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- Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015) Following up the double EP that garnered her acclaim far beyond her Australian home, Courtney Barnett recorded 11 tracks matching her ear for melody to an eye for detail.
- Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2013) Vampire Weekend was a pretty damn good album, and the band’s understanding of American pop melodies and world music rhythms tethered them to the real world—or at least a world beyond Manhattan—and somehow humanized them.
- Angel Olsen: My Woman (2016) After 2014’s stunning Burn Your Fire for No Witness dramatically raised her profile, Olsen perhaps felt pressure to make a big statement the next time out.
- Beach House: Teen Dream (2010) Teen Dream sounds just like Beach House and not at all like Beach House. On their first two albums, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally created warm, lo-fi pop songs that favored subdued ambience over pronounced hooks, as if each song was designed to dissipate in the air between the speakers and your ears.
- Phoebe Bridgers — Stranger In The Alps. In the last few years, Phoebe Bridgers has become a central figure in the indie world, thanks to both her landmark solo debut album and her contributions to the Boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center projects.
- The War on Drugs — A Deeper Understanding. Just as Lost In The Dream built on the breakthroughs of 2011’s excellent but meandering Slave Ambient, A Deeper Understanding represented a new pinnacle for Adam Granduciel’s unique, modernist/traditionalist take on American rock and roll.
- St. Vincent — Stange Mercy. Annie Clark is one of the best at a lot of different things, and she shows much of that off on her commercial breakthrough album.
- Vampire Weekend — Contra. Ask a group of music fans who the defining indie rock group of the 2000s was, and more than a few of them will say Vampire Weekend.
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Since the 1950s, rock music has evolved several times. Starting in the early 2000s, rock branched into many diverse subgenres. While rock music was no longer the most profitable genre, many rock bands still managed to garner cult followings on social media. Thanks to experimentation and exploration across a diversity of music genres, the modern roc...
Coldplay (Rock/Alternative Rock)Avenged Sevenfold (Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal/Metalcore)Linkin Park (Nu Metal/Alternative Metal)A new wave of alternative rock musicmesmerized the world in the 2010s. A number of alternative rock bands released debut albums in this decade, and several scored big with both critics and fans. While few alternative rock bands have had tremendous mainstream success, the genre was never bigger than it was during the 2010s.
11. Imagine Dragons (Indie Rock/Alternative Rock) 12. Three Days Grace (Rock/Post Grunge/Alternative Metal) 13. Weezer (Rock/Alternative Rock) 14. Florence and the Machine (Indie Rock) 15. The Black Keys (Garage Rock/Indie Rock) 16. Foo Fighters (Alternative Rock/Grunge) 17. Asking Alexandria (Metalcore/Heavy Metal) 18. Slipknot (Heavy Metal/Altern...
In the 2010s, the Indie rock craze reached new heights. Indie subculture became prominent in mainstream circles. A number of indie bands and artists had crossover chart success with their singles. A wide spectrum of alternative influences fuelled new experimental sounds and new kinds of lyrical poetry in indie rock. The indie music scene broadened ...
21. Arcade Fire (Indie Rock) 22. Metallica(Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal) 23. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Funk Metal/Funk Rock/Alternative Rock) 24. Maroon 5 (Pop Rock) 25. Green Day(Punk Rock) 26. OneRepublic (Pop Rock) 27. Paramore (Alternative Rock/Power Pop) 28. Bullet For My Valentine (Heavy Metal/Metalcore) 29. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (Psyched...
Although many punk rock bandsof the ‘90s and pop punk bands of the 2000s did not have considerable mainstream success in the 2010s, the decade has witnessed a resurgence in ethnic punk and garage punk. New subgenres of punk rock are going to emerge in the days ahead, and they sure will pack a punch.
31. Papa Roach (Nu Metal/Alternative Metal) 32. Breaking Benjamin (Post Grunge/Hard Rock/Alternative Metal) 33. Radiohead (Alternative Rock/Experimental Rock) 34. Mumford & Sons (Rock/Folk Rock) 35. Kasabian (Alternative Rock/Indie Rock) 36. Nothing More (Progressive Rock/Hard Rock) 37. Foals (Rock/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock) 38. The Mars Volta (P...
Experimental music gained steady momentum in the 2010s. A number of progressive rock bands and progressive metal bands employed complex instrumental song structures, finding loyal fan bases around the globe. Experimental rock and math rock became increasingly popular in this decade. The blending of diverse musical influences from the past and prese...
41. Bring Me the Horizon (Metalcore/Alternative Metal) 42. MGMT (Indie Rock/Neo-Psychedelia) 43. The War On Drugs (Indie Rock) 44. Being as an Ocean (Post-Hardcore/Melodic Hardcore) 45. Kings of Leon (Alternative Rock/Southern Rock) 46. Skillet (Christian Rock/Christian Metal) 47. Nothing But Thieves (Alternative Rock) 48. 5 Seconds of Summer (Pop ...
- Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus. February 9, 2018. Indie Rock. Score. 100. iTunes. Spotify.
- beabadoobee - Space Cadet. October 14, 2019. Indie Rock. Score. 100. iTunes. Spotify.
- boygenius - boygenius. October 26, 2018. Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter. Score. 100. iTunes. Spotify.
- Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) March 8, 2019. Indie Rock, Dance-Punk, Alternative Dance. Score. 100. iTunes. Spotify.
Oct 17, 2019 · But the effects were clear: As the decade continued, indie rock bands receded back into the fabric of their communities, becoming hyper-localized activist concerns once more. “What happened...
- Jayson Greene
Oct 8, 2019 · In the late 2000s and early 2010s, plenty of indie bands sprang up with crystalline guitars, cryptic lyrics, and an aversion to sharing basic biographical details.
Dec 10, 2019 · ‘Medic’ the standout cut from The Albatross was a staple in Spotify’s pre-programmed ‘Indie Rock’ playlist ecosystem — packaged coldly and callously in front of the least attentive audience...
