Introduce me to Alternative/Indie

[Outside Box]

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On a quest to fill up my 80GB ipod and to expand my musical horizons I decided to try to discover some other music genres other than what I already load it up with: trance techno & rap. I've added a few more groups (Postal Service, Snow Patrol) but I'm looking to add some new stuff, nothing too main stream pls -

all suggestions welcome,

-ob

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

You'll be sorry. Or at least you should be.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

There's a 200+ post thread in El Diablo's General Forum on indie music.

[nowags]

Stereophonics, The Shins, Sparta, Alkaline Trio, Pete Yorn, The Hives, Queens of the Stone Age, the Shins, On Second Thought, Tegan & Sarah, The Hot IQ's, The Vines, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphy's, Flogging Molly, The Fray.

a couple of these are more punk than alternative, and a couple are somewhat mainstream.

[Case Closed]

"The decemberists" would be a solid start.

[guy.incognito]

A few of my favorite Alternative/Indie albums....

Built to Spill- Keep it Like a Secret
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
Wilco- Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Ween- The Mollusk
Air- Talkie Walkie

[SmileyEH]

AC newman, andrew bird, arcade fire, the beta band, calexico, cloud cult, de nova dahl, death cab for cutie, doves, eels, feist, franz ferdinand, the go! team, head automatica, interpol, the killers, the kills, menomena, metric, mirah, the national, modest mouse, our lady peace, phoenix, the servant, sufjan stevens, ted leo, the tea party

[nick604]

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My Bloody Valentine- Loveless

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Essential

Also try: Pavement, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Grandaddy, Cocteau Twins, Sleater Kinney, The National.

[Jack of Arcades]

I think Spoon might be the best introduction.

[Sephus]

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Stereophonics, The Shins, Sparta, Alkaline Trio, Pete Yorn, The Hives, Queens of the Stone Age, the Shins, On Second Thought, Tegan & Sarah, The Hot IQ's, The Vines, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphy's, Flogging Molly, The Fray.

a couple of these are more punk than alternative, and a couple are somewhat mainstream.

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you forgot the shins.