WHAT. IS. INDIE. Rolling 2012 Indie Thread

Also, I've decided that Memoryhouse is one of the lamest "cool" bands going right now.

i thought their earlier stuff was really lovely, but the hype is out of control and i would say that sub pop is not the label for them.

I have to agree - the LP does not live up to the promise of (the first release of, smdh) The Years. Also, why keep "Heirloom" for the LP but discard "Caregiver"?

oh yeah gold bears, i liked them. and of course i am looking forward to allo darlin but they aren't really a slumberland thing. but i listened to the devon williams and big troubles and it was meh. the new princeton record is pretty nice for rich guys making posh pop, one might have minor flashbacks of the push kings which may not be a good thing for many people. i think i may only like the lodger records because they remind of sneaky feelings.

Yeah, um I kinda expect to be in the minority re: Cloud Nothings.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, February 17, 2012

I still haven't made up my mind. I like some of 'em of it, but yep it sounds so 1995 and even 1985 at times. I need to listen a bit more and decide what they do or don't add to those sounds

that 2:54 song is grebt!

"Free Time!" by Pinkunoizu yall. i want this band to catch on

Pitchfork and the Washington Post love synth-pop indie entity Grimes. I have not given it a listen yet. Anyone? Or maybe they're for a different thread?

Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

A new Keith Canisius ep just popped up, sooo good!
http://keithcanisius.bandcamp.com/album/save-the-sharks-ep2

can't remember if i mentioned them but i've been digging Cue Fanfare a lot lately, though their current release was from last year. similar to the likes of ashby, birdie etc but without so much of the loungey tinges that unpleasantly colour much of the marina groups that they loosely resemble

thanks for the canisius tip, enjoying that EP.

http://www.faber.co.uk/work/how-soon-is-now/9780571243907/

^ could be good, could be shit, who knows?

Worth documenting perhaps, but could do without another rehash of the Tony Wilson/ Alan McGee/ Geoff Travers Stories TBH.

Yeah, looking at the guy's blog, I think that might be the bulk of it.

http://www.how-soon.com/images/sized/image_uploads/covering_page-520x694.JPG

Thank you so much to whoever nominated this song in the 2011 tracks countdown - has turned into one of my three or four faves from the whole year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSAL-PZPnEg&ob=av2e

p sure that is the most indie pop thing ever made

that whole single is great imo. so much better than their previous thing free loan investments

Lies and slander. It is pretty good though

Favourite Roger Gunnarsson thing is The Garlands, but that Pushy Parents EP is 100% gold.

Yeah I have the Garlands split single with someone and it's great, got it when they played London Popfest a couple of years ago

Goddamn I wish I was 16 and could get fucked up to that Clound Nothings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3q4OTrIZ8Q&feature=related

Besides being a great Godz song, they're a great Chicago band who just released their self-titled album. "Miracle" is on it, though this is technically from the single from last October.

They're like a fuzzy hybrid of The Bats and Outrageous Cherry.

after that description i was actually disappointed to find out i'd already heard of them

their LP is really good

new amy linton song--

http://soundcloud.com/av-linton/big-ocean

banjos. it has been alleged that she is making an aislers set album on her own again.

the new megaphonic thrift album on club ac30 is a thing of shoegaze beauty

marty donald demo-

http://soundcloud.com/lost-and-lonesome/last-leaves-the-nights-you

sounds a lot like the lucksmiths obviously. new band 'last leaves' with 3 of the 4 lucksmiths and a new drummer.

do you actually like it?

(not a trick q)

yeah. is that the wrong answer?:) i like everything marty though. besides, it's a demo, i am sure when they finish it it will be free jazz skronk and beats.

ha no not wrong, but yeah it's probably my least favourite song of his thus far. will be v interested to see how it goes with the full band treatment. choosing to sing his own songs was an interesting idea

feeling this and playing it a lot lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8VQzzoZN48

dude's voice is a dealbreaker imo

dude's stupid face is a dealbreaker imo. i should have listened to it with the browser minimised.

i have been trying to figure out who he sounds like and it finally it me, it's Jónsi from Sigur Rós.

it hit

That's not it. He sounds more like a sleepy Antony Hegarty.

i should have listened to it with the browser minimised.

I did that.

Sounds like Kermit.

the new Lotus Plaza record (Deerhunter) sounds pretty good to me, esp. considering the fact that im not a Deerhunter fan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbwo-KUXe0k

this Megaphonic Thrift album is better at Imperial Teen than the new Imperial Teen album.

new single by The School not bad, a bit less of a drag than the non-single tracks on their album. but the opening track is lifting part of the melody of something else and i'm struggling to put my finger on it

and she really needs to lose the fucking autotune

music sounds like tramway, it's ok.

i like "give you the ghost" by polica a lot

the newest klaus & kinski record is really very nice. seems as if they don't get much credit for being kinda great. they churn out the records too.

listening to the compilation the rainyards put up on bandcamp. fantastic. in spite of having a friend that was obsessed with summershine once upon a time I was completely unaware of their goodness.

it is a thing of absolute beauty.

it is. it reminds of rick menck/paul chastain but better than that. papa topo's mini-lp is lovely as well, it is like the school record I was hoping for, in spanish of course.

ha. i really disliked oso panda but the follow up single was good, so i'm interested

when they buried oso panda in their next video it was cute. apparently they are like 19. they sound almost cosmopolitan now compared to oso panda. the milkyway influence.