Indie Band Names: Misleading Band Names

I’ve always pictured a bands type of music by their band name, and I have never been right once!

Whenever I hear indie band names for the first time I always think whether I like the name of the band or not. For the ones I do like, I look them up and it always surprises me. There are always band names that throw you off and make you think something totally different. For Example, Band of Skulls, you would think this indie band is a heavy metal group because of the band name, but they are an indie rock group from United Kingdom whose influences are Jack White from the White Stripes. Some songs are really rockin’, while other songs are very slow and easy to listen to.

Here are two songs from their debut album ‘Baby Darling Doll Face Honey’, one being rockin’ and one being slower. Once I found this band they have easily become one of my favourites, in my top 10 for sure. They have a second album that came out in 2012 that is just as good as the first one, maybe even better!

Death by Diamond and Pearls video

Cold Flame video

Here is a link to the bands official website:

http://www.bandofskulls.com/

 

Band of Skulls lead singer Russell Marsden

Here is a list of band names I have always thought were interesting:

Broken Social Scene, The Airborne Toxic Event, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Fleet Foxes, Hot Hot Heat, Japandroids, Metric, My Morning Jacket, and Wintersleep.

What are some other misleading band names?

What are your favorite band names? Please share!

My top indie bands of 2013

Indie music is my favourite genre and I will list my top indie bands of 2013!

Already so far there have been major releases that I love: Yeah yeah yeah’s, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Daft Punk, Foals, Stereophonics, Cold War Kids, and Phoenix.

Out of all of these bands’ releases this year. I will discuss one of my top indie albums so far: The Strokes ‘Comedown Machine’. This is because they are my favourite indie band. Julian Casablancas, the lead singer of The Strokes, is a huge fan of 80’s music and this album really shows it. Most of their songs have 80’s synth rock riffs and interesting guitar riffs that take you back to that decade. This album compared to previous albums is very different, and they took a big risk in doing so.

Spin Magazine: 6/10

NME Magazine: 8/10

Rolling Stone Magazine: 3/5

I give this album 8/10, I love it.

1. Tap Out

2. All The Time

3. One Way Trigger

4. Welcome To Japan

5. 80’s Comedown Machine

6. 50/50

7. Slow Animals

8. Partners In Crime

9. Chances

10. Happy Ending

11. Call It Fate, Call It Karma

                                                                                               

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Top Indie Bands

The best bands: the top indie bands

There are a countless number of bands in today’s Indie genre, so choosing the top indie bands was a task definitely not for the dull-minded.

Selecting the top bands from the indie genre is definitely a hard choice. There are so many bands out there and they each have their own unique flair with a mix of instruments that really define what kind of music they create from light-on-the-ears xylophone-mixed songs, to deep and heavy base filled noise (which is still pleasurable to some). 

To not make this list continue forever (which I could) I'm going to name the top ten indie bands that stand out right away, that have the most distinct sound, in no particular order. First off, I want to mention the band that most likely started the indie-listening for most people and they are Radiohead. They are absolutely distinguishable from any other and offer lots of versatility. Some of my personal favourites include Tame Impala, The Strokes, Gorillaz, Foals, and the dead weather. Other indie band names that I feel have to be mentioned for their multifaceted melody are Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Odd Future, and of course The Generationals. Here are some links that you guys would enjoy to explore about these bands:

The Generationals My Space

Tame Impala's My Space

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

What are some of your top indie bands??

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