LatestClashOct 13, 2026
Blossoms – Songs From The Wedding Cake (opens in new tab)
Well, CLASH always felt the indie sphere was slightly incestuous but now here’s proof.
Genre
Indie Rock
Indie Rock on LoudQuietLoud: more than 4500 artists, including Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes and Kings of Leon. It runs alongside post-punk revival, britpop and non-music.
Coldplay
9.3M listenersrock · alternative · britpop
Radiohead
8.5M listenersrock · alternative · alternative rock
Arctic Monkeys
7.3M listenersindie rock · indie · british
Muse
6.6M listenersalternative rock · rock · progressive rock
Oasis
6.1M listenersbritpop · rock · british
The Strokes
5.9M listenersindie rock · indie · rock
Weezer
5.7M listenersalternative rock · rock · alternative
MGMT
5.4M listenerselectronic · indie · psychedelic
The Smiths
5.3M listenerspost-punk · indie · new wave
Kings of Leon
5.2M listenersrock · indie · indie rock
Franz Ferdinand
5M listenersindie rock · indie · rock
The White Stripes
4.9M listenersrock · alternative rock · alternative
Blur
4.9M listenersbritpop · rock · indie
The Cranberries
4.9M listenersrock · alternative · alternative rock
The Smashing Pumpkins
4.7M listenersalternative rock · grunge · alternative
Tame Impala
4.6M listenerspsychedelic rock · psychedelic · indie rock
Panic! at the Disco
4.6M listenersalternative · rock · pop punk
R.E.M.
4.5M listenersrock · alternative rock · alternative
Pixies
4.4M listenersalternative rock · alternative · indie
Beck
4.3M listenersalternative · indie · singer-songwriter
Snow Patrol
4.2M listenersindie · alternative · rock
Imagine Dragons
4.2M listenersindie · indie rock · alternative
Keane
4.2M listenersbritpop · indie · british
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4.1M listenersindie · indie rock · female vocalists
Sufjan Stevens
4.1M listenersfolk · indie · singer-songwriter
Foster the People
3.9M listenersindie · indie pop · alternative
Death Cab for Cutie
3.8M listenersindie · indie rock · alternative
Beach House
3.7M listenersdream pop · indie pop · indie
Bon Iver
3.6M listenersfolk · indie · singer-songwriter
Cage the Elephant
3.5M listenersindie rock · alternative · rock
The Verve
3.5M listenersbritpop · rock · alternative
Modest Mouse
3.5M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Hozier
3.5M listenersblues · indie · soul
Placebo
3.4M listenersalternative rock · alternative · rock
Placebo
3.4M listenersalternative rock · alternative · rock
Jimmy Eat World
3.4M listenersalternative rock · rock · alternative
Mac DeMarco
3.4M listenerslo-fi · indie · post-punk
Mitski
3.4M listenersindie rock · indie · indie pop
Bloc Party
3.4M listenersindie · indie rock · british
The Black Keys
3.4M listenersblues rock · blues · rock
Interpol
3.3M listenerspost-punk · indie rock · indie
Two Door Cinema Club
3.3M listenersindie · electronic · british
The Shins
3.2M listenersindie · indie rock · indie pop
Arcade Fire
3.2M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Gotye
3.2M listenersindie · electronic · alternative
Phoenix
3.2M listenersindie · french · indie pop
Elliott Smith
3M listenerssinger-songwriter · folk · indie
Kasabian
3M listenersindie · indie rock · british
Metric
3M listenersindie · indie rock · female vocalists
Feist
2.9M listenersfemale vocalists · indie · singer-songwriter
Kaiser Chiefs
2.9M listenersindie · indie rock · britpop
beabadoobee
2.8M listenersindie pop · indie rock · bedroom pop
Glass Animals
2.8M listenerselectronic · trip-hop · indie
Iron & Wine
2.8M listenersfolk · indie · singer-songwriter
The 1975
2.8M listenersindie · indie rock · british
Jet
2.8M listenersrock · alternative rock · alternative
Sonic Youth
2.7M listenersexperimental · post-punk · alternative
girl in red
2.6M listenersdream pop · indie pop · indie
