Genre

Noise Rock

Noise Rock on LoudQuietLoud: more than 300 artists, including HEALTH, Butthole Surfers and Wavves. It runs alongside slacker rock, noise pop and no wave.

Sonic Youth

experimental · post-punk · alternative

Pavement

indie rock · lo-fi · indie

Cover of Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? by Deerhunter

Deerhunter

shoegaze · experimental · psychedelic

Album art: Dinosaur Jr., There Near

Dinosaur Jr.

alternative · grunge · indie rock

HEALTH

noise rock · experimental · noise

Butthole Surfers

noise rock · alternative · psychedelic

Swans

post-punk · industrial · experimental

Wavves

lo-fi · noise pop · noise rock

Deerhoof

experimental · noise rock · indie rock

Helmet

alternative metal · hardcore · metal

Slint

post-rock · math rock · indie rock

Boris

drone · stoner rock · experimental

Cover of TANGK by IDLES

IDLES

post-punk · crank wave · post-hardcore

Parquet Courts

post-punk · garage rock · indie rock

Cover of The Apple Drop by Liars

Liars

experimental · post-punk · noise

Album art: Ty Segall, Chrome

Ty Segall

garage rock · lo-fi · garage punk

Mannequin Pussy

noise rock · garage rock · punk rock

black midi

math rock · noise rock · post-punk

Cloud Nothings

indie rock · lo-fi · post-hardcore

Album art: Show Me the Body, Alone Together

Show Me the Body

noise rock · post-hardcore · hardcore

Unwound

post-hardcore · noise rock · math rock

Drop Nineteens

shoegaze · dream pop · indie rock

Dum Dum Girls

lo-fi · noise pop · female vocalists

A Place to Bury Strangers

shoegaze · post-punk · noise rock

No Age

noise rock · experimental · indie rock

Ovlov

shoegaze · indie rock · punk

Grinderman

garage rock · rock · alternative rock

The Blood Brothers

post-hardcore · experimental · hardcore

Iceage

post-punk · punk · post-hardcore

Album art: feeble little horse, bitknot

feeble little horse

shoegaze · noise pop · indie rock

Hella

math rock · noise rock · experimental

Lightning Bolt

noise rock · experimental · math rock

Big Black

noise rock · post-punk · punk

The Birthday Party

post-punk · deathrock · australian

Women

lo-fi · shoegaze · noise pop

Savages

post-punk · no wave · experimental

Titus Andronicus

indie rock · lo-fi · punk

They Are Gutting a Body of Water

shoegaze · slowcore · noise rock

illuminati hotties

indie rock · power pop · indie pop

The Jesus Lizard

noise rock · grunge · alternative

Protomartyr

post-punk · crank wave · garage rock

Polvo

math rock · indie rock · post-rock

Swirlies

shoegaze · dream pop · lo-fi

Shellac

noise rock · math rock · post-punk

Maruja

post-punk · post-rock · art rock

Tropical Fuck Storm

noise rock · psychedelic rock · punk blues

METZ

noise rock · alternative · canadian

Medicine

shoegaze · dream pop · noise pop

Drive Like Jehu

post-hardcore · math rock · noise rock

Album art: Chat Pile, Who Loves The Sun

Chat Pile

noise rock · sludge metal · sludge

Preoccupations

post-punk · noise rock · art punk

Moon Duo

psychedelic rock · psychedelic · space rock

Weekend

shoegaze · post-punk · noise rock

Horsegirl

indie rock · shoegaze · noise pop

Pile

post-hardcore · indie rock · noise rock

Pile

post-hardcore · indie rock · noise rock

Model/Actriz

post-punk · noise rock · dance-punk

The Men

noise rock · post-punk · noise

Fiddlehead

post-hardcore · emo · noise rock

Cola

post-punk · indie rock · art punk

HTRK

noise rock · no wave · shoegaze

Guerilla Toss

noise rock · no wave · dance-punk

Kim Gordon

noise rock · experimental · experimental rock

Black Dice

experimental · noise · electronic

Sprain

post-hardcore · post-rock · noise rock

Flipper

noise rock · punk · post-punk

Tonstartssbandht

lo-fi · experimental · noise pop

Zach Hill

noise rock · experimental · math rock

Pissed Jeans

noise rock · punk · post-hardcore

Ought

post-punk · indie rock · art punk

Half Japanese

lo-fi · post-punk · indie rock

Marnie Stern

math rock · experimental · noise rock

Guards

lo-fi · indie · indie pop

Just Mustard

shoegaze · noise rock · post-punk

Swell Maps

post-punk · experimental · punk

Bardo Pond

