Indie
Indie music
“New Year” by Beach House
“Can you call it, see it coming. Just enough to tell a story bout a portrait of a young girl waiting for a new year.”
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“45” by The Gaslight Anthem
But “Better Sense” say, ”Hey, turn the record over. Hey, I’ll see you on the flip side. There you go, turn the key and engine over…”
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“Believe What You’re Saying” by Sugar
“I can’t believe what you’re saying. I’ve got to leave for you’re sailing on and on.”
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“It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad!” by Sufjan Stevens
Since it’s Christmas, let’s be glad. Even if the year’s been bad, there are presents to be had.
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“Sing” by Travis
“For the love you bring won’t mean a thing unless you sing, sing, sing, sing.”
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“Blister in the Sun” by Violent Femmes
“Let me go on… like I blister in the sun. Let me go on… big hands, I know you’re the one.”
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“Don’t Wanna Fight” by Alabama Shakes
“I don’t wanna fight no more. I don’t wanna fight no more. I don’t wanna fight, I don’t wanna fight!”
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“Stop Your Sobbing” by The Pretenders
“It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing. Yes it’s time for you to stop all of your sobbing oh oh oh.”
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“I Won” by The Sundays
“I won the war in the sitting room. I won the war but it cost me. I won the war and I feel proud. But God only knows why it’s hard to get to sleep in my house.”
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“Graveyard Shift” by Uncle Tupelo
“Well, time won’t wait, better open the gate. Get up and start what needs to be done. It’s running down, there’s much you missed working on that graveyard shift.”
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“New Madrid” by Uncle Tupelo
“Come on, do what you did, roll me under New Madrid. Shake my baby and please bring her back.”
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“Drown” by Son Volt
“You’re causing it to drown. Doesn’t make a difference now. You’re causing it to drown. Silence knows, can’t drown a heart.”
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“No Depression” by Uncle Tupelo
“I’m going where there’s no depression, to a better land that’s free from care. I’ll leave this world of toil and trouble. My home’s in heaven, I’m going there.”
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“Radio Silence” by Shearwater
“But the radio lapses, the radio dies. The sky is a blank screen, an open receiver.”
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“Midnight Radio” by Big Head Todd and The Monsters
“Hold me in the darkness. Love is playing in the darkness. On a midnight radio.”
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“On The Radio” by Regina Spektor
“And on the radio, you hear November Rain. That solo’s awful long, but it’s a good refrain. You listen to it twice ’cause the DJ is asleep on the radio.”
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“We’ve Been Here Before” by The New Pornographers
“Here is the quick rundown. We’ve been here before. It’s best not to wander far ’cause we’ve been here before.”
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“First Night” by The Hold Steady
“On that first night, she was golden with bar light and beer. On that first night, she slept like she’d never been scared.”
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“I Do” by Lisa Loeb
“I do. You can’t hear it, but I do. I do. You don’t seem angry, but I do. I do. You don’t hear it, but I do.”
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“Babylon” by David Gray
“Let go of your heart. Let go of your head. And feel it now. Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, Babylon.”
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“Amelia” by The Virgins
“Close lights in the backyard sunshine. Amelia in the big beach town. I say, ‘My mind, how d’you get so sky high?’ All those half lights lit her on the ground.
