Indie Rock

Genre of rock music, subgenre of alternative rock. Emerged 1981. Wikipedia

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87 artists with 4.9M combined listeners. 28% of them sit in the Indietronica / Oxford Indie / Indie Poptimism community on the map. It shares the most artists with Oxford Indie.

Where Indie Rock sits on the map

• Indietronica / Oxford Indie / Indie Poptimism · 24 artists (28%)
• Britpop / Madchester / Munich Indie · 19 artists (22%)
• Kingston On Indie / Australian Indie / Oxford Indie · 7 artists (8%)
• Stomp And Holler / Chicago Indie / Indie Folk · 6 artists (7%)
• Bedroom Pop / New Jersey Indie / Kingston On Indie · 6 artists (7%)
• Neo-Psychedelic / Indie Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock · 4 artists (5%)

Strongest pairings in Indie Rock

Indie Rock artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Bombay Bicycle Club & Vampire Weekend · 25 shared playlists
2. CHVRCHES & Passion Pit · 19 shared playlists
3. Grouplove & Declan McKenna · 19 shared playlists
4. Atlas Genius & Passion Pit · 18 shared playlists
5. Bombay Bicycle Club & Passion Pit · 18 shared playlists
6. CHVRCHES & Wolf Alice · 15 shared playlists
7. Cold War Kids & Atlas Genius · 14 shared playlists
8. Wet Leg & the Beaches · 13 shared playlists
9. Nothing But Thieves & Wolf Alice · 10 shared playlists
10. Embrace & Paul Weller · 8 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Indie Rock, for their size.

• Oxford Indie · 14 shared artistsBoth: Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, Atlas Genius
• Modern Indie Pop · 4 shared artistsBoth: the Beaches, Black Honey, BILK
• Indietronica · 13 shared artistsBoth: The xx, Metronomy, Vampire Weekend
• Philly Indie · 2 shared artistsBoth: J.Views, The Brinks
• Britpop · 5 shared artistsBoth: Paul Weller, James, Embrace
• Chicago Indie · 7 shared artistsBoth: The xx, Band of Horses, Bombay Bicycle Club
• Indie Pop · 5 shared artistsBoth: The Wombats, Cold War Kids, MisterWives
• Garage Rock · 3 shared artistsBoth: The Dandy Warhols, Sub Pop, TokyoSeVen

Artists

87 artists tagged Indie Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. The xx1.1M listeners · Indietronica
2. Metronomy503.8K listeners · Indietronica
3. Vampire Weekend474.3K listeners · Oxford Indie
4. Nothing But Thieves240.7K listeners · Rock
5. CHVRCHES184.0K listeners · Indietronica
6. Band of Horses178.0K listeners · Chicago Indie
7. Ratatat177.5K listeners · Indietronica
8. Passion Pit175.1K listeners · Indietronica
9. Atlas Genius166.9K listeners · Oxford Indie
10. The Wombats153.0K listeners · Oxford Indie
11. Bombay Bicycle Club151.7K listeners · Oxford Indie
12. Grouplove94.3K listeners · Oxford Indie
13. Paul Weller92.7K listeners · Britpop
14. Nada Surf88.8K listeners · Alternative Rock
15. James83.5K listeners · Madchester
16. The Dandy Warhols82.6K listeners
17. Cold War Kids72.8K listeners · Oxford Indie
18. Wolf Alice69.9K listeners
19. The Flaming Lips66.5K listeners · Alternative Rock
20. Wet Leg61.6K listeners · Oxford Indie
21. Courtney Barnett56.4K listeners · Chicago Indie
22. The Postal Service51.6K listeners · Oxford Indie
23. Declan McKenna51.1K listeners
24. The Decemberists46.9K listeners · Indie Folk
25. Car Seat Headrest34.4K listeners
26. Everything Everything33.4K listeners
27. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes31.4K listeners
28. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah26.8K listeners
29. Other Lives25.4K listeners
30. Embrace24.2K listeners · UK Pop
31. MisterWives19.1K listeners · Indie Pop
32. Shed Seven18.3K listeners · Britpop
33. Fun Lovin' Criminals17.9K listeners · Rap Metal
34. The Joy Formidable17.6K listeners · Rock
35. Dirty Projectors17.5K listeners
36. Public Service Broadcasting15.3K listeners
37. the Beaches14.0K listeners
38. Julia Holter13.0K listeners
39. The Go! Team12.6K listeners · Indietronica
40. Public11.3K listeners · Pop
41. The Amazons10.8K listeners · Rock
42. Dan Deacon10.5K listeners · Indietronica
43. Spector9.3K listeners
44. Findlay8.8K listeners
45. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die8.6K listeners
46. Husbands8.3K listeners
47. Sports Team8.3K listeners
48. The Districts7.2K listeners
49. LOWER DENS7.1K listeners
50. Typhoon7.0K listeners
51. Black Honey6.7K listeners
52. Houndmouth5.7K listeners · Stomp And Holler
53. TORRES5.5K listeners
54. The Hold Steady5.4K listeners
55. Dea Matrona5.0K listeners
56. Gengahr4.7K listeners
57. Fur4.6K listeners · Pop
58. Girlpool4.2K listeners
59. Plants and Animals3.9K listeners
60. The Happy Fits3.7K listeners
61. Man Man3.5K listeners
62. Methyl Ethel2.9K listeners
63. Guz2.7K listeners
64. illuminati hotties2.4K listeners
65. BILK2.2K listeners
66. Coast Modern2.2K listeners · Indietronica
67. Grace Mitchell2.0K listeners · Indie Pop
68. New Candys2.0K listeners
69. La Luz1.9K listeners
70. TTRRUUCES1.8K listeners
71. Foreign Fields1.5K listeners
72. J.Views1.5K listeners
73. A31.4K listeners
74. Pom Poko1.3K listeners
75. Hovvdy1.2K listeners
76. Sara Beth1.2K listeners
77. Another Sky1.1K listeners
78. Sub Pop1.0K listeners
79. Teenage Dads1.0K listeners
80. Ducks Ltd.1.0K listeners
81. The Ninth Wave1.0K listeners
82. TokyoSeVen1.0K listeners
83. Corella1.0K listeners
84. Mariano Moreno1.0K listeners
85. Eric Schenkman1.0K listeners · Album Rock
86. The Brinks1.0K listeners · Indietronica
87. The Zangwills1.0K listeners