Indie Music of the Early Aughts

Greetings fans! How have you been? You haven’t heard from us for a while because we’ve been in the lab preparing an exhaustive rundown of an entire genre! But now we’re back, coming in hot with a fresh new format: responding to a list we found on Reddit!

In this memerific episode we’re talking about Indie rock of the aughts and addressing the quality and comprehensiveness of one person’s definitive list of the genre/period. We’ll answer all your burning questions – what is Indie? Is Indie actually a genre? Is Len better than OMC? etc. And, in a thrilling conclusion, we’ll each unveil our own top three bands from the list! We’re joined in this adventure by yet another of our highly accomplished friends and So So / Cool superfan Tommy G (aka the Saxmurderer).

So, join us and hear Brandon extol the virtues of eighth note strumming and British accents, Matt again discuss his favorite musical subgenre, Bro-pop, Joe lament the list’s troubling dearth of sad sack Americana music, and Tom’s solemn remembrance of his childhood dog ole’ Dincubus.

And as always, be sure to support the artists by purchasing their work on iTunes or wherever you get your music:

• Do You Want To by Franz Ferdinand
• Prog by Pinback
• Taxi Cab by Vampire Weekend
• Clark Gable by The Postal Service
• Dancing Shoes by Arctic Monkeys
• Caring Is Creepy by The Shins
• 7/4 (Shoreline) by Broken Social Scene
• The Party's Crashing Us by Of Montreal
• This Scene Is Dead by We Are Scientists
• Fine for Now by Grizzly Bear
• Marching Bands of Manhattan by Death Cab for Cutie
• Bryn by Vampire Weekend

Notable timestamps:

• 00:05:17 The bands on the list
• 00:08:03 What is Indie?
• 00:44:57 Unveiling our picks
• 00:57:15 Start of the listening section