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15 unusual facts about Indie rock


Armageddon Record Shop

It was started by the members of Dropdead, in order to release their LP in 1998, but now carries a full array for all kinds of records, from Indie rock to Hardcore punk to Noise music.

Artisan Records

Artisan Records is a British record label owned by the Indie rock band fin (band) based in Wandsworth, South West London.

BETA Records TV

The series showcases at least three acoustic artist videos from the world of Indie rock, Independent music, Alternative rock and College rock.

Corndogorama

Founded by Dave Railey in 1996, it features performances from local bands including Indie rock, Hip hop, Metal, and Electronic groups.

Doing God's Work – A Creation Compilation

Doing God's Work - A Creation Compilation is a various artists compilation album of British indie music released in 1987 by Creation Records.

Drumming for Pistols

Drumming For Pistols is the seventh album by Indie rock band Puerto Muerto.

Maylee Todd

Todd’s music covers a wide variety of genres including pop, indie-rock, soul, jazz and bossa nova.

Nintendocore

The Depreciation Guild, who disbanded in 2011, were an indie band that incorporated 8-bit sounds, video game music, and elements of shoegaze.

Perfecting Loneliness

Perfecting Loneliness is the third and final album by American indie band Jets to Brazil, released October 15, 2002 on Jade Tree Records.

Soul-Junk

Early Soul-Junk albums (such as 1950) almost exclusively feature low-fi, Indie rock style tracks of Glen singing Bible verses interlaced with instrumental noise tracks, with a similarity to his previous band but with overtly Christian lyrics.

The Unsustainable Lifestyle

The Unsustainable Lifestyle is the first full-length CD by Indie rock band Beauty Pill.

There Is Always Something There to Remind Me

There Is Always Something There to Remind Me is the last single released by British Indie rock band The Housemartins.

Undone – The Sweater Song

Punk/Indie rock band Titus Andronicus have covered the song multiple times on various tours; the band included one of these live covers on their mixtape, Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol 1.

Wonderful! Wonderful!

Indie rock band Sebadoh covered "Wonderful! Wonderful!" on their 1991 album Sebadoh III.

You Are Right to Be Afraid

You Are Right To Be Afraid is the second release by Indie rock band Beauty Pill.


Aardvark Records

Aardvark Records is a British internet promotional music company started by Andrew Reeve and Alex di Savoia, which promotes the genres indie rock, Americana, alt country, dance music, electronica, adult contemporary and pop music.

Billy Morrison

He was a member of the indie rock band, Into a Circle, however, his consistent abuse of drugs led to a long period of inactivity until he cleaned up and formed Stimulator in 1995.

Cultural depictions of Anne Frank

Neutral Milk Hotel — US indie rock band whose 1998 album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was inspired by the lead singer Jeff Mangum's affection for Anne Frank.

Current Gallery

The cooperative has played host to multiple up-and-coming indie rock performers, such as Beach House and Dan Deacon.

Darren Hayman

Hayman first made a name for himself as the lead singer and main songwriter in UK indie rock band Hefner, who were big favourites of the late John Peel.

Don't Tell Me Now

Don't Tell Me Now (1996) is the second studio album by the American indie rock group The Halo Benders.

Drake Tungsten

Britt Daniel is an indie rock singer/songwriter that is responsible for founding numerous bands in the early 1990s.

Entanglements

Entanglements is the third full length album from indie rock ensemble Parenthetical Girls.

Future Starts Slow

"Future Starts Slow" is the second single from indie rock band The Kills' fourth studio album, Blood Pressures (2011).

Half Dead and Dynamite

Half Dead and Dynamite is the second LP released by the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller.

He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot.

"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" is a single by American indie rock band Grandaddy, from their second studio album, The Sophtware Slump, released in 2000.

Hewlett's Daughter

"Hewlett's Daughter" is a single by American indie rock band Grandaddy from their 2000 album, The Sophtware Slump.

If I Could See Dallas

If I Could See Dallas is the first album by the indie rock band Japancakes.

Intervensie

Intervensie is the first studio album by indie rock band Foto na Dans.

