whee listing time! everybody loves lists...right? here we go!
the broken social scene collective (stars, emily haines, metric, feist, amy millan, kevin drew etcetera) - pure awesome, indie goodness
sufjan stevens - sings like a girl but lyrics have never been this honest
elliot smith - lyrical genius
islands - listen to swans from their 'return to sea' album and get your indie socks rocked off
asobi seksu - shoegazing has never been this cute
camera obscura - hey lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken...!
jens lekman - awesome swedish indie pop
belle and sebastian - possibly greatest scottish band ever
the kooks - love the accent
tv on the radio - what indie rock and disco gave birth to
the kills - sexual frustration accentuated by minimalistic punk rock chords
st vincent - excellent indie pop from a multi-instrumentalist, annie clark
regina spektor - everyone loves a hot jewish anti-folk singer
neutral milk hotel - jeff mangum maybe eccentric, but at least he made two great albums before disappearing to record gypsies or some shit
arcade fire - another fine indie band from canada
the go! team - cheerleader chants and groovy basslines, ohh!
the yeah yeah yeahs - karen o is a fine lady
modest mouse - needs no introduction really
tokyo police club - interesting indietronica
the slip - spacey indie rock goodness
the mountain goats - being lonely never sounded so good
menomena - great indie rock band. 'friend and foe' is a remarkable album
imogen heap - she just oozes charm.
watch her kick ass on a looping machine
!!! - hey look, we can dance to guitars too
denali - maura davis is so hot
band of horses - simply great sound, great lineup too
cat power - chan marshall is crazy and hot and makes good music, though her recent albums leaves quite something to be desired
jesca hoop - best eccentric girlish indie pop ever
css - girly indietronica from brazil
beirut - great gypsy folk rock
glass vase cello case - tattle tale just haunts me everytime i hear it
sleepy eyes of death - shoegazing/indietronica band
teenagersintokyo - all-girl indietronica band from australia
some malaysian/taiwan/china/hk indie bands:
deserts xuan - good-looking taiwanese singer, very stripped-down folkish sound. try listening to 'scream'
queen sea big shark - shanghai girl punk
furniture - sexy malaysian indie band
citizen of ice creams - malaysian pretty post-rock/indie band.. whee!
freckles - cute taiwanese indie pop
'bittersweet' - malaysian indie band, kinda like pinholes
my little airport - awesome hk indie pop girl duo
carsick cars - talented indie rock band from shanghai, played with sonic youth
'nipples' - one of the first post-rock/experimental taiwanese bands
we save strawberries - indie/post-rockish taiwanese band
elf fatima - pretty good shoegazing/post-rock hk band)
cheer chen - another taiwanese girl with a guitar. great singer
juliet the orange - great indie pop band, RIP
the pancakes - one girl english twee pop band
cao fang - sweet chinese indie pop singer
ferns - malaysian twee-ish indie pop band
silent g - chinese darkwave band
bad daughter - taiwanese post-rock-influenced indie band
hopscotch- trip-hop/indie-influenced girl singer
yangyi - chinese bob dylan
ketchup - hk english indie folk band
new pants - electro band from beijing
'vibration' - hk downtempo-ish/indie pop band
dolly's pillbox - all-girl taiwanese indie rock band
'hedgehog' - beijing new wave band
'orangegrass' - new taiwanese indie rock band
....and i've run out of steam. Check out
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