I expect no sympathy....

<p>The entire MTM album made me sad - because Linkin Park is not what it used to be :(</p>

<p>"I live in Indieland.</p>

<p>Coldplay, Jack's Mannequin, Postal Service, and Death Cab for Cutie would be the obvious choices. "</p>

<p>Because I'm a huge music snob, I'm going to point out that Coldpay and Death Cab aren't indie.... even though I'm cringing as I type this (I hate being snobby about music).</p>

<p>April 8th by Neutral Milk Hotel is incredibly sad.... as is Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) by Arcade Fire.</p>

<p>Check out this cover of the aforementioned Tecumseh Valley by Nanci Griffith</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXOSLlur1Tc%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXOSLlur1Tc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle-Emmure</p>

<p>It's hardcore, so skip it if you don't like screaming, but it's depressing, at least for me.</p>

<p>Nine Crimes - Damien Rice
I Remember - Damien Rice
Cold Water - Damien Rice
Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect - The Decemberists
Never is a Promise - Fiona Apple
Honey and the Moon - Joseph Arthur
Cavanaugh Park - Something Corporate
This Is Your Life - Switchfoot</p>

<p>Ashokan Farewell, if you're into that type of music.</p>

<p>Listen to Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nail's Hurt:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I strongly encourage everyone to watch it. Cash died a few days later, and this song is widely seen as his epitaph. It nearly makes me cry, and I'm usually pretty stolid. It's an absolutely beautiful song.</p>

<p>Oh man. Ashokan Farewell made me cry -- played it in orchestra.</p>

<p>Edit: But they (Coldplay + Death Cab) sound definitively indie. =] Nothing called "hate to be a ___" if you end up doing it.</p>

<p>Suprised that no one has recommended this yet; "my my, hey hey" by Neil Young.</p>

<p>Oh Spill Canvas nails it, especially their song "Black Dresses" --> kindof emo though...
Michelle Branch always makes me feel better...
Whatever you do, don't listen to Taylor Swift's "Our Song"...its too happy-cheery</p>

<p>Sorry, Taggart! From now on, I will restrain myself and keep my comments to myself... you'll have to help me end my music snobbery =)</p>

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<p>they are not indie. how do you sound definitively "un-supported by record labels"? indie has become such a misused term, seriously. alternative rock is a much 'better' term even if it just implies a generic umbrella.</p>

<p>Speaking of Neil Young how about Helpless?
Jackson Browne-These Days</p>

<p>Hurt-Johnny Cash
Why would you listen to a sad song when youre feeling down?</p>

<p>Lesley Gore's "Sunshine, Lollipops" </p>

<p>:D</p>

<p>Yeah, why listen to depressing tunes when you're feeling down?</p>

<p>Try Phish Ya Mar
Harry Hood
Piper
Gotta Jibboo</p>

<p>Bob Marley Don't Worry
Three Little Birds
No Woman No Cry</p>

<p>Paul Simon Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes</p>

<p>Grateful Dead Eyes of the World
Ramble On Rose
Sugar Magnolia
Bird Song</p>

<p>Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime</p>

<p>moe. Mexico
Buster
Moth</p>

<p>Thank you for taking the hint!!!</p>

<p>that song "A Time for Us" from the 1960s Romeo and Juliet film</p>

<p>"Somewhere only we know" By Keane. IT TEARS ME.</p>

<p>Yay for the Grateful Dead!</p>

<p>Try "Box of Rain" that one's pretty nice too.</p>