My Music Roots...
My most recent concert was Vampire Weekend. It was excellent. I have been thoroughly enjoying their new self-titled full length CD. It is quite a masterpiece to round off their sound. My favorite has to be the song 'M79' from their CD. Their concert was full of energy and they were very tight in their sound too. I was impressed. Anyway, I have lately been inspired to explore more of the musical roots of alternative, indie, post-punk. Most of these bands can be traced back to punk and even before that the Velvet Underground. Specifically, I have been listening and buying a lot of music from the 70's where a lot of these bands developed. Here are some of the bands I have purchased recently:

T. Rex
The Buzzcocks
Television
Wire
The Jam
The Specials
Roxy Music
Bauhaus
Velvet Underground

I find myself fascinated how the different music styles started. For instance, imagine in the midst of the hippie movement of the late 60's some of the forerunners of the punk sound, The Velvet Underground, The Stooges breaking the "peace and love" with their crashing guitar... It was ushering in a music era of punk... And thus the forerunner of all indie/alternative music! Pretty exciting, huh?