Entertainment Weekly's Indie Rock 25

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From a March 2008 issue of Entertainment Weekly.

Rules:

"1. Only one album may represent each year…2. All the bands had to have been signed to an independent label for the given album (ergo, the absence of Nirvana and the Flaming Lips, whose true genius didn’t manifest itself until they graduated to the big leagues, but the inclusion of My Bloody Valentine and the Pixies, who originally signed to small labels in the U.K.) 3. The term "band" must be taken literally (thus eliminating otherwise unimpeachable artists like Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, and Cat Power)."

  1. 1.
    In Rainbows
    by Radiohead

  2. 2.
    Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
    by Spoon

  3. 3.
    Boys & Girls in America
    by Hold Steady

  4. 4.
    I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
    by Bright Eyes

  5. 5.
    Funeral
    by Arcade Fire

  6. 6.
    Elephant
    by White Stripes

  7. 7.
    Turn on the Bright Lights
    by Interpol

  8. 8.
    Oh, Inverted World
    by Shins

  9. 9.
    And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
    by Yo La Tengo

  10. 10.
    Hot Rock
    by Sleater-Kinney

  11. 11.
    In the Aeroplane over the Sea
    by Neutral Milk Hotel

  12. 12.
    Lonesome Crowded West
    by Modest Mouse

  13. 13.
    If You're Feeling Sinister
    by Belle & Sebastian

  14. 14.
    Vee Vee
    by Archers of Loaf

  15. 15.
    Bee Thousand

  16. 16.
    Ultimate Alternative Wavers
    by Built to Spill

  17. 17.
    Slanted & Enchanted
    by Pavement

  18. 18.
    Loveless
    by My Bloody Valentine

  19. 19.
    Repeater Plus 3 Songs
    by Fugazi

  20. 20.
    Doolittle
    by Pixies

  21. 21.
    Daydream Nation
    by Sonic Youth

  22. 22.
    You're Living All Over Me
    by Dinosaur Jr

  23. 23.
    Lifes Rich Pageant
    by Rem

  24. 24.
    Meat Is Murder
    by The Smiths

  25. 25.
    Let It Be
    by Replacements

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Created by asterisk on Mar 24, 2008.
 

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