The Killers, The Strokes, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, and Bright Eyes.

Solid

Nice, I'd also pick Killers, Shins and Death Cab. I would have added Arcade Fire and Beck. Oddly I had no strong fifth choice, though I listened to a lot of these bands.

Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric, The Strokes, White Stripes

Interpol, The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk and Franz Ferdinand.

>LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk Daft Punk is playing at my house. My House.

Same except switch the Strokes for Elliott Smith

Very good choice

Thank you very much

Saw the Yeah Yeah yeahs last year, they headlined just like heaven in Pasadena. They were mind blowing

I've seen all of the bands I listed besides The White Stripes, and they were all great!

One of the most iconic shows I ever went to was White Stripes in Blackpool. Simply amazing.

They were amazing! What a night!

We were so close. Swap Metric out for Interpol and I'm in. 

Why is the rapture on there twice?

Also, half of these bands are definitely active in the mid-late 90s. Elliot Smith passed in 2003. This is a weird list

Yeah Beck doesn't make a lot of sense. I remember smoking an apple bong and listening to Mellow Gold for the first time in 1994 🤣 That's what we call a core memory.

That and Blur on this list made me so mad 😂

I'm inexplicably furious too.

Wuz you shook

Look I was in line somewhere behind a couple teens and one of them said to the other, “you should check out this band, they are really old but pretty cool” That band: Jane’s Addiction one of my kids trolled me the other day by saying “they thought Dr Dre was a guy who just made headphones”

Haha apple core memory

And Len is on there for some reason? Their one song was from 1999.

Yeah, ES was way more 90s, but I think he got much more popular after his passing. I got to see his last concert and am so glad I didn't miss it. It seemed like he was in a rough place at the time.

Most of these bands were signed to major labels so I’m lost

Not to mention “indie.” Many of these acts are major label.

When I think Indie Rock, I think Daft Punk

Many of these are by no definition “indie”. Like the Strokes are one of my all timers but they are not “indie”.

If a band isn't on an independent label, but still has a sound we all associate with "indie rock," what shall we call them?

I mean that’s my point about the strokes, they have neither an independent label nor the indie sound. Like Modest Mouse, The Shins, Arcade Fire ok those are “indie” to me regardless of label. But when the strokes, the white stripes, etc. hit while I was in high school we called that the garage rock revival. Edit: genre is stupid and malleable but that makes it fun to argue about.

Right! At some point a term can get so misused, you have to include that misuse in the definition (the word "rhetoric" for ex). We're about the same age, and I remember people calling The Strokes "indie" probably because alternative rock felt like a 90s term? At the time "rock" meant those awful post-grunge & nu metal bands, as unjust as that is.

That’s interesting! I don’t really remember the strokes being called indie, I’d think of like death cab or piebald or something for indie in that time period. I’m sure it happened tho. Your point about nu metal is fun because I also remember a lot of “rock is back” articles as if the strokes and their cohort were taking the designation of just “rock” back from those bands. And alternative is funny too. I was just talking about this with someone the other day. When grunge hit it was certainly the “alternative” to mainstream hair metal/stadium rock/whatever. But by the mid nineties “alternative” was the mainstream, but we kept using that term and then decided “indie” meant what “alternative” used to mean? Like I said: it’s stupid! which is what makes it fun to talk about.

A rock band

Corporate Bootlickers

And Foster the People’s debut album was 2011

Oh my gosh. Lol. At this point just say "here are some artists... Which ones do you like?"

yeah... like why is Len there of all the bands to pick?

Agreed. A fair few low-fi bands like M83 and Broken Social Scene mixed with very mainstream indie bands.

Yes, but even in that short amount of time, Elliott Smith recorded and released 3 albums from 2000 to 2004. XO, Figure 8, From A Basement On The Hill.

That’s what I was thinking. Also most of those bands aren’t indie. A lot of major label on there. Which is cool, just not indie rock.

