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unusual facts about indie pop


Telefonplan metro station

Indie music club Landet is situated just some hundred meters from the station, this having made the station and the area more crowded nighttime than ever before.


Casey Shea

--Please discuss the addition of any other genres on the talk page.-->Alternative, Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Chasing After Ghosts

Chasing After Ghosts was the first full length studio album released by Sheffield based indie pop group The Crookes.

Dave Jenkins

Dave Jenkins Jr (born ca. 1988) is an Australian musician, he is the drummer for indie pop singer Andy Bull, Australian 2011 The X-Factor winner Reece Mastin and indie soul singer/songwriter Amali Ward.

Imperial Teen

Imperial Teen is a San Francisco-based indie pop group made up of Roddy Bottum (Faith No More) primarily on guitar/vocals, Will Schwartz (also of hey willpower) primarily on guitar/vocals, Lynn Truell (née Perko formerly of Sister Double Happiness, the Dicks, and the Wrecks) primarily on drums and backing vocals, and Jone Stebbins (previously of The Wrecks) primarily on bass and backing vocals.

Jack and White

Jack and White is an American indie pop duo, consisting of singer-songwriters Jack Matranga and 2008 American Idol finalist Brooke White.

Jonathan Bree

Mark Lyons, frontman of indie pop band The Nudie Suits, was both Bree's cousin and a mentor in Bree's formative years.

Lance Robertson

During this time, he met Scott Schultz of the Orange County indie pop band Majestic, and they eventually played a couple of shows together.

Library Records

Library Records is an independent record label founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1998, and focusing mainly on indie pop.

Maybe Smith

Maybe Smith is the stage name of Colin Skrapek, a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Personal Record

Personal Record is the second solo album released by American indie pop musician Eleanor Friedberger, most notable for being vocalist in the band The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger.

Science Faire

Science Faire is a compilation album by indie pop Elephant 6 group The Apples in Stereo.

Ted Malmros

He is the bassist for Swedish indie pop group Shout Out Louds, and also contributes backing vocals and percussion.

The Candy Twins

The Candy Twins are an English indie pop band, who cite influences from a wide range of artists, including Neil Young, Orange Juice and The Wedding Present.

The Chesterfields

The Chesterfields were an English indie pop band from Yeovil in Somerset.

The Pooh Sticks

The band changed direction on their 1991 U.S breakthrough The Great White Wonder, eschewing the 'twee' British indie pop sound for a more American-styled power pop sound, akin to bands like Jellyfish and Redd Kross.

The Second EP

The Second EP is the first album released by Baton Rouge, Louisiana based indie pop group The Eames Era.

The Subway Organization

The label was associated with the Indie Pop movement and the seminal NME cassette tape C86, that included the track It's Up To You by the Shop Assistants, from the label's first release (the group subsequently joined the 53rd & 3rd label).

We're New Here

Russell, a fan of English indie pop band The xx, proposed the idea of remixing I'm New Here to the band's percussionist and producer Jamie Smith, known professionally as Jamie xx.

Yeti Lane

Yeti Lane are a psychedelic rock/indie pop band from Paris, France consisting of Ben Pleng (vocals/guitars/keyboards/programming) and Charlie B (drums/percussion/keyboards/programming).

Yunioshi

Their sound has been described as 'the exact place where found sounds and breakbeats merge with left of centre indie pop; all lilting Beck-style rhythms and hummable hooks' (TuneTribe.com) or maybe "Think Beck dry humping the Flaming Lips with the robot from Lost In Space looking on and filming all the action for his own personal collection. The perfect pop band. They're as catchy as hell." (LeftLion Magazine)

Zoey Van Goey

Zoey Van Goey are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland, made up of Matt Brennan, Michael John McCarthy, Kim Moore and Adam Scott.


see also

Chris Nineham

In 1985 Chris Nineham served as the drummer of indie-pop band The June Brides.

Clutching Stems

Clutching Stems is the seventh album from indie pop band The Ladybug Transistor.

Frida Öhrn

She is the singer of Indie-pop band Oh Laura and one of the three singers in the band Cookies 'N' Beans, performing in the Swedish Melodifestivalen (Eurovision Song Contest qualifier) in 2009 with "What If" and in 2013 with "Burning Flags".

Hexes

Hexes and Ohs, a Canadian electronic indie pop group from Montreal

Ingrid Backlin

For the New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter, see: Ingrid Michaelson

Jamie Thompson

Thompson and fellow Unicorns member Nick Thorburn founded the indie-pop/hip-hop band Th' Corn Gangg several months prior to The Unicorns' break-up in December 2004.

Joyce Menges

Joyce's son is Jimmy Tamborello, the composer for the electronic indie pop band, The Postal Service.

Marina Records

Marina Records is a German record label started in 1993 and specialising in indie pop.

Marlborough Farms

Marlborough Farms is the debut album from Brooklyn, New York indie pop band The Ladybug Transistor.

Measured Records

The first release from the label was the single ‘Because You’ by indie pop purveyors the Cosmic Rough Riders in June 2003.

Mosaic Music Festival

2008 - Guests at the Heineken Music Club grooved to the performances of the UK’s electronica band Fujiya & Miyagi, dubstep duo Kode9 and the Spaceape and the simply captivating electro indie-pop tunes of the bird and the bee.

Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars

The song "Yr Boyfriend" was covered by Welsh indie pop group Los Campesinos! as a b-side to their 2008 single "My Year in Lists".

Sad Day for Puppets

Most of the band’s influences can be traced back to the early 1990s: The Jesus And Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, The Lemonheads and The Breeders have all informed the band’s characteristic blend of indie-pop, shoegaze and rock.

Snakes of Shake

Snakes of Shake were a Scottish band formed in 1984, whose indie pop sound incorporated cajun and folk influences.

Tessellation

"Tessellate" - song by the British alternative indie pop quartet Alt-J (∆).

The Hazey Janes

Formed around 2000 by guitarist Andrew Mitchell and bass player Matthew Marra, the band's music has been described as a fusion of country-rock and indie-pop, with a penchant for heavy folk harmonies, reminiscent of Big Star, Velvet Crush and The Posies.

The Yellow Melodies

The Yellow Melodies is an indie pop band from Murcia, in Spain.

Title track

Title Tracks, the indie pop/rock solo project from Washington, D.C.-based musician John Davis

Wan Light

Wan Light are a Swedish indie-pop/electronica duo, formed in 2003, and consisting of Krister Svensson and Magnus Karnock.