Fleet Foxes
2.6M listenersfolk · indie · folk rock
Bright Eyes
2.6M listenersindie · folk · singer-songwriter
The National
2.5M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
LCD Soundsystem
2.5M listenerselectronic · indie · dance
Djo
2.5M listenerspsychedelic pop · indie pop · psychedelic
Bastille
2.5M listenersindie · electronic · alternative
The Flaming Lips
2.4M listenersalternative · indie · indie rock
d4vd
2.4M listenerspop · rnb · dream pop
Cake
2.4M listenersalternative · rock · alternative rock
Grouplove
2.4M listenersindie · indie rock · indie pop
Of Monsters and Men
2.4M listenersindie · folk · indie pop
Slowdive
2.4M listenersshoegaze · dream pop · ambient
bôa
2.3M listenersalternative rock · alternative · rock
Band of Horses
2.3M listenersindie · indie rock · alternative
Neutral Milk Hotel
2.3M listenersfolk · indie · lo-fi
Phoebe Bridgers
2.3M listenerssinger-songwriter · indie folk · folk
Cat Power
2.3M listenersindie · female vocalists · singer-songwriter
Pavement
2.2M listenersindie rock · lo-fi · indie
The Drums
2.2M listenersindie · indie rock · indie pop
Stereophonics
2.2M listenersrock · britpop · indie
PJ Harvey
2.2M listenersfemale vocalists · alternative · singer-songwriter
Alex G
2.2M listenerslo-fi · indie rock · singer-songwriter
Damien Rice
2.2M listenerssinger-songwriter · acoustic · folk
Foals
2.2M listenersindie · math rock · indie rock
Neon Trees
2.2M listenersindie · alternative · indie rock
Surf Curse
2.1M listenerslo-fi · surf · indie
Travis
2.1M listenersbritpop · indie · british
The Hives
2.1M listenersgarage rock · rock · indie
The Temper Trap
2.1M listenersindie · indie rock · australian
Grizzly Bear
2.1M listenersindie · experimental · folk
The Wombats
2.1M listenersindie · indie rock · british
Portugal. The Man
2.1M listenersexperimental · indie · indie rock
Wolfmother
2.1M listenershard rock · rock · stoner rock
sombr
2.1M listenersindie · alternative · rock
Broken Social Scene
2.1M listenersindie rock · indie · post-rock
Spoon
2.1M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Spoon
2.1M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Peter Bjorn and John
2M listenersindie · swedish · indie pop
Radio
On public radio, last 30 days
Last 30 days · via public radio playlists
| Rank | Album | Stations | Days on chart | Spins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | KCRW, KEXP, KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN | 29 | 225 spins |
| 2 |  | KCRW, KEXP, KRCL, The Current, WXPN | 25 | 110 spins |
| 3 |  | KCRW, KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN | 16 | 89 spins |
| 4 |  | KCRW, KEXP, KRCL, The Current, WXPN | 11 | 44 spins |
| 5 |  | KCRW, KUTX, The Current, WXPN | 24 | 148 spins |
| 6 |  | KEXP, KUTX, The Current, WXPN | 13 | 64 spins |
Press
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Alex G’s score for Jane Schoenbrun’s horror-romance-comedy serves as a rhapsodic complement to the film and hints at ambitious new territory for him as a composer.
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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.
- 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.
- ClashSep 18, 2026
Beck – Ride Lonesome (opens in new tab)
There was a time when Beck made predictability seem like a defect.
- PitchforkSep 18, 2026
Pylon (opens in new tab)
Members of Turnstile, Deftones, Paramore, and Pinegrove push Bea Kristi toward slightly grungier, angstier territory on her fourth album.
- PitchforkSep 15, 2026
Anatomy of a Brief Romance (opens in new tab)
Twenty-one years ago, the group opened its debut LP with a breakup song for the ages.
- 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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