INDIE Music Thread

[mr brown]

So Blood Orange also went by Lightspeed Champion. This is a pretty cool song

dude makes good music

 

[mastamind89]

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[hugebird]

great indie albums i've listened to this week..


(higly reccomend it)


(foreign body-mirroring)


i enjoy being able to listen to entire albums and i was able to do that with all of these without skipping a single song.

Can't recommend these enough. I've been one of the biggest fans of Julia Holter and Liz Harris (Grouper) on this board, and I think they are two of the most brilliant minds making music at the moment. Ekstasis is a great album, but Tragedy really is a masterpiece. It's not a necessity to have read Euripides, but if you have it just makes the experience richer, and listening to the record as a whole is such a transformative experience, and it's definitely one of those records in which you become fully entrenched.

In the "Favorite albums of the year" thread I talked about the Mirroring record because I think it is one of the most slept on of the year. I just think it's amazing the way that Liz Harris has continued to make ambient (for lack of a better term) music in multiple different ways, and this record feels like an extension of the A I A series. I prefer those slightly over this, but it could just be up to personal preference.


As for new stuff, Jenn Pelly gave it a good writeup today, so I feel vindicated, and man that new Swearin' record really rips and I can't recommend it enough. Those Crutchfields really are a talented crew because Allison is killing with Swearin' right now and Katie's Waxahatchee project is one of the most slept on records recently in my mind.

 

[ilike turtles]

Beach House 'Bloom' is the album of the year IMO. So perfect

 

[True Blues]

Going into the time machine for this one:

AC Newman - The Slow Wonder

 

[slaptastic]

posting for later..lots of good stuff in here so far

 

[jaze1987]

 

 

[omgitswes]

I'm not huge into St Vincent, I'm feeling this track though.

 

[trilluminated]

i love this thread, props to OP for making it..

alabama shakes is that deal.. kinda similar to black keys but with a female on the mic.

Do you guys know of any good blogs that focus on indie music?

 

[omgitswes]

They're from right down the road from me too . Sucks I missed them last time they were in town, ever since they got really popular tickets to their shows have skyrocketed.
Always great to see people from Bama getting popular though.

 

[True Blues]

Bad Bad Not Good - BBNG

 

[blackxme]

This is a great thread

 

[noskey]

Oh, yeah, forgot my favorite album of the year for a minute.

 

[trilluminated]

 

[certifiedsw]

Perfection, seriously.

 

[True Blues]

Everest - Ghost Notes

 

[sole searchin]

I got nothing to add to this thread, but I approve it, 2 thumbs up.

Always love and appreciate finding new music.

 

[soccerty]

 

[Kimchi Papi]

***** Riot - Putin Lights Up The Fires

Our country may be effed about a lot of things but at least with have freedom which can't be said for a lot of other countries...

 

[miketysonthekiller]

Death grips is signed to Epic though.....

Also, a vast majority of music labeled "indie" now a days is just....dere I say? Bland? Uninteresting? Pretty boring estate to be in at the moment, but the are a few that stand out from the bunch. Not as many considering how many people are making music now a days.

 

[mr brown]

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feelin' this

 

[True Blues]

^ You might also be interested in this (free) mixtape Mansions On The Moon did with DJ Benzi and Diplo then. There are some really interesting mixes on it:

 

[trilluminated]

 

[noskey]

Death grips is signed to Epic though.....

Ah that's right. Completely forgot.

Also, a vast majority of music labeled "indie" now a days is just....dere I say? Bland? Uninteresting? Pretty boring estate to be in at the moment, but the are a few that stand out from the bunch. Not as many considering how many people are making music now a days.

This is true. It's becoming oversaturated with how easy it is to make a blog and put your music on it, or spam sites with trash. Like you said, everyone is an artist.

Better to have too much than too little, though.. imo.

 

[me no pass]

gotta catch up on this thread