Which indie rock singers can actually sing?

I agree with Sam Beam and Ted Leo, both have great voices. I like Jeff Buckley's voice, but I'm not sure I would consider him indie.

i suppose that, by your definition rhett, tom waits would also be a "bad" singer. maybe you should enlighten us as to who is a "good" singer in your book. are you going for perfect pitch (e.g., an art garfunkel or thom yorke) or do you go for a vocalist whose voice is suited to the style of music he/she is singing? if it's the latter, then one could argue that no one is a bad singer.

i saw melt banana live once and their female vocalist ranks up there with yoko ono as one of the screechiest, most obnoxious vocalists IMHO…there are people in the world that enjoy it though. just because i don't care for it personally, doesn't mean she's a bad singer.

Which is worse, the quality of the "fodder" on this board, or the fact that you have contributed 10,000+ posts to those topics?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Much more interesting fodder is to be found on this board, like Loserpalooza, HFStivalshite, or the latest totally unoriginal British band to completely rip off bands from the 80's but still sell out the Black Cat because their fans were in diapers in the 80's.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:

Much more interesting fodder is to be found on this board, like Loserpalooza, HFStivalshite, or the latest totally unoriginal British band to completely rip off bands from the 80's but still sell out the Black Cat because their fans were in diapers in the 80's.

or……some obnoxious jerk-off country fan forces his pigheaded opinions on everyone, every chance he gets and then gets all pissy and whiny when someone throws it back at him :) thats really the vast majority of this board.

Originally posted by joz:
are you going for perfect pitch (e.g., an art garfunkel or thom yorke)

i am totally positive Rhett will say Thom Yorke is not a good singer. he will lose all credibility if he doesn't….

Remind me who Tom York is again?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Remind me who Tom York is again?

why don't you just look it up on one of your marvelous search engines or databases that you consult numerous times a day to give yourself an air of intellectual superiority in posting something you spent 20 minutes researching on the web?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Why don't you go blow another $75 for some shitty record for your husband's birthday, so he can pretend to care all over again, you fat, snot nosed bitch?

Originally posted by joz:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Remind me who Tom York is again?

why don't you just look it up on one of your marvelous search engines or databases that you consult numerous times a day to give yourself an air of intellectual superiority in posting something you spent 20 minutes researching on the web?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you go blow another $75 for some shitty record for your husband's birthday, so he can pretend to care all over again, you fat, snot nosed bitch?

you are a total loser Rhett. in every way possible really.

not exactly "rock", but leslie feist?

the going out gurus certainly have us pegged… but i'm also digging being called an indie elitist.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you go blow another $75 for some shitty record for your husband's birthday, so he can pretend to care all over again, you fat, snot nosed bitch?

Originally posted by joz:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Remind me who Tom York is again?

why don't you just look it up on one of your marvelous search engines or databases that you consult numerous times a day to give yourself an air of intellectual superiority in posting something you spent 20 minutes researching on the web?

ouch. someone needs a hug.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you go blow another $75 for some shitty record for your husband's birthday, so he can pretend to care all over again, you fat, snot nosed bitch?

Originally posted by joz:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Remind me who Tom York is again?

why don't you just look it up on one of your marvelous search engines or databases that you consult numerous times a day to give yourself an air of intellectual superiority in posting something you spent 20 minutes researching on the web?

and btw, it's actually a very beautiful, very rare piece of vinyl that he has wanted for many years and i was able to find it for him. yeah, i'm special. when's the last time you did something that nice for your fat, snot-nosed wife?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you go blow another $75 for some shitty record for your husband's birthday, so he can pretend to care all over again, you fat, snot nosed bitch?

You sure you're in your late 30's?

Ted Leo is alright until he hits the high notes…then he may as well be singing through a kazoo in his left nostril.

Personally, as far as voices go:
Hrishkish Hirway
Laetitia Sadler (Sp?)
Beth Gibbons
Peter Murphy
Bjork
Roots Manuva (I know he doesn't sing…still an amazing voice)
Lisa Shaw
Miki Berenyi (whatever happened to her?)

There are some pure vocalists I love (Tony Bennett, George Michael), but then most "amazing vocalists" today typically end up on a different trac–like say, American Idol or Broadway.

I grew up listening to Otis Redding who, with all that rasp and holler, probably doesn't qualify as a great "singer," but that's a different thing than being a great vocalist, and Otis was truly great. Totally shaped my opinion of vocals in pop music.

Celine Dion is probably a better singer than M. Ward, but I know whose voice I prefer. It's an instrument like anything else… Tom Morello is a better guitarist than Britt Daniel, but Audioslave sucks.

My vote goes to Sufjan Stevens. Not quite "rock", though…

Jim James
Jason Lytle

A few that come to my mind:

Joe Pernice
the guy from Nada Surf
Jeff Buckley
James Mercer when he wants to