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Whether self-released or on indie record labels, sometimes it's the not-so-famous bands that really move us. Here are five bands that put on a completely unique live show, and are also great to listen to at home.

Here is a short list of some of the indie bands making great music

A guide for those uninitiated on hipster culture, with a few secrets thrown in on how to be a hipster yourself, if you're interested in entering the subculture.

The Indie music scene grows through MySpace, but an increasing number of bands may be making mainstream noise, and deservedly so. In this article, a Baby Boomer shares an appreciation for for the music and the kids making it.

If you mostly listen to top-forty music, you've probably never heard of most of these bands- but you should have. These are the top indie-rock releases of 2006, and part of the charm is that you'll probably never hear them on the radio.

Unique music from the accomplished alternative side of life. Indie-rock, some Hinder,A Band of Bees, Infadel, Catnip and the Decemberist. Crafted with precision and honesty.

Here are some of the independent bands that tried to push the envelope a bit with their style of music. It's hard to find the good stuff ladies and gentlemen. You just have to take the time to look!

Alternative music with guts and lyrics you can understand. Give THE FOLD a try.

Why the best music in the world isn't what you hear on the radio

The voice of Leslie Feist has been described by some as "haunting" and her music is a compilation of styles. Her "1234" song now playing in the Ipod Nano commercial is a big score with listeners.

Indie rock fans are sure to love one of these three great holiday gifts, and you'll appreciate the low prices and easy online shopping. Read on to discover an innovative music magazine, a gift card that lets you give live music, and an affordable iPod.

How to find new music on the Internet and learning about indie rock blogs.

Vedera has proven themselves to be more than just another female-fronted indie rock band.

Reviews of three of the major market-share online music retailers.

Looking for different music but don't know where to begin? With so much music out there, you may need to narrow it down a bit. Check out a few of the options available to you.

Part of a longer research project that included a diverse collection of young people who are thinking about and making music today.

Review of indie band Making April after their Indianapolis, IN debut on 04.21.07

Bringing new style, hard rhythms, hard lyrics and driven music to the Indie scene in Atlanta, The Shock Waves are making waves.

Have you ever found yourself wondering where people find all of the indie bands that no one knows about? Look no further, here is a guide.

Indie products, music and films are great because there is such a large selection to choose from!

A re-vamped Asobi Seksu, Japanese-fronted indie rock from Brooklyn, revives 90's shoegaze and noise-pop, with a hint of Shibuya-kei.

Independent rock sales continue to grow yearly, yet mainstream exposure remains elusive. Here are five bands and albums you can find in your local record store or on iTunes, but you've probably never heard of them...

The Reason This Band Has Such An Impact Is That Their Music Reaches Out To The 15-50 Age Group

A brief music review

When the C86 tape was released, the British underground barreled into a whole new layer of earth. Inspired by the ideals of the punk movement, the pioneers crafted gentle, innocent pop music that sent the disconnected happily to the scene.

A new avenue has opened up for independent artists and bands to have their music heard: the Atlanta-based Manifest Media Inc., is launching the Indie Dish network and will play indie artist's videos

There are tons of music review sites on the web, here are some of the best with descriptions, so you can figure out which one is best for you.

A description of Norfolk's music venue the Norva.

In The End It All Comes Out Sounding Innovative And Fresh

Winston-Salem offers several choices for live music venues, ranging from the coliseum to small unknown venues in car garages.

Some painful truths and a whole lot of hope were on the agenda at the Music Boot Camp event sponsored by The Beat 94.5 FM in Vancouver - a special report by Scott G (The G-Man)

An extensive, yet brief review of one of the best bands to come from The Netherlands - Within Temptation.

Q&A with the Quietline Band who hails from South Carolina. The band is embarking on a fresh new sound to take into the studio. They wanted to make music that people can enjoy and also dance to. It sounds like they are on their way to more than achieving that.

These are my top choices of bands, Mainly from the Atlanta area, all with a unique sound that deserves to be heard. My favorite indie concert experiences in bold.

