indie rock mega hits mixtape

monsterland - insulation (danbury, ct) lync - cue cards (olympia, wa | ex - love as laughter, red stars theory, 764 hero) vitreous humor - harbor (lawrence, kansas) vitapup - i need it (nyc | ex - born against, vestpocket psalm) fieldtree - memories of the world (detroit, mi) goodbye, blue monday - chicago coin (montgomery county, pa | ex - frail, true high fidelity, mandela strike force, i am heaven) mariner nine - water in the basement (westchester, pa) rocketscience - avalon (succasunna, nj | ex - texas is the reason) dahlia seed - jet spin (new york/new jersey) ribbon fix - tearjerker (sf, ca | ex - underside, temper + hold, the shivering, junkdrawer, driftwood, shroomunion) my favorite citizen - ghost town (new jersey) anklebiter - dynamic ribbon device (gainesville, fl) garden variety - new guitar parts (long island, ny) cowpers - #3 (sapporo, japan) everyone asked about you - paper airplanes, paper hearts (little rock, arkansas | ex - class of eighty four, divine hook up, the body) far apart - hazel (lulea, sweden) uncrush - the moron the merrier (lawrence, kansas) blank - many will play, few will win (annapolis, md | ex - cross my heart, wrong button) world’s fastest car - do we ever change? ( ex - gorilla biscuits, quicksand, rival schools, chain of strength, inside out) psara - complete rewrite (massachusetts | ex - piebald, oswalds last plea) broken hearts are blue - get’n over my sassy self (kalamazoo, mi | ex - vine, ordination of aaron, current, gregor, ottawa) baroque - palafoy (gainesville, fl | ex -the blacktop cadence, army of ponch) reiziger - i can’t be i (belgium | ex - kosjer d) m.i.j. - the radio goodnight (milwaukee, wi) places we slept - four square queen (omaha, nebraska | ex - bib, lemonade) during the 90s, college indie rock flirted with more aggressive rock subgenres to produce a truly unique sound. while not emo on it's own, the influences they used are what gives the songs those qualities of linger and release. some of these bands have one foot in emo while others are more influenced by indie rock subgenres like twee. twinkly arpeggios themselves are not unique to emo, emo bands were also influenced by indie rock, no wave, noise rock, death rock + more from the preceding decades. enjoy this semi chronological mixtape