie rock artists place a premium on maintaining complete control of their music and careers, releasing albums on independent record labels (sometimes their own) and relying on touring, word-of-mouth, and airplay on independent or college radio stations for promotion. Some end up moving to major labels, often on favorable terms won by their prior independent success.

Post-rock is a music genre characterized by the use of musical instruments commonly associated with rock music, but utilizing rhythms, harmonies, melodies, timbre, and chord progressions that are not found in rock tradition. Simply put, it is the use of 'rock instrumentation' for non-rock purposes. Practitioners of the genre's style typically produce instrumental music.
As with many musical genres, the term is arguably inadequate as a concise descriptor: for example, Don Caballero and Mogwai were among the more prominent bands of the 1990s described as post rock, but the two bands' music has very little in common besides the fact that they are both largely instrumental. As such, the term has been the subject of backlash from listeners and artists alike.
Although firmly rooted in the indie scene of the 1980s and '90s, post-rock's style bears little resemblance musically to that of indie rock. Last quote: wikipedia



Edit: added more bands to the list + removed a line with my innocent humor
Added some information too...

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This post has been edited by Twibeard: Jan 29 2008, 02:38 PM