Questionable Content 5 Indie Artists

This is an introduction to the indie rock scene. These are all songs that Jeph Jacques mentions in his comic. This is fantastic music that isn't well known, but should be.

1) "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" by The Liars

2) "The Funeral" by Band of Horses

3) "Love The World You Find" by The Flaming Lips

4) "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes

5) "Banshee Beat" by Animal Collective

These reviews are based upon from what I originally read from Jeph Jacques. A couple parts of it are straight paraphrases. All the credit goes out to Jeph Jacques for starting my love of indie rock, and hopefully yours.

The Liars are dripping with this deep melancholy tone throughout this album. They generally have a synth sound, not really electronic, but this is my favorite song by far, "The Drum Gets a Glimpse" is worth a listen. This band isn't for everyone, this song is.

Band of Horses is the first band I would introduce someone to the indie-rock scene. More mainstream bands, like Grizzly Bear, The Shins or The National are fantastic and worth listening too, but it feels as though they don't have the ability to simply rock out, and can get completely dry and boring. The Funeral is a fantastic song no matter what genre, and the band in general is great.

Fleet Foxes is a more mellow band. Their grooves are more off beat and very original and pleasing to hear. They aren't ambiance like Album Leaf or Mum, they definitely are noticeable and can be listened to in different setting for long periods of times. They are one of my favorite indie bands overall with no bad songs.

Animal Collective is tricky. I actually can't stand them. They have a Mario SNES sound that is aggravating (differ if you want) and it is just ear splitting. The songs are ages long and just annoying and bad. This is not a band for everyone, check out if you dare. HOWEVER. This song is the rare exception. This breaks every rule. It's extremely mellow, like the Liars song. It has good singing, guitar, synth, song structure, and it can play in the background or you can listen to it actively and really analyze it and really find no flaws with this one song, even despite its length. I usually stray from long songs, it usually means the band simply decided to go Fall Out Boy song title esque and not edit it at all, so there's a lot of crap, but this is a great song.

This is a perfect introduction playlist to indie rock, check it out.

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