Please be recommending some music.

Any recommendations of indie-ish rock, or softer alternative or folky stuff? I am completely bored with my usual Death Cab For Cutie/Decemberists/Bright Eyes/The Postal Service/Placebo/Brand New/The Weepies when it comes to that area of music since I've listened to it half to death, and I need new recommendations before I drool on my iTouch from boredom. =O

Some rock personalities I like:

Presidents of the United States of America
Jack Johnson
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I can't think right now! >: ( I'd have to check my iPod for you, and it's at home. :(

I don't like any of the hard death metaly stuff, so don't worry about that. ;)

Heavens. It's a side project by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Josiah Steinbrick.

You can can check one of their songs on this video here:

Epitaph Records: Video Player - Heavens - Patent Pending

These are some of those that come to mind solely based on what you say:

Feist
Cat Power
PJ Harvey
Sufjan Stevens
Iron & Wine
Belle & Sebastian
Joanna Newsom
Laura Marling
Band of Horses
CocoRosie
The Shins
Peter, Bjorn & John
Devendra Banhart

Fawgot to add Iron & Wine to my list. xD Love them, but listened to them to death. Ditto to Kimya Dawson.

I like Cat Powers, but I only listened to one song by her, so I guess I should try more!

Thanks guys. :hyper:

Jonathan Coulton.

Not really in the same category as everything posted, but he's a hell of a musician and you might like him.

Be sure to check out the Arcade Fire - Funeral. It has an amazing folk/raw feel to it. This has been my favourite indie-ish album for the last couple of years.

Other than that, if you're in a summerish mood, you should give Animal Liberation Orchestra a try. They have a somewhat similar sound as Jack Johnson, but it's a bit more energetic.

I also second the Shins and Belle and Sebastian.

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Jonathan Coulton.

Not really in the same category as everything posted, but he's a hell of a musician and you might like him.

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Seconded.

Also, you all suck for neglecting to mention Elliot Smith. Check him out first, I recommend his album XO for a good intro. Also, Damien Rice.

I checked out Laura Marling first, and I really dig the songs I heard on last.fm, I'll torrent her album now. Thanks guys! I'll listen to the rest of your recommendations as I go along, keep recommending! ♥

YouTube - Birdhouse in your soul, Because They Might Be Giants are awesome. Get their other songs too if you can. :p

Also, Kamelot is one of my favorite bands. They are power metal, but their are a few softer songs they do you might like, such as YouTube - Love you to death - Kamelot.

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Fawgot to add Iron & Wine to my list. xD Love them, but listened to them to death. Ditto to Kimya Dawson.

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And I forgot to add Kimya Dawson to mine!

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Be sure to check out the Arcade Fire - Funeral.

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That's a marvellous album, seconded.

Also, if you like lyrics that are a bit... out of the ordinary, I guess you might say, then Neutral Milk Hotel is definitely worth checking out, particularly the album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Weird but really great. And before I forget I'll also mention of Montreal, Broken Social Scene and Architecture in Helsinki.

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Feist
Belle & Sebastian
Devendra Banhart

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All three of these are wonderful.

Also - Tegan and Sara.

any time I need new music, I just tell itunes to play songs with very few plays; odds are it's stu's music that I haven't listened to yet.

I was listening to the Beta Band yesterday like this and was really enjoying it.

hm, The Shins, Iron and Wine, Jupiter Sunrise, Mew, Maroon 5, Joel Plaskett, Violent Femmes, Jack Johnson, The Acorn, Basia Bulat, Velvet Underground, Eisley

Second on The Shins. If you don't have their stuff, get it now, they're such a fantastic band. Here's a big list of indie/alternative bands that I think are really good, in a rough order of how much I recommend them.

Well-known
Neutral Milk Hotel
Vampire Weekend
Guster
The Strokes
The Raconteurs (especially Consolers of the Lonely)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (especially Show Your Bones)
Rogue Wave
The National

More Obscure
Electric President
Ra Ra Riot
Inkwell
Editors
The Autumn Defense
Cold War Kids
Voxtrot
The Grand Archives
The Muttering Retreats
Sun Kil Moon
My Morning Jacket
Hellogoodbye
Menomena
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Life and Times

Most of those are indie bands, and quite a few are very indie and only have one album out. And a lot of them won't be easy/possible to find on a public torrent tracker. Each and every one is at least worth looking up on Last.fm, though.

Can't believe I forgot to mention Vampire Weekend. :p