Indie music

[Rebel Yell]

Ok I searched for something like this but I didn't find any indie threads related to music, so I hope this is okay.. Anyway the term 'Indie' has so many meanings so you probably think I am just labelling music...which is NOT what I'm trying to do, but it's the closest I could get to describing the kind of music I lovee ...What bands/songs do YOU like that are 'indie'?

[Frenger]

Death cab for cutie
Rilo Kiley
Jenny Lewis with the Watson twins
The go! team
The cloud room
The bird & the bee
Beirut
Babyshambles
Aqueduct
Youth group
The Whitest boy alive
Kings of Convenience
The Thrills
Mew
The Unicorns
Rooney
Pinback

[fairy]

'indie' is not really a genre..because there is indie-pop, indie-rock, indie-folk, indie-punk...it basically just means that the artists/bands are with an independent record label...nothing more...

[Frenger]

yes fairy, you're totally right!

[romantics]

There's definitely an indie sound, I think. But the actual term derives from independent and such.