LatestPitchforkSep 24, 2026
Melodie (opens in new tab)
The Midwest indie rock band returns with a new wave-influenced album that explores our innate desire to understand and be understood.
Genre
Lo-Fi
Lo-Fi on LoudQuietLoud: more than 1500 artists, including Mac DeMarco, Joji and TV Girl. It runs alongside bedroom pop, hypnagogic pop and slacker rock.
Beach House
3.7M listenersdream pop · indie pop · indie
Bon Iver
3.6M listenersfolk · indie · singer-songwriter
Modest Mouse
3.5M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Mac DeMarco
3.4M listenerslo-fi · indie · post-punk
The Black Keys
3.4M listenersblues rock · blues · rock
Joji
3.2M listenersrnb · lo-fi · hip-hop
Clairo
3.1M listenersbedroom pop · indie pop · dream pop
TV Girl
3.1M listenersindie pop · lo-fi · indie
Elliott Smith
3M listenerssinger-songwriter · folk · indie
Cigarettes After Sex
3M listenersdream pop · shoegaze · slowcore
beabadoobee
2.8M listenersindie pop · indie rock · bedroom pop
girl in red
2.6M listenersdream pop · indie pop · indie
Fleet Foxes
2.6M listenersfolk · indie · folk rock
Cults
2.5M listenersindie pop · lo-fi · experimental
Eyedress
2.3M listenerselectronic · psychedelic · experimental
Neutral Milk Hotel
2.3M listenersfolk · indie · lo-fi
Pavement
2.2M listenersindie rock · lo-fi · indie
Alex G
2.2M listenerslo-fi · indie rock · singer-songwriter
Surf Curse
2.1M listenerslo-fi · surf · indie
Grizzly Bear
2.1M listenersindie · experimental · folk
Current Joys
1.9M listenersindie · indie pop · indie rock
Dr. Dog
1.9M listenersindie · indie rock · lo-fi
Cavetown
1.7M listenersindie pop · indie · pop
Duster
1.7M listenersslowcore · space rock · shoegaze
The Kills
1.4M listenersgarage rock · indie rock · indie
Car Seat Headrest
1.4M listenerslo-fi · indie rock · indie
The Magnetic Fields
1.4M listenersindie pop · indie · lo-fi
Ween
1.4M listenersexperimental · alternative · rock
Panchiko
1.3M listenersindie rock · shoegaze · lo-fi
Grouper
1.3M listenersambient · drone · shoegaze
Japanese Breakfast
1.3M listenersdream pop · indie pop · indie rock
Built to Spill
1.3M listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Toro y Moi
1.3M listenerschillwave · electronic · lo-fi
Dinosaur Jr.
1.3M listenersalternative · grunge · indie rock
Washed Out
1.3M listenerschillwave · electronic · lo-fi
Alvvays
1.2M listenersdream pop · indie pop · indie
The Radio Dept.
1.2M listenersshoegaze · indie · swedish
Dream, Ivory
1.2M listenersdream pop · shoegaze · lo-fi
The Mountain Goats
1.2M listenersfolk · indie · lo-fi
keshi
1.2M listenerslo-fi · rnb · live
orion sun
1.2M listenerslo-fi · soul · rnb
sports.
