what is the most overrated "indie" band of the

[PigIron]

Strokes, Bloc Party, and Clap Your Hands.  Or any of these bands that you can't distinguish from the late-70's-early-80's bands they mimic embarrassingly well.  Its just gotten old.

[kosmo vinyl]

I contribute so little to the 9:30 last.fm charts... guess that makes me out of step  

[you be betty]

That must make our Callat703 an avid teenage girl, too    
 
 1) What makes you say that Death Cab is overrated?  I think for many years, they were actually quite underrated.
 
 2) How does opening for Kelly Clarkson make you overrated?  Or, I'll state this differently.  How does being stuck on a tour by your overbearing label convert to critical acclaim?
 
 
 And Bright Eyes is my overrated pick.  Hands down.  The guy can write a good song and yeah he was/is young, but he's not Jesus.  Bob Dylan was young too...

[bellenseb]

Sufjan Stevens by a mile, if you're measuring "overrated" by critical acclaim.
 
 If you're measuring by popular acclaim, Keane, Snow Patrol.

[throatneedle]

CYHSY
 Surfjan Stevens
 Bloc Party
 Mars Volta
 Flaming Lips
 Bright Eyes
 Mountain Goats
 Arctic Monkeys
 Dandy Warhols
 New Pornographers

[andyrichter]

Originally posted by throatneedle:
  CYHSY
 Surfjan Stevens
 Bloc Party
 Mars Volta
 Flaming Lips
 Bright Eyes
 Mountain Goats
 Arctic Monkeys
 Dandy Warhols
 New Pornographers
 Mogwai
 Broken Social Scene
 Belle and Sebastian
 

Agreed!  

[Big KC]

the Rolling Stones

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  Sufjan Stevens

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[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by andyrichter:
 Mars Volta -- they're "indie"?
 Flaming Lips -- formed 1983
 Bright Eyes -- 90s
 Mountain Goats -- 90s band
 Dandy Warhols -- formed 1992
 Mogwai -- formed 1996
 Belle and Sebastian -- formed 1995
 

you all are a bunch of whiny vaginas ... and i'll stand up for CYHSY: it's a really good album, they just flew too high too soon

[Santos L. Halper]

Why do you need new bands? Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

[andyrichter]

Originally posted by Santos L. Halper:
  Why do you need new bands? Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

Yea but I forgot, this thread is titled bands of the new millenium/decade so the guy has a point.  
 
 As for Mars Volta, they're not part of any defined genre I'm aware of as they seem to be on a planet of their own, so yea, I'd absolutely file them under the blanket "indie" term.  That and they always seem to be playing Coachella, Bonarro or Lollapalooza.    

[bellenseb]

Despite the hype, I found Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos to be terrible post-emo garbage.

[Mobius]

For me, its the Shins.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  Despite the hype, I found Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos to be terrible post-emo garbage.

where is the hype on them? I must have eliminated sources of hype from my life because the only person I have heard they were good from is Brennser, he is a hype machine
 
 and I actually do like them, and have disliked most of the stuff being discussed on the board this year

[you be betty]

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
   

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  Despite the hype, I found Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos to be terrible post-emo garbage.

where is the hype on them? I must have eliminated sources of hype from my life because the only person I have heard they were good from is Brennser, he is a hype machine
 
 and I actually do like them, and have disliked most of the stuff being discussed on the board this year [/b]

i'd have to agree...zero hype here