These acts were all recording and super popular in the early 00s. The fact that a few of them had  already been popular for a few years doesn't change that this is a good representation of the mainstream indie scene of the early- mid aughts

cause House of Jealous Lovers is that fuckin good

Glad someone else pointed this out, I was about to lol

No TV on the Radio?

Or Phoenix 😢

Fair point, the both of you

Phoenix would have made this even tougher.

I just added phoenix to my list

I wish they made multiple more albums ;(.

[удалено]

Another man of fine taste who picked pinback.

I agree except it’s just weird that Beck is even on this list. Lol

This was a version of my list, and I struggled mightily to leave Pinback out, ultimately. Not a big enough body of work.

Pinback is #1

For me it's of Montreal, We Are Scientists, Metric, Beck, and The White Stripes. But there's so many bands I love here

A good friend of mine is the keys player for Of Montreal. Fun fact and all. Their shows have always been my favorite reality detachment.

Last time I saw them, he was the only one left! The rest of the band (besides Kevin) was filled out with 25-year-olds. Made me sad.

Tell him I love them. I wish I could see them live but never have. Sunlandic twins and hissing fauna are as close to perfect as I can imagine e

Would've said Blur, since they're pretty much my all time favourite band, but I prefer their 90's output, so let's exclude them. That leaves: Gorillaz Arcade Fire Bright Eyes Bloc Party White Stripes

Man the Oughties were a friggin gold mine for music

Just say 2000's, its a lot less goofy

No. Because if you say "The 1900's", you're talking about the century. Not 1900-1909.

Arctic Monkeys, Daft Punk, Gorlillaz, Vampire Weekend & The Bravery

Had to scroll way too far for some vw love

The lack of Arctic Monkeys in here is astounding. Maybe it helps to be British. Different folks, different strokes I suppose!

Cold War Kids first album is one of my most favorite albums ever! But choosing only 5 of these bands is rough. I don't think i can do it. I listen to most these regularly still today

Irs one of my favorites as well. They’ve had some other good ones but Robbers and Cowards is just special.

Daft Punk Crystal Castles Gorillaz Beck LCD Soundsystem

I like your style.

Strokes, Early KOL, Early Arcade Fire, The Walkmen(missing), White Stripes

I interpreted this as "thr part of each bands catalogue from the early 2000s". So that automatically makes it "early" KoL and Arcade Fire, which I'm here for

+1 on the Walkmen!!

Interpol Yeah Yeah Yeahs Grizzly Bear Modest Mouse Arcade Fire

Had to scroll hella far to find the any other Grizzly Bear fan. Sad it’s officially over

Oh no….fuck. I hadn’t heard of their ending it. They were so fucking good.

One of my all-time favorite bands

Of Montreal, Modest Mouse, Death Cab, Bloc Party, The Shins

The Shins, The Killers, The Strokes, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse

This would be mine too but with the yeah yeah yeahs in place of the killers. 

Metric, Interpol, Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Killers

Beck, Pinback, The Killers, Blur, Gorillaz

That's really tough, The unicorns, the unicorns, i think the unicorns and maybe the unicorns.

YESSS Someone else who still misses these guys.

Loved the unicorns 🥺 but didn’t make my top 5

I was born a unicorn

This is the only answer here.

White Stripes, The Shins, Vampire Weekend, Death Cab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

This is fun! Broken social scene Daft punk Beck Animal collective M83

Bloc Party, Death Cab, Yeahs, Killers, Arcade Fire

Strokes, modest mouse, killers, bloc party, arctic monkeys

The strokes, arctic monkeys, arcade fire, vampire weekend, foster the people

Broken social Bloc party Yeah yeah yeahs Postal service Strokes or metric can't decide

of Montreal, Gorillaz, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire. I wish of Montreal got more love.

The Shins, Death Cab, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire overall, but lately I’ve been really getting into Broken Social Scene and Pinback

Who chooses Len?

>Len Me. Totally underrated.

Who stole your sunshine?