1.2M listenersdream pop · indie · lo-fi
King Krule
1.2M listenersindie · experimental · lo-fi
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
1.2M listenerslo-fi · psychedelic · indie rock
Beach Fossils
1.2M listenerslo-fi · indie · surf rock
Mild High Club
1.1M listenerspsychedelic pop · psychedelic · neo-psychedelia
Have a Nice Life
1.1M listenersshoegaze · post-rock · drone
SALES
1.1M listenerslo-fi · indie pop · indie
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
1.1M listenersindie · indie rock · alternative
The Moldy Peaches
1.1M listenersindie · anti-folk · lo-fi
John Frusciante
1.1M listenersexperimental · alternative · singer-songwriter
Frankie Cosmos
1.1M listenersindie pop · lo-fi · indie
Com Truise
1.1M listenerschillwave · electronic · lo-fi
Royel Otis
1M listenersindie pop · indie rock · lo-fi
sign crushes motorist
1M listenersslowcore · irish · lo-fi
Kimya Dawson
1M listenersanti-folk · indie · singer-songwriter
mxmtoon
1M listenersindie pop · pop · indie
Dean Blunt
1M listenersexperimental · lo-fi · avant-garde
boy pablo
1M listenersindie pop · indie rock · indie
Neon Indian
1M listenerschillwave · electronic · psychedelic
Tennis
999K listenersindie pop · lo-fi · indie
Sparklehorse
991K listenersindie · indie rock · singer-songwriter
Best Coast
985K listenerslo-fi · indie · female vocalists
Grandaddy
963K listenersindie rock · indie · alternative
Sleigh Bells
953K listenerselectronic · noise pop · lo-fi
Slow Pulp
953K listenersdream pop · shoegaze · indie rock
CocoRosie
952K listenersexperimental · indie · female vocalists
Guided by Voices
948K listenerslo-fi · indie rock · indie
Rogue Wave
942K listenersindie · indie rock · indie pop
Shelly
929K listenersindie pop · lo-fi · bedroom pop
Real Estate
929K listenerslo-fi · indie · surf rock
Bibio
922K listenersexperimental · electronic · folktronica
Angel Olsen
919K listenersfolk · indie folk · lo-fi
Perfume Genius
904K listenerssinger-songwriter · ambient · experimental
$NOT
895K listenersrap · hip-hop · cloud rap
Coco & Clair Clair
890K listenerscloud rap · pop · lo-fi
The Growlers
859K listenerssurf rock · psychedelic · lo-fi
Chet Faker
857K listenersdowntempo · lo-fi · post-dubstep
Liz Phair
852K listenersfemale vocalists · alternative · singer-songwriter
Kurt Vile
835K listenerslo-fi · psychedelic · indie
Fog Lake
827K listenersdream pop · lo-fi · slowcore
DIIV
819K listenersshoegaze · dream pop · lo-fi
Soccer Mommy
816K listenersindie pop · indie · indie rock
Good Morning
800K listenerslo-fi · indie · rock
Wild Nothing
792K listenersdream pop · shoegaze · indie pop
Pity Party (Girls Club)
782K listenerslo-fi · indie pop · bedroom pop
Teen Suicide
780K listenerslo-fi · noise pop · emo
Claire Rosinkranz
776K listenerspop · indie pop · my top songs
Whirr
774K listenersshoegaze · dream pop · ambient
Bedroom
767K listenerschillwave · ambient · lo-fi
Julie Doiron
767K listenerssinger-songwriter · folk · female vocalists
Mirah
765K listenersfemale vocalists · indie · singer-songwriter
Daniel Johnston
765K listenerslo-fi · singer-songwriter · indie
Destroyer
757K listenersindie · indie rock · singer-songwriter
Mike
755K listenersrap · hip-hop · abstract hip-hop
late night drive home
754K listenerslo-fi · indie · shoegaze
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, The Current, WXPN | 25 | 109 spins |
| 2 | | KCRW, KEXP, KUTX, The Current | 10 | 41 spins |
| 3 |  | KCRW, KEXP, KRCL, The Current | 2 | 6 spins |
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Labels
Labels in this genre
Matador
LabelHome to Pavement, Car Seat Headrest & Guided by Voices
Captured Tracks
LabelHome to Mac DeMarco, Beach Fossils & DIIV
Merge Records
LabelHome to Neutral Milk Hotel, The Magnetic Fields & The Mountain Goats
Mexican Summer
LabelHome to Washed Out, Best Coast & Kurt Vile
True Panther Sounds
LabelHome to King Krule, Unknown Mortal Orchestra & Real Estate
Fat Possum Records
LabelHome to Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tennis & Best Coast