'80s music. The most maligned musical decade. Dodgy hairdos, tinny synth sounds, arena rock and big hair bands. Here's 10 reasons to fall back in love with the 1980's starting with just one year. 1980.

The internet has become a great outlet for promoting music and finding cool new bands and artists. As a band or artist, there are things you can do to increase your fan base and promote yourself.

Nervous new music reporters should read this!

A selection of some of the daftest group names in recent rock history. Are any of your favorites among them?

Seattle has a long list of producing great musicians from Hendrix to Kurt Cobain. Here's a look at another band called the Blue Scholars that seemed to have great potential.

A list of a few artists that radio listeners should be aware of. These bands have what it takes to have many heads bobbing, and I think they will be soon enough. Also, gives the reader the opportunity to seek out these bands before they become big.

Despite being on a major label, Pavement had some success due to its unique style of rock. With over five albums worth of music, they released a ton of great songs worth checking out for almost any fan of music.

Pitchforkmedia.com has kicked off its 2nd annual indie music festival in Chicago.

Catch these free songs to add to your indie rock playlists!

Youth Education AIDS Awareness (Y.E.A.A.) tries to make a difference

If you like porn and the Von Bondies, you'll like 9 Songs, but if you're looking for a meaningful film, look elsewhere. The controversial British film is coming out on DVD on November 22nd.

Some thirty years after "the other side of Nashville" first showed its face with musical artists like R. Stevie Moore, the White Animals, Afrikan Dreamland and Jason and the Nashville Scorchers, the "Athens of the South" is a thriving rock & roll metropolis...

Old Navy, Apple, and JC Penney's are among the companies whose marketing campaign has me hesitating to change the channel and beefing up my music library. Finally, has the dream marriage between art and commerce actually come true?

What to do when your favorite indie band ends up on Grey's Anatomy or a Volkswagen commercial? Here's some expert advice on how to cope.

The Indie Music and Tech news press recently gave props to RealNetwork's Rhapsody Music for their kickoff party at CMJ Music Marathon.

Iceland is known for it's creative musical culture. Check out these indie bands from Iceland.

A review of a concert by a surf rock artist named Donovan Frankenreiter. The article discusses planning a birthday and how Frankenreiter was the perfect gift.

Bored with safe sounding groups I went seeking bands with the more bizarre names. Possibly the first silly names band I noticed was a song called 'Tell me what is the bane of your life'/'Mother I've killed the cat' by 'Philip Foetus & his foetus vibrations'.

How do you think music has impacted our American Society? Read this paper I wrote for a Media Communication course, and see if you agree.

How do you decide which rock online radio station to listen to? With this handy guide, of course! Here are the creme of the the crop, the top five rock online radio stations!

With the release of Venus, We are the Fury successfully reclaimed the swaggering rock, and roll, of a time gone by. The Toledo, OH, band constructed a smart, catchy, furiously infectious record with swanky rockers and sweet ballads.

While the use of the guitar may have been an evolutionary process in country music, it was a fundamental element of rock and roll music.

Check out Roberto Moreno's latest disc.

The music of Conya Doss is a whirlwind sound that will dazzle and seduce you at a soul-gathering gala of influence; meaning, it's music-lovers music, or as Doss says "Just good music." A Music X-Press Magazine Feature.

Loading your iPod MP3 player with thousands of songs doesn't mean you have to resort to downloading the latest music off of an illegal file-sharing website. Free or cheap song downloads are available!

I talk about the difference between a good video and bad video, the recent trends that have been going around and what artists are bringing back the art of a music video.

Podcasting has become a great way for music lovers to discover new (and not-so-new) music. This aticle profiles five cool music podcasts you can use to download and store tunes on your PC or iPod.

This is a list of blogs that deal with the New York City music scene including Central Village and Product Shop NYC

Study concerning female musicians and their role in twentieth century pop music.

My story contains everything you'd want from a truly gonzo adventure - drugs, sexual tension, brushes with the law, surreal surroundings, loud music and chance acquaintances. Enjoy!

