What are some of the best indie rock songs?
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I wanna discover more songs to listen to and learn on my guitar and piano. Like The Flaming Lips and their song Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Ideas?
Ian
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I wanna discover more songs to listen to and learn on my guitar and piano. Like The Flaming Lips and their song Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Ideas?
Ian

April 27th, 2011 at 6:13 am
Mason
I would recommend Elliott Smith if you have an acoustic.
I love playing his songs
April 30th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Chase
PJ Harvey- Down By the Water
May 1st, 2011 at 11:31 am
Nicholas
Animal collective
grizzly bear
the white stripes
dead weather
metric
spoon
them crooked vultures
May 1st, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Zachary
Between the Bars – Elliott Smith
well anything really
anything by MGMT… faves are Weekend Wars, Brian Eno, and Kids
stuff by Nick Drake
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – of Montreal
Peacebone – Animal Collective
Here it Goes Again – OK Go
Phantom Limb – The Shins
Naive – The Kooks
She moves in her own way – the kooks
too much to ask – the arctic monkeys
fluorescent adolescent – arctic monkeys
teddy picker – arctic monkeys
May 4th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
William
You may find something you like in here….
My Morning Jacket – Touch Me I’m Going to Scream part 2, I’m Amazed
Fleet Foxes – Winter Hymn, Your Protector
Snow Patrol – Run, Open Your Eyes, Shut Your Eyes
Neon Trees – Animal
Paper Route – Second Chance, Carousel, You Kill Me
Stereophonics – Maybe Tomorrow
New Frontiers – Strangers
The Bravery – I Believe
Neon Horse – Cuckoo
Surrogate – State of Jefferson
Turn off the Stars – Falling into You
Jonsi – Go Do
Sky Sailing – Brielle
The Fold – Neverender
The Kooks – Always Where I Need to Be
Lost Ocean – Lately I Can’t Fly, Close to Me, Trust, Vast
Future of Forestry – Set Your Sails, So Close so far, Holiday, Hills of Indigo Blue
Postal Service – Sleeping In
Jon McLaughlin – Beating My Heart, Beautiful Disaster, Always on My Mind
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Ben Folds Five – Brick
Eisley – Ambulance
The Myriad – The Accident, You Waste time Like a Grandfather Clock, A Thousand Winters Melting, A Clean Shot
Raconteurs – Steady as She Goes
Kyle Andrews – You Always Make Me Smile
Remy Zero – Prophecy
Vampire Weekend – A Punk, The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance, I Stand Corrected
Carolina Liar – I’m Not Over, Show Me What I’m Looking For
Broken Bells – Vaporize
Mute Math – You Are Mine
Queens Club – Less Talk
Phil Wickham – Coming Alive
Doves – Snowden, Words
Gungor – Dry Bones
Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
The Afters – Ocean Wide, Light Up the Sky
Cage the Elephant – Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked, Back Against the Wall
Rooney – When Did Your Heart Go Missing, I Can’t Get Enough
The Strokes – Someday
Safetysuit – Anywhere But Here
The Dead Weather – Blue Blood Blues
Jet – Look What You’ve Done
Keane – A Heart to Hold You, You Don’t See Me, Somewhere Only We Know, Everybody’s Changing, Is it any wonder, Stop for a Minute
The Good the Bad and the Queen – The History Song, 80s Life, Northern Whale
Deas Vail – Birds
Vast – Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me, I Don’t Have Anything
Alpha Rev – New Morning
Barcelona – Come Back When You Can, Falling Out of Trees
Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You
Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body, I Will Possess Your Heart
Bright Eyes – We Are Nowhere and it’s now
One Republic – Secrets
Civil Twilight – Letters From the Sky
The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It, Read my Mind
David Gray – This Years Love
Pilot Speed – Alright
Air Traffic – Shooting Star
The Get Up Kids – Close to Me
Something Like Silas – In the Burning
The Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon, Nights in White Satin, Go Now
Simon And Garfunkel – the silence, bright eyes, bridge over troubled water
Dirty Vegas – Days Go By (Acoustic)
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Manchester Orchestra – Where Have You Been
Owl City – Vanilla Twilight
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Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You, Your Call
Deas Vail – Birds
Civil Twilight – Letters From the Sky
Alpha Rev – New Morning
Howie Day – Collide
Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In, Iris
Edwin McCain – I’ll Be
Wallflowers – One Headlight
Hoobastank – The Reason
Safetysuit – Anywhere But Here
Keane – A Heart to Hold You
The Afters – Ocean Wide
One Republic – Secrets
The Fray – You Found Me
Carolina – Show Me What I’m Looking For
My Morning Jacket – I’m Amazed
Finger Eleven – One Thing
Vast – I Don’t Have Anything, Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me
Train – If It’s Love, When I look to the sky
Grey Holiday – You Belong to Me
Barcelona – Falling Out of Trees
Jewel – My Hands
Matt Wertz – Carolina, I will not take my love away
Matt Nathanson – Come on Get Higher
Leona Lewis – Run
DHT – Listen to Your Heart
Live – Heaven