Ages and Birthdays of Indie Stars

Often times I have found myself wondering just how old the various artists I listen to are these days, so I figured perhaps others have the same curiosity. So in honor of it being Zooey Deschanel’s 30th birthday tomorrow, I have compiled a list of current ages/birthdays of some of the most prominent indie humans. I have also arranged these in order from youngest to oldest.

As a side note: some of these people are definitely not indie anymore, such as Ben Gibbard and Thom Yorke, but I felt like their ages/birthdays would still be of interest to the two readers who will read this post.

Zach Condon (Beirut), Age 23, Born on February 13th, 1986

Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Age 23, Born on March 30th, 1986

Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Age 24, Born on January 6th, 1986

Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), Age 25, Born On April 8th, 1984

Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT), Age 26, Born on February 1st, 1983

Bradford Cox (Deerhunter/Atlas Sound), Age 27, Born on May 15th, 1982

Devendra Banhart, Age 28, Born on May 30th, 1981

Gregg Michael Gillis (Girl Talk), Age 28, Born on October 26th, 1981

Zooey Deschanel (She & Him), Age 29, Born on January 17th, 1980

Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Age 29, Born on February 15th, 1980

Win Butler (Arcade Fire), Age 29, Born on April 14th, 1980

Avey Tare (Animal Collective), Age 30, Born on April 24th, 1979

Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes), Age 30, Born on October 25th, 1979

Noah Lennox (Animal Collective/Panda Bear), Age 31, Born on July 17th, 1978

Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Age 31, Born on August 23rd, 1978

Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Age 31, Born on October 22nd, 1978

Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Age 31, Born on November 22nd, 1978

Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley), Age 32, Born on July 29th, 1977

Brett McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords), Age 33, Born on June 29th, 1976

Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service), Age 33, Born on August 11, 1976

Santigold, Age 33, Born on September 25th, 1976

Sufjan Stevens, Age 34, Born on July 1st, 1975

Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Age 34, Born on July 9th, 1975

M.I.A., Age 34, Born on July 18th, 1975

Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal), Age 35, Born on May 30th, 1974

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), Age 36, Born on January 10th, 1974

Andrew Bird, Age 36, Born on July 11th, 1973

James Mercer (The Shins), Age 39, Born on December 26th, 1970

Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Age 41, Born on October 7th, 1968

So that is that. There are many artists I wanted to include but simply could not find their ages/birthdays! If anyone knows the birthdays of the following list, please leave it in the comments area, that would be extremely helpful:

• Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors)
• Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend)
• Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot)
• Thomas Mars (Phoenix)

Also there is a ton of indie humans on note that i missed so if you feel like someone should be included in this list but was not, please say so in the comment area and I will make revisions!