Great Indie Rock Basslines

[Nowhere Man]

These are just my favorites... please show me some more

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I will possess your heart: YouTube - ‪I Will Possess Your Heart (Album Version video)‬‏

Evil: YouTube - ‪Interpol - Evil‬‏

Jenny was a friend of mine: Invalid Link Removed

Is this it: YouTube - ‪The Strokes - Is this It‬‏
(wait till 48 seconds in)

 

[SMILEYSIXX]

Penelope- Pinback
Barnes- Pinback
Concrete Seconds- Pinback (Pinback has tons of great bass songs)
Black Cadillacs- Modest Mouse
Float On- Modest Mouse
Anything by DFA1979, Arctic Monkeys, or Three Mile Pilot, those are probably my favorite bands for bass.

 

[fenderhutz]

Listen to Sunny Day Real Estate Diary and LP2 (pink album).

Nate Mendel pre Foo Fighters was spectacular.

 

[JBuckley]

I'm not sure if all of these would be considered indie rock as some of them are on major labels. But here are a few of my favorites.

Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad
YouTube - ‪Moby Octopad‬‏

Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
YouTube - ‪Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows‬‏

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Cannibals Hymn
YouTube - ‪Nick Cave - Cannibals Hymn‬‏

Radiohead - Drunken Punchup at a Wedding
YouTube - ‪Radiohead - A punchup at a wedding (no no no no no)‬‏

Pavement - Stereo
YouTube - ‪Pavement - "Stereo"‬‏

+1 for Jenny was a Friend of Mine and I Will Possess Your Heart!

 

[bassteve]

Foster the People - Pumped up Kicks
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[KevInDaBassment]

Reptilia by the Strokes had a great bassline for indie, IMO

 

[marcss]

Listen to Sunny Day Real Estate Diary and LP2 (pink album).

Nate Mendel pre Foo Fighters was spectacular.

^^ This.


I really like Carlos D from Interpol.
Tokyo Police Club is interesting.
While I can't stand modern Modest Mouse, I'll say that I think Eric Judy is awesome and the older Modest Mouse albums are great.
June of 44 YouTube - ‪June of 44 - Doomsday‬‏
Best Friends Forever YouTube - ‪Best Friends Forever ( BFF) - circus song‬‏
I love Kim Deal from the Pixies.

 

[Chef FourString]

Anything by Moros Eros.

 

[bassteve]

oops forgot Flash Delirium by MGMT
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[chuck norriss]

"Anywhere's Better Than Here" The Replacements

 

[marcss]

Kristian Dunn from El Ten Eleven Invalid Link Removed
Maps and Atlases Invalid Link Removed
Tristeza Invalid Link Removed
Deerhunter YouTube - ‪Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened‬‏
Carson McWhirter of The Advantage YouTube - ‪the advantage - goonies 2‬‏
Talking Heads YouTube - ‪Talking Heads - Sugar On My Tongue (CBS Demo 1975)‬‏

 

[GregC]

Mike Watt's had so many great ones over the years (which, if any, fall under "indie rock" is for others to judge). But I'm linking this one because he's still killing it in 2011.
YouTube - ‪Mike Watt - Arrow-Pieced-Egg-Man‬‏

 

[sigmafloyd]

I've been digging this bassline on last year's Twin Shadow album:

YouTube - ‪Twin Shadow - When We're Dancing‬‏

 

[Nowhere Man]

Foster the People - Pumped up Kicks
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this

 

[Epitaph04]

Whale Song - Modest Mouse

 

[Electricblue]

Modest Mouse - Dramamine
Death Cab For Cutie - Summer Skin
Inbetweeners Theme Song
Vampire Weekend - A Punk
Death Cab For Cutie - I will possess your heart.

This is the studio version of the last mentioned song. THIS is a jam session. Don't you wish you have friends like these?

WATCH THIS

 

[Tituscrow]

Pretty much anything Mani recorded with the Stone Roses...

 

[ibassmonster]

Tokyo Police Club! One of my favourite bands of all time. They are an Indy band from Ontario, Canada. Dave Monks is the lead singer and bass player. I know almost all their songs on bass. Nature of the Experiment is one if my favourites to play. You should check them put for sure. Great bass lines, helps me practice because I want to be able to sing and play bass like Dave. Hope you like them! Message me for tabs if u need them ill be glad to put some together because ive found some on the web are wrong. Peace.

 

[5Bass5]

Best bassline I've seen is Is This It by The Strokes.

 

[JeffBTZ]

Some of the bass lines by The Kooks are pretty good... Particularly Gap.

Also, Franz Ferdinand has some amazing stuff. As seen in Invalid Link Removed

+1 to the Two Door Cinema Club mention.

That Death Cab For Cutie jam is awesome...