Are Arctic Monkeys considered Indie? They are definitely in my Top 5 Bands ever. Aside from that, I'm here for:

and

I can't believe no one has mentioned Bright Eyes His albums are straight up masterpieces, especially "Lifted...." and "I'm Wide Awake...". I adore him so much

Sis, where do I even start?

NO. No.

Ace Reject you about to tear this thread up.

Most of my faves are indie leaning. I think, first, that we need to give some CREDIT to some of the originators, like BJORK and PJ HARVEY and QUEEN LIZ PHAIR.

Now, today's crop

ANOS, I like your list, and i ride with most of them. But what of this year's scenes, like chillwave and witch-house? and we can't forget JOY ORBISON.

Also, James Blake, Jamie Woon or Japayork - who are we riding with in the eleven eleven?

And to present my bonafides, let me show y'all some of my year-ends.

2009.

2008.


Have you even heard some of those bands? ONLY THE QUEEN.