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Kookaberry aka Wan has been a member since June 21, 2007, has scored 5973 submissions, giving an average score of 2.28.

Oct 12 '09 by Kookaberry

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Beginner's guide to "indie" music - Ready to download!

Seeing as "indie" music is a broad, vague and oftentimes contradictorily used term, for our purposes it's the music that a lot of people on this website tend to like. If you are one of those people who continues to be mystified as to who Elliott Smith is or what The Shins sound like, well here is "Indie" music 101 in playlist form. Once you conquer the basics you will be able to move onto even more obscure bands like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Scotland Yard and Camera Obscura.

Indie 101 pt. 1

1. The Funeral - Band of Horses
2. Skinny Love - Bon Iver
3. First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
4. Do the Whirlwind - Architecture in Helsinki
5. Fight Test - The Flaming Lips
6. Pictures of Success - Rilo Kiley
7. Intervention - Arcade Fire
8. Absent Afternoon - Calexico
9. All Good Things - The Weepies
10. The Trouble I've Been Looking For - Magnetic Fields
11. amsterdam - Peter, Bjorn and John
12. Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
13. You Own Me - American Analog Set
14. Proofs - Mates of State
15. Phantom Limb - The Shins
16. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens

Indie 101 pt. 2

1. Such Great Heights - Postal Service
2. White Daisy Passing - Rocky Votolato
3. Another Sunny Day - Belle & Sebastian
4. Racing Like a Pro - The National
5. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect - The Decemberists
6. Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
7. Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine
8. Oslo in the Summertime - Of Montreal
9. Sleep Tonight - Stars
10. Peace & Hate - The Submarines
11. NYC - Interpol
12. Heartbeats - José Gonzalez
13. How We Breathe - Pinback
14. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
15. Twilight - Elliott Smith
16. Eyes - Rogue Wave

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Malcolm Man on Oct 12 '09 at 9:46pm

I dunno about dat....

Maybe some of dat...

tracerbullet on Oct 12 '09 at 9:46pm

no journey or foreigner?!

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 9:46pm

this is good.

rouge wave?

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 9:48pm

I'm gonna do a couple of mixes, I had left off Rogue Wave on the 1st and 2nd but I might do a 3rd if there is enough interest.

Brian I specifically have you in mind here.

Malcolm Man on Oct 12 '09 at 9:48pm

Beirut?
Tom Waits?

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 9:49pm

I might do Rouge Wave and drop Damien Rice actually...

shakethesheets on Oct 12 '09 at 9:55pm

some good stuff

I'd suggest more but I have no idea what indie really means

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 9:56pm

I don't either. First link is up! Second link up soon!

tracerbullet on Oct 12 '09 at 9:58pm

tom waits isn't indie

tom waits is tom waits

Chipmnk on Oct 12 '09 at 9:59pm

This is what I started out with.

Chipmnk on Oct 12 '09 at 9:59pm

What's an Elliott Smith?

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:01pm

Morr Music is another label to check out. I like just about every artist under them.

tracerbullet on Oct 12 '09 at 10:03pm

i think elliott smith wrote don't stop believin'

iPear on Oct 12 '09 at 10:04pm

this doesn't look like linkin park to me..

juliejeremiah on Oct 12 '09 at 10:04pm

coooool

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:07pm

Elliott Smith wrote Eye in the Sky pshh

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:09pm

cool lists

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:09pm

the Smiths!! The Pixies! Jesus and Mary chain!
bands!

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:12pm

Dewd you know there's enough bands to make another 25 mixes. I don't gots all night.

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:13pm

haha was only kidding- It's awesome- thanks for making those for everyone.

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:16pm

=) I hope people actually download them. My fear is either everyone already has them or absolutely doesn't want them

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:17pm

i don't have all of those songs! - i'll download it:)

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:17pm

*them

shakethesheets on Oct 12 '09 at 10:18pm

are neutral milk hotel indie? animal collective? the mountain goats?

I guess Okkervil River, Wolf Parade, Andrew Bird and Frightened Rabbit are?

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:19pm

Yes to all of those except I don't know who Frightened Rabbit are so I'm guessing. I had Andrew Bird and Okkervil river but got cut due to size constraints. I'll probably do a couple more mixes sometime this week. I tried to hit all the big bands aka Death Cab, The Shins, etc.

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:20pm

I think indie is a very broad term really, and not all that specific

Neutral Milk Hotel = i heart

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:20pm

Neutral Milk Hotel are like ultimate indie, I actually should have included them instead of some other band. /mefail

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:22pm

just realised- I have a low download limit right now but I will come back to download these, they're awesome

shakethesheets on Oct 12 '09 at 10:24pm

ah. I guess I just don't tend to consider older bands as indie, since it's only in modern day such a broad classification.

but there is that whole beginning of indie in the 90s thing, Pavement, Sebadoh...

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:25pm

you seen this?

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:26pm

sorry!!! wrong link!!! wait!!

ratkiss on Oct 12 '09 at 10:26pm

*downloads*
I have some of these bands but some I don't, so thanks!

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:26pm

dont watch that snake thing it's scary

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:26pm

Was the ending CGI or real? I mean if it's real that snake has impeccable timing.

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:28pm

sorry i didnt even mean to post that!
haha i think it's cgi

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:28pm

Speaking of indie, my shirt was in a Band of Horses video. Cause Eric and I are awesome.

B 7 on Oct 12 '09 at 10:30pm

no way really??!! Cool!!

biotwist on Oct 12 '09 at 10:31pm

I disagree with this list...... actually now that i realized you wrote the song titles first and bands second this list is better... but comon, no mountain goats or neutral milk hotel? not even bright eyes? and what about all the awesome indie hiphop and electro, gimi some easop rock and MSTRKRFT

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:31pm

Indie music gave hope to accordion and banjo players everywhere that they might still be laid by a girl with glasses who doesn't need glasses, ballet flats and electric blue lamé pants from American Apparel.

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:32pm

What the hell is there to "disagree" with? Bright Eyes is in there, btw.

biotwist on Oct 12 '09 at 10:33pm

thanks to indie music there are now female artists i like and respect

Kookaberry on Oct 12 '09 at 10:33pm

I really like that I went out of my way to put together a free playlist for people to download and you have to naysay it. Really classy of you.

biotwist on Oct 12 '09 at 10:39pm

btw, i didnt realize there was anything to download. i was just being an indie snob, you know how it is. this here is a Sinclare apology

iPear on Oct 12 '09 at 11:00pm

I has all the music that you posted int he two mixxes, but I amgoing to keep posting because these is good mix music and people should get a hear on.

asdfghaya on Oct 12 '09 at 11:09pm

i downloadeded the first playmixx and it was like, dudemang, you can't play this stuffs 'cause you aren't authorized.

:(

asdfghaya on Oct 12 '09 at 11:12pm

ojk, just da 1st song was like that

FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 12 '09 at 11:48pm

You should teach the class on this! Nice work with Anthem from Broken Social Scene, it's one of my favorite songs of all time.

the Garden State soundtrack's pretty good for your beginner indie needs as well.

Kookaberry on Oct 13 '09 at 4:23am

Ah crap, I forgot I downloaded Band of Horses from iTunes. I'll supplement that later.

applesforjonah on Oct 13 '09 at 4:27am

I've got some undownloaded Band of Horses. At least, I'm pretty sure my digital copy of Everything All the Time isn't downloaded from iTunes. Is there any way I can send it to you? I'm not that bright.