Genre

Experimental

Experimental on LoudQuietLoud: more than 5000 artists, including Björk, Grimes and Sonic Youth. It runs alongside non-music, art rock and trip hop.

Radio

On public radio, last 30 days

Last 30 days · via public radio playlists

Public radio airplay for Experimental artists, last 30 days
Rank	Album	Stations	Days on chart	Spins
1	Ride Lonesome Beck KCRW, KRCL, The Current, WXPN · 11 days on chart	KCRW, KRCL, The Current, WXPN	11	43 spins
2	The Bends Radiohead KEXP, KUTX, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KEXP, KUTX, WXPN	1	4 spins
3	Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey KEXP, The Current, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KEXP, The Current, WXPN	1	4 spins
4	Heroes David Bowie KEXP, The Current, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KEXP, The Current, WXPN	1	3 spins
5	St. Vincent St. Vincent KEXP, KRCL, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KEXP, KRCL, WXPN	1	3 spins
6	To Bring You My Love PJ Harvey KEXP, KRCL, KUTX · 1 day on chart	KEXP, KRCL, KUTX	1	3 spins

Press

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LatestPitchforkOct 23, 2026

Beirut City Pop (opens in new tab)

Habibi Funk’s latest compilation shines a spotlight on the vintage soul, disco, and jazz that sprang up as a homegrown response to Lebanon’s brutal civil war.

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PitchforkOct 20, 2026
No Bad Memories (opens in new tab)
Patching in audio logos and advertising dialog without interrupting the dreamlike sampledelic flow, the Australian band’s new album summons nostalgia for the era of truly mass media.
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ClashOct 15, 2026
The Avalanches – No Bad Memories (opens in new tab)
Not to sound like an aged hippy, but every Avalanches album is a journey, usually a rainbow-splattered, slightly psychedelic one full of U-turns and unexpected twists.
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PitchforkSep 28, 2026
I Wrote You a Letter (opens in new tab)
Anthony Gonzalez returns to his roots on a largely instrumental new album, but these compositions lack the drama and dynamism of his best work.
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PitchforkSep 21, 2026
Ride Lonesome (opens in new tab)
The blues sound a little gray on Beck’s new album, a spiritual sequel to Morning Phase blending country-folk songwriting and gently psychedelic West Coast rock.
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Beats Per MinuteSep 21, 2026
Album Review: Beck – Ride Lonesome (opens in new tab)
To say that Beck‘s career has been impacted by cataclysmic shifts seems a bit of an understatement.
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ClashSep 18, 2026
Beck – Ride Lonesome (opens in new tab)
There was a time when Beck made predictability seem like a defect.
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PitchforkSep 12, 2026
Dog on the Rock / Seven Off the Two / Seaplane Dog / The View from Tian Tan (opens in new tab)
Originally issued as tour-only CD-Rs, these four diaristic albums from the singer-songwriter bundle together half-formed suites of slow, seasick recordings aimed squarely at the die-hards.
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Labels

Labels in this genre

Beat Records

Label

Home to Grizzly Bear, Brian Eno & Flying Lotus

4AD

Label

Home to Grimes, TV on the Radio & Deerhunter

Lo Recordings

Label

Home to Grimes, Brian Eno & Four Tet

Experimental

Radiohead

Gorillaz

David Bowie

Deftones

Beck

Sufjan Stevens

Massive Attack

Nine Inch Nails

M83

Kate Bush

Björk

Modest Mouse

M.I.A.

Portishead

Mac DeMarco

Crystal Castles

The Velvet Underground

Gotye

Aphex Twin

Grimes

Clean Bandit

Sonic Youth

Cults

Sigur Rós

The Flaming Lips

Lou Reed

Eyedress

Pierce the Veil

PJ Harvey

Foals

Boards of Canada

Thundercat

Grizzly Bear

Portugal. The Man

Phantogram

Broken Social Scene

Mother Mother

Eels

James Blake

Tom Waits

Madvillain

TV on the Radio

Animal Collective

Brian Eno

Faith No More

Thom Yorke

Beirut

Patrick Watson

FKA twigs

of Montreal

Mogwai

The Knife

KAYTRANADA

Flying Lotus

Metronomy

Mindless Self Indulgence

St. Vincent

Santigold

Bat for Lashes

Tricky

Explosions in the Sky

Blonde Redhead

Kraftwerk

The Avalanches

Broken Bells

Caribou

Frank Zappa

Ween

Four Tet

Deerhunter

King Crimson

Burial

Burial

Grouper

Cuco

Sleeping With Sirens

JPEGMAFIA

Stereolab

Wolf Parade