my fave indie bands some are alt bands too
 

ben kweller
liz phair
yeah yeah yeahs
wilco
ben folds
tv on the radio
the ravonetts
the shins
the kicks
kings of leons
secret machines
franz ferdinand
death cab for cutie
oasis
the killers
coldplay
tv on the radio
beck
and many many more

you forgot to mention tv on the radio

make sure to check out Califone... it should be on your list. Alt-Folk and best album is Quicksand-Cradlesnakes

My Fav Bands Got To Be,
Oasis, Idlewild, the Beatles, the Jam, David Bowie, Happy Mondays, the Who, Ocean Colour Scene, the Music, the Doors, Kings Of Leon, the Strokes, Stone Roses, Led Zepplien, Inspiral Carpets, Seahorses, John Lennon, the Verve, the Killers, The Rolling Stones, the Bluetones, the Small Faces Etc... Could go on for ages! lol

Hm....

The Anniversary, Hey Mercedes, Pedro the Lion, Onelinedrawing, Far, New End Original, PJ Harvey, Weakerthans, Amanda Rogers, Breaking Pangaea, Denali, Get Up Kids,
Juno, Motion City Soundtrack, Radiohead, Rainer Maria, Rilo Kiley, The Notwist....

Indie can go as far as to say Independent bands and Independent Labels....which in that case, there's a million of them.....or Indie in terms of the sound or the "label" we attach to their style of music.

myeah.
where's the indie, 'mcrrocker'?

^What are you talking about? A lot of those bands are considered indie.

TV on the radio is great. Hey, good enough to be posted twice on one list. And, Wilco *wets 'self*, I might go see them on the 21st (but Deerhoof plays on the same day :( so I'll be in a dilly of a pickle).

Wilco is great. I saw em' last year. It was a really good show.

Agreed, most of those bands are pseudo-indie NME tripe. My top five...

1. Spoon
2. Les Savy Fav
3. Belle & Sebastian
4. The Rapture
5. Broken Social Scene

its all about louis XIV, the arctic monkeys and the warlocks at the moment