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• [1] Josh Weisstuch from Manhattan UWS November 29, 2007 - 10:47AM

  What is indie rock anyway these days? Is Radiohead still there? can a band be an indie rock band and then not? is it popularity or being on a label that is X big? Radiohead is probably the epitome of indie rock with the way they sold their last album.

  However, the band i like most these days is Arcade Fire. They are Canadian so that makes them something .... different. And the put on the rockenest concerts.

  
  
• [2] Scott from Brooklyn November 29, 2007 - 11:59AM

  Pavement's "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain"

  
  
• [3] Michael Bloomberg from Lower Manhattan November 29, 2007 - 01:16PM

  Where's Radiohead on the list? Okay, they're mainstream as can be today but weren't "OK Computer" or "Kid A" indie-rock albums?

  
  
• [4] Mike from Rockefeller Center November 29, 2007 - 02:04PM

  This is a perfect example of a fluff segment. It's a given that all magazine lists are moronic, so it's pointless to be annoyed by them, pointless to argue about them. But Blender is smart, they know how much bloggerel is generated by them, so they put one in every magazine to help sell dead trees and rack up the online advertising dollars. And c'mon, no pre-WB Flaming Lips???

  
  
• [5] N A M E S A K E from N Y C November 29, 2007 - 02:21PM

  Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

  
  
• [6] Mike from Rockefeller Center November 29, 2007 - 02:23PM

  Yo, to heck with S+E and Crooked Rain. Wowee Zowee!!!

  
  
• [7] Tim Duffy from Staten Island November 29, 2007 - 02:25PM

  MIA and De La Soul shouldn't be on the list. If you were going to put indie-hip-hop on you should've done a lot more: Company Flow, MF Doom, Aesop Rock, etc.

  
  
• [8] scott from brooklyn November 29, 2007 - 02:25PM

  fugazi embodies indie ethic. they should be MUCH higher on the list.

  
  
• [9] Brian from Midtown East November 29, 2007 - 02:25PM

  Slanted & Enchanted is right where it should eb on that list, as an indie rock album, and as a Pavement album.

  
  
• [10] Kristin from West Orange, NJ November 29, 2007 - 02:25PM

  I didn't see PJ Harvey anywhere - her early stuff has got to deserve a spot on this list. As usual - women largely absent from the list.

  
  
• [11] J.H. November 29, 2007 - 02:28PM

  Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs.

  
  
• [12] Brian from Midtown East November 29, 2007 - 02:29PM

  Look at Modest Mouse - around since '94, not noticed til 2004 (Good News) then We Were Dead was #1 Billboard the week it came out - over Daughtry.

  
  
• [13] Brian from Midtown East November 29, 2007 - 02:30PM

  Yeah, Wowee Zowee is the best Pavement album, but it's not as iconic an indie album as S+E - "a dagger in classic rock's bloated belly"

  
  
• [14] Linda from Queens November 29, 2007 - 02:33PM

  Who actually contributed to this list, I'd like to know. I can't believe you would put Stereolab and Arcade Fire(deservedly) on the list, yet not consider their predecessors and superiors, The Cocteau Twins.

  
  
• [15] Matthew from Brooklyn November 29, 2007 - 02:35PM

  This list makes me want to throw up.

  No Radiohead or Cure?!

  Arcade Fire is higher than Velvet Underground? Come on!

  And since when is Velvet Underground and Nick Drake Indie rock any way?

  And choosing Gish over Siamese Dream or Bleech over Nevermind is just being pretentious. We wouldn't remember those bands if it wasn't for their second albums.

  
  
• [16] Derek D from Brooklyn November 29, 2007 - 02:35PM

  ditto neutral milk hotel

  
  
• [17] Matt November 29, 2007 - 02:36PM

  ESG?

  
  
• [18] david from brooklyn November 29, 2007 - 02:36PM

  arcade fire should in no way be that high on the list (unless your 16 and just started listening to tis music). where the hell is the rock in this indie rock list anyway?

  
  
• [19] Linda from Queens November 29, 2007 - 02:37PM

  you can't really differentiate "alternative" from "indie" Indie is what's now, but NEVER would have existed if not for those "alternative" bands. Interpol = Joy Division. How can you differentiate and pay homage to only one?

  
  
• [20] Ben from W. MASS November 29, 2007 - 02:39PM

  #6: Arcade Fire (???????????????). Please. I can see more argument about numbers 100 to 10, but the top ten shouldn't include something that came out just a few years ago. How has this impacted more people than Unknown Pleasures or Spiderland?!?! Pure silliness.

  
  
• [21] Linda from Queens November 29, 2007 - 02:41PM

  Totally agree, Ben. Arcade Fire's Funeral is a lovely record, as is Feist's Reminder. But influential? Ask me in 10 years.

  
  
• [22] Brian from CT November 29, 2007 - 02:45PM

  I'm with Mike. Wowee Zowee is Pavement's (or the genre's) greatest achievement.

  
  
• [23] Noam Sane November 29, 2007 - 02:55PM

  The Ramones picture in the slideshow is backwards. Unless they used Llahsram amps that night and played left-handed.

  Also, the #4 album, by REM, is Murmur...not Mumu. That is a type of clothing favored by Mama Cass.

  Other than that, the list is interesting if objectively incomplete.

  
  
• [24] Jonathan from Brooklyn, NY November 29, 2007 - 03:32PM

  Right on, Mike! Wowee Zowee's where it's at!

  
  
• [25] El November 30, 2007 - 03:16AM

  I won't lament how this music is more accessible through the internet, etc. Lately, I've gotten into Vampire Weekend--and I'm happy I can hear their songs online. But, I do think about that effort (and reward ) of finding great music: my sister sending me riot grrl zines from her college I'd never know about, going to shows of unknown bands based on the promise of their record label, buying great (and not so great) records from the local place (in Chicago or N. Carolina) having no idea if it was a hit or miss. Seriously, does any adolescent buy a bad record without hearing it first anymore?

  And don't get me started on missing mix tapes.