Entertainment Weekly's Indie Rock 25

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)."

Send to Printer Entertainment Weekly's Indie Rock 25 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.	?	In Rainbows by Radiohead
	2.		Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
	3.		Boys and Girls in America by The Hold Steady
	4.		I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
	5.		Funeral by Arcade Fire
	6.		Elephant by The White Stripes
	7.		Turn On the Bright Lights by Interpol
	8.		Oh, Inverted World by The Shins
	9.		And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
	10.		The Hot Rock by Sleater-Kinney
	11.		In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
	12.		Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse
	13.		If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian
	14.		Vee Vee by Archers of Loaf
	15.		Bee Thousand by Guided by Voices
	16.		Ultimate Alternative Wavers by Built to Spill
	17.		Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement
	18.		Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
	19.		Repeater + 3 Songs by Fugazi
	20.		Doolittle by Pixies
	21.		Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
	22.		You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.
	23.		Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
	24.		Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
	25.		Let It Be by Replacements
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