Prominent Indie Pop Artists

Team SAD?? divided avenues of research amongst themselves. While I'm heading research on Representation and Album covers of Indie Pop artists, Mahnoor is looking into Indie Pop music videos and their codes and conventions. Mahum is researching on prominent Indie Pop artists and the sound of Indie Pop as it evolves. This research should help us understand our genre better as a whole.

Here is Mahum's research on prominent Indie Pop artists:

1975

The 1975 are an English indie band originating from Manchester. The group consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist   Matthew "Matty" Healy,lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and Drummer George Daniel.The band's origins trace to them attending Wilmslow High School and playing together as teenagers in 2002. Gigs organised by a council worker led the band to formally sign as the 1975. Their choice of name was inspired by a Jack Kerouac beat poetry book.They eventually signed a record deal after their success with Dirty Hit and Polydor Records.

Some of their famous songs are

• somebody else
• change of heart 
• fallingforyou
• UGH!!
• UNDO
• Robbers
• give yourself a try

-M83

M83 are a French electronic music project currently based in Los Angeles. The band's primary member is vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Anthony Gonzalez. Formed in 2001 in Antibes, France, the band was initially formed as a duo also with Nicolas Fromageau. They have an official website as well. ilovem83.com 

Some of their famous songs are:

• Midnight city
• we own the sky
• Do it try it
• ok pal
• Oblivion
  

-Foster the people

It is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. It currently consists of lead vocalist Mark Foster, lead guitarist Sean Cimino, keyboardist Isom Innis, and drummer Mark  Pontius. Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in Los Angeles as a struggling musician and working as a commercial jingle write.

Some of their famous songs are:

• Best friend
• coming of age
• Don't Stop
• Sit next to me
• Orange Dream

-Marina and the Diamonds 

Marina Lambrini Diamandis (born 10 October 1985), known professionally as Marina, and previously as Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. Diamandis has described herself as an "indie artist with pop goals. Her debut studio album, The Family Jewels (2010), incorporates indie pop and new wave musical styles. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number five and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. The album's second single, "Hollywood", peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Some of her famous songs are:

• Savage
• Primoddona
• power and control
• Blue
• Happy 

-Fiest

Leslie Feist, known professionally as Feist, is an American-Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of Monarch.

Some of her famous songs are:

• A man is not his song
• I feel it all
• One evening
• Baby be simple
• Now at last

-Bastille

Bastille are a British band formed in 2010. The group began as a solo project by lead vocalist Dan Smith, but later expanded to include keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist and guitarist Will Farquarson, and drummer Chris Wood.

Some of their famous songs are:

• Good Grief
• World  gone Mad
• Quarter Past midnight
• Glory
• Warmth

- Capital Cities

Capital Cities is an American pop duo from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2010 by Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. Their debut EP was released on June 7, 2011, with lead single "Safe and Sound" which became their first top ten hit single.

Some of their famous songs are:

• Vowels
• Safe and sound
• Lazy lies
• Drifting
• Only if you want it 

-St.Vincent.

Anne Erin Clark, known professionally as St. Vincent, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. After studying at Berklee College of Music for three years, she began her music career as a member of The Polyphonic Spree.

Some of her famous songs are:

• Fast slow disco
• Pills
• Birth in reverse
• Rattlesnakes
• Marrow

-Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His debut album A Sun Came was released in 1999 on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he confounded with his stepfather.

Some of his famous songs are:

• Tonya Harding
• The only thing
• Holy, Holy etc
• The friendly beasts
• Sister Winter

 -The xx

The xx are an English indie pop band from Wandsworth, London, formed in 2005. The band consists of Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, Jamie Smith, also known as Jamie xx, and formerly Baria Qureshi.hey are known for their distinct and minimalistic sound that blends indie pop, indie electronic, dream pop and electro-rock and the dual vocalist setup of both Croft and Sim. Their music employs soft, echoed guitar, prominent bass, light electronic beats and ambient soundscape backgrounds.

Some of their famous songs are:

• On hold
• I dare you
• VCR
• Angels
• Intro

-Architecture in Helsinki

Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian indie pop band which consists of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland. 

Some of their famous songs are:

• Heart it races
• Fingers crossed
• In case we die
• Places like this
• 4EVA

-Rex Orange Country  

Alexander O'Connor, better known by his stage name Rex Orange County, is an English recording artist and songwriter who grew up in the village of Grayshott near Haslemere, Surrey.

Some of his famous songs are:

• Loving is easy
• Sun flower
• Japan
• Rain man
• Nothing 

-Japanese Breakfast 

Japanese Breakfast is the solo musical project of Michelle Zauner. Under the alias, Zauner has released two studio albums: Psychopomp and Soft Sounds from Another Planet

Some of her famous songs are:

• Boyish
• Red Headed
• Jane cum
• In Heaven
• Till death
• Jimmy Fallon big!

-Death Cab for cutie 

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr. The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard

Some of their famous songs are;

• Gold Rush
• Black sun
• You are a tourist 
• Little Wanderers
• Million Dollar .Loan