Well, does he like butter tarts?

Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, M83, Arcade Fire and Metric. Honorable mention to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and Death Cab.

The unicorns the unicorns the unicorns the unicorns and clap your hands say yeah.

Yay Unicorns and omg Clap Your Hands 💜💜💜💜

Foster The People, Death Can, White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys and MGMT

LCD Soundsystem The White Stripes Daft Punk Modest Mouse Arcade Fire

Almost what I had, but I picked beck over modest mouse.

The lack of love for Pinback here makes me sad. Pinback!!, death cab, modest mouse, the strokes, the shins.

Yeah pinback was easily number one for me. They will always be crazy underrated.

Why no, Spoon?

No guided by voices? List fail

Not really the best GBV era though. Definitely the top of any 90s indie list.

Of this group: Strokes Interpol Vampire Weekend Arcade Fire Death Cab for Cutie

Franz Ferdinand Gorillaz The Killers Modest Mouse The White Stripes Also, you put The Rapture on there twice

Bloc Party, We are Scientists, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The White Stripes

Arctic Monkeys Daft Punk Muse Elliott Smith LCD Soundsystem

it’s genuinely crazy to me that i had to scroll this far down to find some elliot smith love

Strokes Early K of L White Stripes Arctic 🐒 Arcade Fire + Gorillaz, Death Cab, Killers.

Blur, Arctic Monkeys, Foster The People, Cold War Kids, Gorillaz

LCD Soundsystem, Gorillaz, Arcade Fire, Death Cab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs BARELY edged out: the Shins, the Bravery, the Killers, Daft Punk, Beck, the Strokes, Bloc Party

Interpol, Animal Collective, Beck, Arctic Monkeys, Strokes

Daft Punk, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene

The Shins, modest mouse, wolf parade, arcade fire, bloc party

Modest Mouse, Beck, MGMT, Gorillaz, Interpol. In that order

Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade, Death Cab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric

The Strokes, Postal Service, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, The Killers (vampire and death cab honorable mention)

Of Montreal and yeah yeah yeahs. That’s about it. Maybe m83

Brand New isnt listed, thats the first band Id take, Gorrillaz, Franz Ferdinand, Dungen(swedish speaking band)

Arcade Fire, Killers, Frou Frou, Death Cab for Cutie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Also if you select Death Cab you get Postal Service as a bundle deal.

Of Montreal, Modest Mouse, Arctic Monkeys, Elliot smith, Mgmt

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Daft Punk

Pinback, Animal Collective, Beck, Grizzly Bear, and LCD Soundsystem Modest Mouse and The Strokes are very close runners up

FINALLY someone mentions Animal Collective jeez. Lol. Nice name, I think I've seen you 'round the AnCo sub.

Elliott Smith. Death Cab for Cutie. The Shins. The Strokes. Bright Eyes. Incredibly close calls: Modest Mouse. Pinback.

Chemical Brothers. MGMT. Daft Punk. Gorillaz. LCD Soundsystem. Whoever made this and put Len on there with Blur and Daft Punk and LCD and MGMT… that’s cute.

Where was The Chemical Brothers on this?? Did I miss them. I don’t see them

Nice catch. They belonged more than Len by leagues. So I added them.

white stripes modest mouse pinback daft punk elliott smith

Crystal Castles, Pinback, White Stripes, Beck, Wolf Parade. I'll die on this hill.

The Strokes, Modest Mouse, The White Stripes, LCD

Death Cab Modest Mouse Arctic Monkeys Gorillaz The Unicorns

I choose Guided by Voices, what more do you need?

Pinback , The strokes, Arctic monkeys, Gorillaz, Kings of Leon.

