purevolume.com is an easy way to keep in the know with indie upcoming bands.
that combined with using pandora.com which will throw some smaller bands in every now an then amongst the more popular ones in your created stations it is prety easy to stay in touch with what is what
then there is always xm/sirus satellite radio

i check purevolume.com once a week at least and listen to pandora and xm/sirus everyday and i fancy myself to be quite in the know with music.

rarely is there ever a band someone suggests that i haven't already heard of and listened to, and i don't spend any time researching new bands or anything i just casually listen and check purevolume so that's what i recommend doing.

pandora is a site where you create your own radio stations by submitting artists and songs you like and it compiles a station of music similar to what you input

xm radio has quite a few channels and they are pretty good about not playing only the radio hits, they vary up there playlists pretty good

and purevolume is like a myspace for bands only more professional and generally the bands on the home page are good,the feedback system they have is great for separating generic crap from decent original groups

also a couple bands i am currently listening to are: Band of Horses, Tegan and Sara, Chairlift, Herman's Hermits, As I Lay Dying, Buddy Holly, and Four Year Strong

i am a sucker for everything pandora is my best friend though, i have a station for classical with beethoven and mozart a station for the beatles and other oldies a station for enya a station for indie and alternative punk a station for metal etc.
but in general people tell me i have pretty good taste in music and often bring their questions about music to me so for whatever it's worth the bands i listed are all pretty good of course none of them are really indie anymore, they are all pretty big now(except the oldies)

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