Jack Ponti

He is currently the CEO of Merovingian Music, a non-genre record label founded in 2006, with strong partnerships within the industry and a roster of pop, indie rock, hip hop and heavy metal artists.

Little Birdy discography

The discography of Little Birdy, an Australian indie rock band, consists of three studio albums, two EPs, and ten singles.

Live in Spaceland

The album is a ten track live recording, released through the American label, Spaceland Recordings, and recorded at Spaceland an alternative rock/indie rock nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on November 15, 2006, as part of NME Wednesday night concert series.

Love Is Here

Love Is Here is the first studio album by indie rock band Starsailor, released on 8 October 2001 (see 2001 in music).

Meet Me on the Equinox

"Meet Me on the Equinox" is a song by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, and was released as the first single from the soundtrack to the 2009 film The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

New Ideas

"New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie rock act The Dykeenies.

Nothing Painted Blue

Nothing Painted Blue is an American indie rock band, sporadically active since the 1990s, led by songwriter Franklin Bruno.

Pet the Lion

Pet the Lion (also referred to as Pet the Lion Ep) is an EP by Canadian indie rock/pop duo Moufette.

Rock the Garden

Launched by the Walker in 1998, the event has been cosponsored by 89.3 The Current and Minnesota Public Radio since 2008, becoming more of an indie rock festival.

Sal Paradise

Sal Paradise was also the name of an indie rock band on Tooth & Nail Records in the mid 1990s, and he is mentioned in a song, "The Story of the Blues (part 2)", by singer-songwriter Pete Wylie, who quotes, "The city intellectuals of the world are divorced from the folk-bodied blood of the land and are just rootless fools." (In fact the quotation is from another of Kerouac's characters, Jack Duluoz - also based on Kerouac himself - in his 1968 novel Vanity of Duluoz).

Scott Ritcher

He is the former proprietor of the Slamdek Record Company which released early recordings by influential punk and indie rock bands including Endpoint, Rodan, Jawbox, and Ritcher's own bands Sunspring and the Metroschifter.

Son of Evil Reindeer

Son of Evil Reindeer is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock supergroup The Reindeer Section, released on August 13, 2002.

The April Storm

The April Storm, initially a demo recording, is the 2003 debut EP by Two Hours Traffic, a Canadian indie rock, power pop band from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

The Crystal Set

The Crystal Set was a Sydney-based Australian indie rock band formed in the early 1980s featuring Russell Kilbey (bass and lead vocals), Phillip Maher (guitar & vocals), Davey Ray Moor (keyboards & vocals) and Tim Seckhold (drums).

The Normal Years

The Normal Years is a compilation album of singles, live songs, songs on other compilations, and previously unreleased recordings by indie rock band Built to Spill.

The Selector

Originally launched in 2001, The Selector is an international showcase for the best new music the United Kingdom has to offer, covering a variety of genres from indie, dubstep, folk, soul, hip hop and more.

The Siren Six!

Citing the Pixies, Elvis Costello, The Jam and The Selecter among their influences, The Siren Six!'s music stood in contrast to the then-popular ska punk sound, combining 2-Tone-style ska with heavy indie rock and Mod influences and a focus on introspective lyricism, a combination Kingpin Records marketed the band with as "2tone/mod/emoska".

Tourist History

Tourist History is the debut studio album by Northern Irish indie rock band Two Door Cinema Club.

Très.b

très.b is an international indie rock band consisting of a Polish singer Misia Furtak, half Danish/half English drummer Thomas Pettit and a half Dutch/half American guitarist Olivier Heim, also known under his solo artist name Anthony Chorale.

Under Cold Blue Stars

Under Cold Blue Stars is the third album by indie folk musician Josh Rouse.

Weed Forestin'

Weed Forestin was recorded in 1986 and 1987, when Barlow was the bassist of the American indie rock band, Dinosaur Jr. Sebadoh, which Barlow co-founded with Eric Gaffney, started as a songwriting outlet for Barlow outside of Dinosaur Jr, whose lead singer and guitarist, J. Mascis, Barlow would later publicly clash with.

Your Choice Live Series 037

Your Choice Live Series 037 is a live split album by indie/emo bands Texas Is the Reason and Samiam.