Discussion of music throughout the years. It's inevitable changes and it's sudden downfall in quality.

Investigating the dubious talents of Kevin Federline and Paris Hilton, and why they do not deserve careers in music.

St. Louis is a great town for music; here are a few places to go to see awesome bands and have a cold drink or two.

This Christmas, do your part to spread good cheer and good musical taste!

Carl Newman of Canada's favorite export, the New Pornographers, reflects on the band's success while sharing a few juicy tidbits about recording appearances for American talk shows.

Music, music, music, read all about it!

Amoeba, Lou's, Waterloo, Floyd's, and the Princeton Record Exchange are five of my favorite indie music stores.

This is an interview I conducted with TEE-M, an unsigned rock musician who grew up in Karachi, Pakistan.

A review of CDbaby.com, the #1 website for buying and selling indie music.

The following great modern psychedelic bands: Air, Akron/Family, Circulatory System, the Flaming Lips, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Scumbo, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, and Ween are profiled here.

Want to be more culturally aware? Though you may not realize it, world music can be a great way to expand your linguistic skills and gain insights into other cultures' sentiments about life.

Music Genres Explained

Here is the scoop on two new artists set to release new music to the masses. Both artists are taking sounds from the past and making it their own. Check them out and take a sneak peek at the new sounds coming your way.

The Dirty Pictures self-released this cd in 2003 and they're currently negotiating with a major indie label. Downlaod their album or a few choice songs from iTunes.

The free concerts this year at the Petrillo Music Shell promise millions of Taste of Chicago-goers a delicious, musical treat. To whet your appetite, here's a fun look at every majo act on the 2007 lineup for the annual Grant Park extravaganza.

If you like good music, you'll love this band : )

Sometimes great music finds you...sometimes you have to find it...

A discussion about how and why rock legends sell out their songs to advertisers and others

Get an idea of where indie artist, Adam Green, member of the anti-folk band, The Moldy Peaches, has been in his musical career, and what his plans for the future are.

The Honorary Title are the latest entry in the indie-pop world and the band is ready for music fans to give their forthcoming disc "Scream and Light Up The Sky" a listen. Frontman Jarrod Gorbel shares a bit of the bands past, present and future in this interview.

Crafting an effective title sequence for your indie film is one of the most important aspects of film distribution.

This year's South by Southwest (SxSW) Film Festival and SXSWClick Shorts Fest, runs March 7-16 in Austin. Among the many festival highlights, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Van Morrison will play SXSW on Mar 12 at La Zona Rosa, and the ScreenBurn Arcade.

An Indie artist has to be sure they are committed to sharing a polished product with the world that often bares the truth of their soul, and expressions of the spirit, in the company of strangers.

A brief discussion of the music industry in Canada. Learn how their radio stations differ from those in the United States.

List of places and links where you can download free music or videos without having to sign up for a membership or dowload a program like you do with kazaa or limewire, or other filesharing programs. Free music, no strings attached.

The term indie is a very versatile term that can be used to describe any type of independent entrepreneur who's doing it on their own.

An update on your favorite bands you've maybe never heard of

Noteborn Has Already Made A Difference For Countless Indie Artists

Post-punk has returned to music culture with a third wave of bands. Here is a quick introduction to the post-punk revival.

The guys in People in Planes have crafted a mesmerizing debut album on Wind-Up Records that is sure to find a place on modern rock radio.

A quick review of the top 10 CDs of 2007 in the indie-alternative rock scene.

Despite, or possibly because of, Jimmy Eat World's major label successes, they remain iconic in the world of independent rock.

Style's gonna rock the night!

Hard-hitting, female-fronted Arizona indie rock/hardcore band. Very impressive.

Parker Gispert, lead singer of The Whigs, chats about his surreal life on the road, the band's y'all-ternative sound that hearkens back to the glory days of indie rock in the 1990s and whether or not he believes The Whigs will lead an Athens, Ga. music renaissance.