psychedelic rock · psychedelic · space rock

Flying Saucer Attack

shoegaze · space rock · post-rock

Chrome

post-punk · industrial · experimental

Unsane

noise rock · post-hardcore · hardcore

Ty Segall Band

garage rock · lo-fi · garage

Her New Knife

shoegaze · noise rock · alternative rock

OOIOO

experimental · japanese · avant-garde

Loop

shoegaze · space rock · psychedelic

Scratch Acid

noise rock · post-punk · punk

Arsenal

electronic · belgian · noise rock

Arsenal

electronic · belgian · noise rock

Glenn Branca

no wave · experimental · avant-garde

Cover of Inherit by Free Kitten

Free Kitten

noise · riot grrrl · post-punk

Lungfish

post-hardcore · post-punk · dischord

Gouge Away

hardcore · hardcore punk · post-hardcore

Ciccone Youth

experimental · noise · post-punk

Future of the Left

noise rock · alternative rock · punk

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

noise rock · experimental · lo-fi

Hotline TNT

shoegaze · indie rock · noise rock

Big Business

stoner rock · sludge · stoner metal

Lee Ranaldo

experimental · noise · noise rock

Radio

On public radio, last 30 days

Last 30 days · via public radio playlists

Public radio airplay for Noise Rock artists, last 30 days
Rank	Album	Stations	Days on chart	Spins
1	There Near Dinosaur Jr. KEXP, KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN · 8 days on chart	KEXP, KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	8	32 spins
2	bitknot feeble little horse KRCL, KUTX, The Current · 6 days on chart	KRCL, KUTX, The Current	6	22 spins
3	Chrome Ty Segall KEXP, KUTX · 2 days on chart	KEXP, KUTX	2	6 spins

Press

Recently reviewed

LatestBeats Per MinuteSep 8, 2026

Album Review: Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun (opens in new tab)

It would have been too bitter, too evidently ironic if Chat Pile had released Who Loves The Sun one week after its official release date.

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PitchforkSep 4, 2026
Who Loves the Sun (opens in new tab)
The Oklahoma sludge-metal band has never spoken in subtleties, but its third album is its most pointed statement yet: a merciless depiction of a world in decline.
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ClashSep 3, 2026
Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun (opens in new tab)
Few new bands have captured the zeitgeist of the 2020s like Chat Pile.
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Beats Per MinuteSep 1, 2026
Album Review: Dinosaur Jr. – There Near (opens in new tab)
It has been now over four decades that we have been getting that incredible combination of guitar-dominated noise, melody and often left-field lyrics from Dinosaur Jr.
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PitchforkAug 29, 2026
There Near (opens in new tab)
The trio’s first album in five years marks a gloriously messy return to form, dredging up the scuzz of the group’s early work and privileging melody over showiness.
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ClashAug 28, 2026
Dinosaur Jr. – There Near (opens in new tab)
Part of the charm of Dinosaur Jr.
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StereogumAug 14, 2026
Premature Evaluation: Phoebe Bridgers Lost Weekend (opens in new tab)
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Beats Per MinuteAug 14, 2026
Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend (opens in new tab)
To anyone on the outside, the six years it’s been since Phoebe Bridgers released Punisher have been packed full of everything you could possibly want as a musician building a career.
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Labels

Labels in this genre

Touch and Go Records

Home to Butthole Surfers, Big Black & The Jesus Lizard

Blast First

Home to Butthole Surfers, Big Black & Arsenal

Kill Rock Stars

Home to Deerhoof, Unwound & Hella

Matador

Home to Unwound, Flipper & Unsane

Loma Vista Recordings

Home to HEALTH, Mannequin Pussy & Show Me the Body

Mexican Summer

Home to Wavves, Preoccupations & Weekend

Related genres

Slacker Rock Noise Pop No Wave Noisecore Experimental Rock Noise Post-Hardcore Math Rock