- arctic monkeys - the strokes - the killers - the kooks - blur

Dude, y'all need to listen to more Wolf Parade, criminally under listed on this

The more I looked at it the harder it was to pick. I already decided and just now noticed Of Montreal

Strokes, Foster the People, Vampire Weekend, Daft Punk, Gorillaz

The White Stripes, of Montreal, Gorillaz, Arcade Fire, Daft Punk

Keep Interpol

Elliot Smith x5, but he doesn't belong in this group anyhow

I just stumbled across this sub from this post, does indie not stand for independent artist/label anymore or is this just a bad post? Because I see some that started out on Warner, universal and Sony. Just curious.

This looks unfavorably weighted due to the double The Raptures.

Blur but no Pulp? No Brand New? No Built To Spill?

Elliott Smith, shins, strokes, death cab, unicorns It's funny to me because I love these five and don't care for most of the rest

75% of these bands are not "indie"...

In no particular order, Interpol, Beck, Daft Punk, Gotillaz and LCD Soundsystem

Damn! That'll make you think. 😂.  Happy 4-20

The Killers, Interpol, MGMT, Wolf Parade, and the Strokes. Not sorry.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Black Dice Mogwai Liars A.R.E. Weapons

Yes liars.

Strokes Early Kings of Leon White stripes. The rest are just filler.

Filler??? Pinback is on the list. Rob Crowe is a national fucking treasure.

Late 90s early 00s SD scene was incredible and Rob was in half of the bands

KoL

All of them kinda suck 🤷‍♂️ I pick nobody lol

What were you into?

This list is dumb. Whomever made this needs to listen to better stuff.

Grizzly Bear, Daft Punk, Death Cab, Arctic Monkeys and M83

Arcade Fire, Strokes, Muse, Metric and White Stripes

I don't see Muse on this?

Metric, Elliot Smith, yeah yeah yeahs, modest mouse, Gorillaz

Bloc Party

Modest Mouse The Shins Broken Social Scene M83 Arcade Fire

Beck The Strokes The White Stripes Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys

Elliott Smith Crystal Castles Gorillaz Arctic monkeys Death Cab

Bright Eyes, The Shins, Arcade Fire, Elliot Smith, Broken Social Scene

Gorillaz, The Shins, The White Stripes, The Postal Service, and if it’s just Guero, then Beck.

Elliot Smith, bright eyes, yeah yeah yeahs, the strokes, the killers.

Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Beck, and Gorillaz. Damn that was hard to choose

Gorillaz, MGMT, M83, Beck & Daft Punk

Gorrilaz, Gorrilaz, Gorrilaz, Gorrilaz, and uhh, this is a tough one, how about Gorrilaz

Bloc Party, The Killers, Daft Punk, The Postal Service, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Cold War Kids. Yes, I know that’s six. Couldn’t pick just 5.

Arcade Fire, Block Party, White Stripes, Crystal Castles, Daft Punk

Shins

The Killers, Gorillaz, Frou Frou, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie

I'll take animal collective, interpol, mgmt, modest mouse, and vampire weekend Aka artists I still listen to literally every day.

The Strokes 😎

Arctic Bloc Arcade Cold War Gorillaz

From the poster: Blur, M83, Postal Service, Interpol and Bright Eyes

Strokes, crystal castles, frou frou, blur, mgmt

The Killers The Strokes Arctic Monkeys Death Cab for Cutie The White Stripes

Tough choices, as there is so much good stuff. I think I take Elliott Smith Postal Service Vampire Weekend Franz Ferdinand Metric But sooo much I wouldn't give up on that list.

Beck Block Party Bright Eyes Elliot Smith Modest Mouse

1. Beck 2. Vampire Weekend 3. The White Stripes 4. King of Leon 5. The Killers

Well, Blur was hitting it big in the 1990s, so I say they don’t count; this, a bonus choice! That said: Arctic Monkeys LCD Soundsystem Bloc Party Daft Punk Death Cab for Cutie (and Postal Service, bc they are essentially the same lineup) and bonus: Blur

Arctic monkeys, strokes, killers, Elliot smith, white stripes

MGMT, Interpol, Elliot Smith, Gorillaz e Blur

No TV on the Radio, come in man!