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This is just a long list of some I have on my ipod already and looking for new bands.

Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Aqueduct
Arctic Monkeys
Bag Raiders
Band Of Horses
Beach House
Blitzen Trapper
Bloc Party
The Blow
Blue Sky Black Death
Bombay Bicycle Club
British Beef
Chairlift
Cocoon
Cut Copy
Dananananaykroyd
Dirty Heads
Donora
The Dresden Dolls
Ellie Goulding
Empire Of The Sun
Eugene McGuinness
Fleet Foxes
Fruit Bats
Glamour For Better
Gramercy Arms
Gregory And The Hawk
Haudouken!
Ida Maria
Jamie T
Johnny Foreigner
The Kills
The Kooks
The Limousines
Local Native
Lykke Li
Manchester Orchestra
Marching Band
MGMT
Mike Snow
Mobius Band
Mumford And Sons
muse
Mute Math
Noah And The Whale
Of Montreal
OK GO
Passion pit
Peter Bjorn and John
Phoenix
Rogue Wave
The Ruby Suns
The Shins
The Silent Years
Silversun pickups
Slow Runner
The Sounds
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Takka Takka
The Temper Trap
Tilly And The Wall
Vampire Weekend
Vetiver
Violent Femmes
The Walkmen
That’s just a long list aha but any bands would be helpful. I LOVE Indie music soooooo much=]
Just any Indie bands you may know of:) I listen to Indie radio stations and get some but it’s easier to do this haha. Thanks and God bless
Not pop rock or rock pop whatever. Indie please

Bat for Lashes
Grizzly bear
Late of the pier
Hot chip
Flaming lips
Friendly fires
The lasy shadow puppets
Nick Cave and the bad seeds
Super furry animals
Tv on the radio
The XX
Yeasayer

Not all strictly indie, but they’re similar to the bands you listed….btw, I love your taste in music and the fact you put them all in alphabetical order.

  1. Perverse Party Said,

    The Boxer Rebellion
    Cats On Fire
    The Concretes
    Lacrosse
    References :

  2. Kevin Said,

    the maine….
    listen to the song into your arms and girls do what they want
    References :

  3. Jumpeeo Said,

    Bat for Lashes
    Grizzly bear
    Late of the pier
    Hot chip
    Flaming lips
    Friendly fires
    The lasy shadow puppets
    Nick Cave and the bad seeds
    Super furry animals
    Tv on the radio
    The XX
    Yeasayer

    Not all strictly indie, but they’re similar to the bands you listed….btw, I love your taste in music and the fact you put them all in alphabetical order.
    References :

  4. Stuie (sucker for good Strings) Said,

    My Morning Jacket
    Broken Bells
    Brett Dennen
    Beck
    Moby
    Ray LaMontagne
    Alexi Murdoch
    Josh Ritter
    Joe Pug
    The Whitest Boy Alive
    Badly Drawn Boy
    Beirut
    The Coral
    Sea Wolf
    Mason Jennings
    Modest Mouse
    Ben Harper
    TV On The Radio
    Circus Devils
    Guided By Voices
    Tomihira
    Bon Iver
    Jose Gonzalez
    The Last Shadow Puppets
    Supergrass
    Lifter Puller
    The Helio Sequence
    Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club
    Sigur Ros
    Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
    Kings of Convenience
    Iron & Wine
    Donavon Frankenreiter
    Gregory Alan Isakov
    Sleepercar
    Joseph Arthur
    Justice
    Robert Pollard
    Massive Attack
    Groove Armada
    Faithless
    Xavier Rudd
    Don DiLego
    Chris Black
    Dr. Dog
    Cold War Kids
    The Heligoats
    Golden Boots
    The Takeovers
    William Fitzsimmons
    Dan Gonzalez
    Fever Ray
    Wheat
    The Beta Band
    Chris Titchner
    Guster
    Langhorne Slim
    Six Organs of Admittance
    The Cribs
    Joe Purdy
    Amos Lee
    The Isles
    Elvis Perkins
    The Good, The Bad, And The Queen
    The Silver Seas
    Damien Juardo
    Pavement
    The Strokes
    The White Stripes
    Elliot Smith
    The Flaming Lips
    Red House Painters
    Josh Rouse
    Galixie 500
    Gary Jules
    Palace Music
    Palace
    Palace Songs
    Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
    Will Oldham
    Afghan Whigs
    The Raconteurs
    Tobin Sprout
    Moonbabies
    Pinetop Seven
    DeVotchKa
    Mando Diao
    Great Lake Swimmers
    The Angels of Light
    Sun Kil Moon
    Maritime
    The National
    A.C. Newman
    Cary Brothers
    Sean Hayes
    Willy Mason
    The Shore
    The Shortwave Set
    Motion Pictures
    Panda Bear
    Joshua Radian
    Griffin House
    The Skygreen Leopards
    The Recital
    Grizzly Bear
    Tunng
    The Acorn
    Giant Squid
    Nathan Moore
    Chris Harford
    Joshua James
    Akron/Family
    Horse Feathers
    Zach Gill
    Breathe Owl Breathe
    Blind Pilot
    Whitley
    Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
    Timmy Curran
    The Tallest Man On Earth
    The Friendly Indians
    Coconut Records
    The Spring Standards
    Moses Cleveland
    Calexico
    Datarock
    Devandra Banhart
    Natureboy
    French Kicks
    Sebadoh
    Wilco
    Billy Bragg and Wilco
    Landing
    The Swell Season
    Chapterhouse
    References :

  5. Prof Anger (pro... tools?) Said,

    I like a lot of those groups a lot. Some ones I’m really fond of that aren’t listed (off the top of my head, maybe just put the names you don’t know into youtube and see what it nets if you’re interested):
    Dr. Dog
    Delta Spirit
    Franklin For Short
    the Spires
    Okkervil River
    Rural Alberta Advantage
    the Starlight Mints
    Tall Tales and the Silver Lining
    References :

  6. Charlotte ℓσνєѕ *MOZZA* ♫ Said,

    Personally, I always quite liked Mayday Parade. Their first and second albums, not the most recent.
    And I agree with a lot of Stuie’s suggestions.
    References :

  7. Baron Said,

    Dear Reader
    Me First and the gimmie gimmies
    Guster
    Wilko
    Kathleen Edwards
    Ben Lee
    Uncle Tupelo
    Sondre Lerche
    References :

  8. Paper Dreams Honey Said,

    such questions = not indie.
    References :

  9. lucylui Said,

    Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Tegan & Sara, Matt and Kim, The Unicorns, The Apples in Stereo, Dinosaur Jr., Neutral Milk Hotel. ESPECIALLY NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL.
    References :

  10. Starla Dear Said,

    Dinosaur Jr.
    Neutral Milk Hotel
    The Mountain Goats

    All you need.
    References :

  11. Kelly Said,

    wow lots of good bands posted here but here’s two more:
    -The thermals
    -Moldy peaches
    References :

  12. Henry Said,

    Check out Pink Floyd’s album "The Piper at The Gates of Dawn"
    References :

  13. Shelblob Said,

    fun.
    the format
    the black keys
    cocorosie
    doves
    colorfire
    jack’s mannequin
    parachute
    References :

  14. PaUL Said,

    You’ve got amazing music taste!
    there’s one band missing on your list though, DREAM TRIBES.
    Check them out http://www.myspace.com/dreamtribes
    References :

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