Mid-aught and fraught
January 31, 2015 11:47 AM Subscribe
What would your local indie/alt rock station be playing in 2005? Please give me that (with more specifications after the cut).
I need some 00s indie rock to power me through 15+ hours of work that needs to be done monday night.
Criteria:
•Not slow or melodic or dreamy. Driving, but add 2 cups of chilled out.
•Repetitive, in lyrics or riffs
•Drums that are ... simple. It sounds like they keep time.
•A build-up of some sort is nice. A moment in the song where it either gets real intense or the repetition breaks.
What I'm currenty listening to:
We Were Promised Jetpacks' These Four Walls.
Its Thunder and It's Lightning is the song that I'm looking for (amazing breakdown starts 2:17, peaks 2:40. GET PUMPED)
Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups also fills this, but there's like 3 minutes of noises and shit after the "song" ends and it just kills my vibe.
Maps, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who am I kidding this song is always perfect).
I need some 00s indie rock to power me through 15+ hours of work that needs to be done monday night.
Criteria:
•Not slow or melodic or dreamy. Driving, but add 2 cups of chilled out.
•Repetitive, in lyrics or riffs
•Drums that are ... simple. It sounds like they keep time.
•A build-up of some sort is nice. A moment in the song where it either gets real intense or the repetition breaks.
What I'm currenty listening to:
We Were Promised Jetpacks' These Four Walls.
Its Thunder and It's Lightning is the song that I'm looking for (amazing breakdown starts 2:17, peaks 2:40. GET PUMPED)
Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups also fills this, but there's like 3 minutes of noises and shit after the "song" ends and it just kills my vibe.
Maps, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who am I kidding this song is always perfect).
Response by poster: Yes, yes it did. But goddammit I hate that song (and all of their songs, and all of the bands that sound like them (Soundgarden, Audioslave, etc.)) It doesn't really have the indie vibe I'm going for, it's closer to hard/bro rock (what I call new metal).
Let me clarify: I'm not necessarily looking for songs that were popular on the radio-that was just my cheeky phrasing. I'm looking for indie rock songs that have those qualities (and all of those songs came out between 2003-2009, so I figured it would give you a good frame of reference)
posted by FirstMateKate at 12:03 PM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Let me clarify: I'm not necessarily looking for songs that were popular on the radio-that was just my cheeky phrasing. I'm looking for indie rock songs that have those qualities (and all of those songs came out between 2003-2009, so I figured it would give you a good frame of reference)
posted by FirstMateKate at 12:03 PM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: How about Wolf Parade's I'll Believe In Anything? Or anything from their exquisite Apologies To The Queen Mary. (Oh, how i miss this band.)
posted by kittyb at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by kittyb at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2015 [5 favorites]
Best answer: Let's see...some full lengths that might qualify:
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Lungfish - Unanimous Hour
posted by ndfine at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2015
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Lungfish - Unanimous Hour
posted by ndfine at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2015
How about some New Pornographers?
You could go with some older stuff, like Letter from an Occupant,
maybe some middle-era stuff like All the Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth, Use It,or Mutiny, I Promise You,
or their latest single Dancehall Domine.
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
You could go with some older stuff, like Letter from an Occupant,
maybe some middle-era stuff like All the Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth, Use It,or Mutiny, I Promise You,
or their latest single Dancehall Domine.
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Oh! How about The Courtesan Has Sung (2007) by Wolf-Parade's weirdo cousin, Sunset Rubdown? Repetitive / driving / simply drummed and it freaks out at bit about two minutes in...
posted by kittyb at 12:17 PM on January 31, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by kittyb at 12:17 PM on January 31, 2015 [3 favorites]
Children of December by The Slip
Lightspeed by Twin Atlantic
All Sideways by Scarce
Nothing Like You by Frightened Rabbit
posted by jbickers at 12:44 PM on January 31, 2015
Lightspeed by Twin Atlantic
All Sideways by Scarce
Nothing Like You by Frightened Rabbit
posted by jbickers at 12:44 PM on January 31, 2015
Seven Nation Army-White Stripes
Float On-Modest Mouse
Smile like you Mean It-The Killerz
Bohemian Like You-Dandy Warhols
An Honest Mistake-The Bravery
Take Me Out-Franz Ferdinand
Too mainstream?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 12:47 PM on January 31, 2015
Float On-Modest Mouse
Smile like you Mean It-The Killerz
Bohemian Like You-Dandy Warhols
An Honest Mistake-The Bravery
Take Me Out-Franz Ferdinand
Too mainstream?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 12:47 PM on January 31, 2015
Best answer: Autolux - Future Perfect!
posted by ZipRibbons at 2:03 PM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ZipRibbons at 2:03 PM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Whirring - The Joy Formidable
Speak to Me Bones - Land of Talk
An Anniversary Away - Reverie Sound Revue (might be too slow/dreamy)
Secret Meeting - The National
Oh Larsen B - British Sea Power
Metal Detekor - Spoon
Tall Tales, Telltales - Cursive
We Were Promised Jetpacks reminds me of Los Campesinos! (not just because of the accents), but they might be too melodic. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
I hope these aren't too far off the mark.
posted by foid at 2:40 PM on January 31, 2015
Speak to Me Bones - Land of Talk
An Anniversary Away - Reverie Sound Revue (might be too slow/dreamy)
Secret Meeting - The National
Oh Larsen B - British Sea Power
Metal Detekor - Spoon
Tall Tales, Telltales - Cursive
We Were Promised Jetpacks reminds me of Los Campesinos! (not just because of the accents), but they might be too melodic. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
I hope these aren't too far off the mark.
posted by foid at 2:40 PM on January 31, 2015
Response by poster: VERY VERY GOOD JOB EVERYONE.
Whirring by The Joy Formidable is exactly what I'm looking for, if anyone else is confused still about what the hell I'm talking about. (thanks foid)
posted by FirstMateKate at 3:01 PM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Whirring by The Joy Formidable is exactly what I'm looking for, if anyone else is confused still about what the hell I'm talking about. (thanks foid)
posted by FirstMateKate at 3:01 PM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Arcade Fire???
posted by oceanjesse at 6:43 PM on January 31, 2015
posted by oceanjesse at 6:43 PM on January 31, 2015
This is what I couldn't stop listening to in the mid 2000s:
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
posted by lunasol at 6:36 PM on February 1, 2015
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
posted by lunasol at 6:36 PM on February 1, 2015
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm, esp "like eating glass" and "price of gas"
posted by natasha_k at 5:09 AM on February 3, 2015
posted by natasha_k at 5:09 AM on February 3, 2015
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posted by usonian at 11:56 AM on January 31, 2015 [1 favorite]