EVOL! Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I thought indie rock referred to bands that were independent of big labels. Matador, Sub Pop, etc. Or even bands that totally produce music on their own. The genre is irrelevant. Sort of. In today's context I think of indie rock as bands that sound like they would have been on Matador, Sub Pop, etc. if they were around in the early nineties. Associating modern bands with the original meaning is moot. The labels have been co-opted and redefined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 And since you mentioned Pavement, who saw the farewell tour? You mean the recent reunion tour? I did and it was amazing because they are an important bad. Songs were great too. I will say that after seeing SM & the Jicks more than a few times Pavement sounds stiff and not the sweet, Crazy Horse ragged I though they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Another band that I think you'd like is Surfer Blood. My favorite songs are "Harmonix" and "Slow Jabroni". I can't help but notice some of their songs rip off other bands.. But whatever. Good call. I love their album even if it sounds completely different from a lot of other stuff I like (you can lump Tokyo Police Club in that group too). It makes me think of later era Pavement playing Tears for Fears songs with a little Afropop sprinkling. They also use a lot of spring reverb. Blitzen Trapper is another recent band I am into. Great live. I hear a lot of The Band in them, but without a killer pocket drummer like Levon Helm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak show Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 You mean the recent reunion tour? I did and it was amazing because they are an important bad. Songs were great too. I will say that after seeing SM & the Jicks more than a few times Pavement sounds stiff and not the sweet, Crazy Horse ragged I though they were. I saw a Pavement show a few months back too, but they definitely weren't "stiff" that night. I guess I'll have to check out a Jicks show for comparison, but Pavement was as low-fi, low-tech and high-energy as I had hoped they would be. Great concert! To answer the question about Indie-bands and big labels: IMO a band loses its indie-status by going to a major, and R.E.M. is a perfect example. I don't think it's a coincidence that their music got more mainstream after the move to Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I like the band Death On Two Wheels, they are classified as "Indie Rock". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mLlnRbF1Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Good call. I love their album even if it sounds completely different from a lot of other stuff I like (you can lump Tokyo Police Club in that group too). It makes me think of later era Pavement playing Tears for Fears songs with a little Afropop sprinkling. They also use a lot of spring reverb. Blitzen Trapper is another recent band I am into. Great live. I hear a lot of The Band in them, but without a killer pocket drummer like Levon Helm. I'll check out Blitzen Trapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I saw a Pavement show a few months back too, but they definitely weren't "stiff" that night. I guess I'll have to check out a Jicks show for comparison, but Pavement was as low-fi, low-tech and high-energy as I had hoped they would be. Great concert! Don't get me wrong, it was a great show. I am just saying that SM & Jicks have a very breezy feel to a lot of their songs while Pavement tends to be ridged 4/4. For example, rattled by the rush is one of my favorite songs. I just wish it grooved deeper like the Jicks' vanessa from queens or do not feed the oysters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Fred, real indie rock is rock bands who are unsigned by any major label and putting out music on their own. But its taken on a genre and represents a certain "sound" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I'll check both of those out, just lemme know what else you would suggest. I'm starting to really embrace it because a lot of my songs "sound indie" so instead of trying to make it more blues rock-ish, I'll accept it and work off of it Modest Mouse was awesome! Their old stuff was amazing, the last album was meh on that note, i want a shirt that just says "...meh" I don't want to throw a bunch of bands at you all at once because then you might just go to iTunes and click one random song to demo and get turned off on that band. Nah mean? I'm pretty sure meh shirts are out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 I don't want to throw a bunch of bands at you all at once because then you might just go to iTunes and click one random song to demo and get turned off on that band. Nah mean? I'm pretty sure meh shirts are out there. Yeah, I hear you. I'm new to the whole "indie" thing, but I'm seeing it more and more in my music, its like a combination of 60s garage rock, psychedelia, weird blues and indie I'm gonna have to find me some of them there meh shirts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I think I actually saw some meh shirts at Target when I was working there. I've definately seen them somewhere. I listen to a lot of "indie". Just watch out some of it will get you depressed if you listen to it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 No, alot of Indie bands suck. Which is why most of them are Indie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I agree but the same could be said about metal for sure. Maybe even moreso for metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I agree but the same could be said about metal for sure. Maybe even moreso for metal. Majority of metal bands arent indie. There tons of metal bands that are unsgined, but home town bands that last for a few months and die once they are done doing bad covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Alright Fred I threw together some Pinback songs for you. I wouldn't call them indie rock but they're one of my favorite bands ever. I'm not sure any of you guys will dig them but I love them. Pinback - Seville Pinback - Concrete Seconds these aren't necessarily all the best songs by them. They're one of those bands where I love every song on every album (except Autumn of the Seraphs) so it was really hard for me to pick songs. They have about a million other amazing songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Pinback - Fortress (this is like the Tighten Up of Pinback. Their popular super catchy song) Pinback - Non-Photo Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Pinback - Sender Pinback - Soaked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AtBJOS8RSE&feature=youtube_gdata_player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Pinback - Crutch (probably my favorite Pinback song) if you want more (which I doubt) I can do this all day. I didn't even do any side projects or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Hey Dub, I really enjoyed that, made me relaxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Haha cool! Yeah most of their stuff is pretty mellow. It's hard to imagine they're metalheads (at least Rob Crowe is I don't know about Zack). They have a side project called Goblin Cock if you want to check that out and see what I mean. Thingy is pretty badass too. My favorite side projects are Systems Officer and Heavy Vegetable. Three Mile Pilot is sweet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 if you want more (which I doubt) I can do this all day. I didn't even do any side projects or anything. Good stuff. I'll be downloading some of their stuff for sure (legally of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Sweet! The albums Blue Screen Life and Summer in Abaddon are the best IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Haha cool! Yeah most of their stuff is pretty mellow. It's hard to imagine they're metalheads (at least Rob Crowe is I don't know about Zack). They have a side project called Goblin Cock if you want to check that out and see what I mean. Thingy is pretty badass too. My favorite side projects are Systems Officer and Heavy Vegetable. Three Mile Pilot is sweet too. You're kidding me. I have a side project called Cock Goblin. ****, now it's gonna seem like I'm copying them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I like Goblin Cock...the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 BTW, on topic Dub T, those songs were sweet. Wasn't too much of a fan of the one song you said was supposed to be their "Tighten Up" though, but a solid band all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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