Don’t get me started on my Superchunk love. Incidental Music would probably be a desert island disc for me. I will never understand how that band didn’t have massive success.

and if pj harvey can be eliminated because of the ‘no solo artists’ thing for rid of me then so can bright eyes. :P

@kisskisskiss: They had to mention BTS, but There’s Nothing Wrong With Love came out in 1994, and they had to pick a GBV record, but Alien Lanes came out in ’95, and Archers of Loaf went there b/c EW had to mention more than one band that never jumped to a major. Makes sense, don’t it? (I still think Exile was the obvious choice.)

@Lucas Jensen: re: Lips/Bulletin/watershed moment for indie rockdom — Yes, but it was on Warner. I’m not sure, but I think that qualifies as ironic.

Being from the Triangle area, I always assumed that the Archers of Loaf weren’t a big deal outside of North Carolina (or the South, at the most). Nice to know they were noticed… I’ll have to put Vee Vee on the stereo tomorrow.

@Maura Johnston: Thank you, Separation Sunday is totes their masterpiece. They had all the dense, biting aspects of hip hop and hardcore, plus better lyrics and an overarching story that I can’t quit getting lost in.

@whoneedslight: Yeah. Tangentially, I’d seriously consider “Foolish” by Superchunk over “Bee Thousand” Mainly because I only like about half the songs on “Bee Thousand” while “Foolish” is maybe the best record I got into last year. Not a dud on there, just a couple I’m not infatuated with.

really? try listening to the album maybe.

I would love love love a Loaf reunion.

with the parameters they set for themselves, it’s not that bad of a list.

Yeah, wasn’t 2006, like THE year of TV on the Radio.

AND

@SuperUnison:

Me too man, I can -WARNING SHOWING MY AGE -talk for days about indie rock from 2000 onwards and just can’t believe that it seems like only yesterday we were all going ga ga over the switch from the mainstream dominance of your Limp Bizkits, Kid Rocks, and the like to the “bubbling up from the underground” sounds of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, and any band that was different with a “the” top of their name. [White Stripes, Strokes, Hives, etc...]

I am also confused by Bright Eyes (and he’s a solo act, right?) And I might have picked Girls Can Tell for Spoon, but other than that, this list really isn’t bad.

Knowing that I’ve hated Interpol for a whole five years is weird though.

@whoneedslight: I just got into Archers of Loaf last month. Vee Vee is, indeed, a pretty damn good record. Why aren’t there bands like that anymore?