Best indie bands on Reddit
149 reviews from r/indie, r/indie_rock, r/GoodKid and 7 more subreddits
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#1
Parquet Courts
4.6
(5)
"Specifically Wide Awake and Light Up Gold."
"Parquet Courts are unmatched. Probably one of the most creative and raw indie bands to hit the scene in a long time."
"I like Parquet Courts and The Nude Party more than Idles."
"Parquet courts"
#2
Peach Pit
4.8
(4)
"Peach Pit"
#3
Hippo Campus
4.5
(4)
"Hippo Campus"
"Hippo Campus, Papercuts, Waxahatchee, Keane, Sjowgren, Sure Sure, Wallows."
#4
The Backseat Lovers
5.0
(3)
"Try the Backseat Lovers too, theyre so good"
"I also adore The Backseat Lovers."
#5
Big Thief
5.0
(3)
#6
The War on Drugs
5.0
(3)
"Well established acts you’d be familiar with."
#7
Saint Motel
4.7
(3)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
"Saint Motel (they have some hits, but all of their music is great)."
"If you like COIN, you'll definitely like Saint Motel!"
#8
The National
4.7
(3)
"Are amazing live."
"Completely blew me away."
"The national"
#9
Tame Impala
4.7
(3)
"Tame Impala is probably my favorite band and I recently discovered jungle and I’m pretty high on them."
"If I were to choose something else it would be along the lines of modest mouse, mt. Joy, tame impala, or my son the hurricane."
#10
Dayglow
4.7
(3)
"Not bad, The happy fits, jawny (highly recommend the It’s never fair, Always true album)..."
"Other good ones are feng suave, hotel ugly, dayglow."
#11
Editors
5.0
(2)
"Went to their concert couple of years ago and it was sooo sick."
"Were excellent."
#12
Beach Fossils
5.0
(2)
"Their last album is my aoty 2023"
#13
Del Water Gap
5.0
(2)
#14
Foals
5.0
(2)
"A couple of standouts are"
"My favorite Indie bands right now are:"
#15
DIIV
5.0
(2)
"Plenty of great guitar-led indie bands around…"
#16
Cigarettes After Sex
5.0
(2)
"If you like all the bands you listed, you will probably love them."
#17
Young the Giant
5.0
(2)
"Young the Giant and Vampire Weekend are the best and most consistent of the bunch"
#18
Bad Suns
5.0
(2)
#19
Local Natives
5.0
(2)
"I think I’ve caught them 3 times in the past."
"(highly commercialized but actually very good)"
#20
Yves Tumor
5.0
(2)
"Plenty of great guitar-led indie bands around…"
#21
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
5.0
(2)
#22
Alvvays
5.0
(2)
"Puts on a great show and draws a respectful crowd"
#23
Beach House
5.0
(2)
"Well established acts you’d be familiar with."
#24
The Paper Kites
5.0
(2)
"They are so good."
#25
Palace
5.0
(2)
"Has been one of my favorites."
"Palace us one of the best bands out there but if I were to choose something else it would be along the lines of modest mouse, mt. Joy, tame impala, or my son the hurricane."
#26
Various Indie Bands
5.0
(2)
"4 times louder, Oregon space trail of doom, first responder, mudd, carriers, jayus, bascinets, wasp factory, fullsend, freeside, plan b, snarls, barefuzz, cosmic grafitti, poison door, ghost soul, of two minds, mungbean, a cure for love"
"Try these stuff
[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tAc1Iobvr6koi22zLHB7k?si=yDCdjDl8TkW2LAZOWqAlzg]"
#27
The Greeting Committee
5.0
(2)
#28
The Hell Catz
4.5
(2)
"My band The Hell Catz are a mix of hard, psychedelic rock."
"4 piece female fronted rock band with psychedelic influence."
#29
Pond
4.5
(2)
"Pond, future islands, the vaccines"
#30
Mt. Joy
4.5
(2)
"If I were to choose something else it would be along the lines of modest mouse, mt. Joy, tame impala, or my son the hurricane."
#31
Vulgar Commons
4.5
(2)
"Vulgar Commons are definitely down."
"We play all over Chicago and are putting out our second EP soon."
#32
Water Fountain Coins
4.0
(2)
"You should check out the band Water Fountain Coins. They are from Michigan but they are pretty cool"
"Water fountain coins is pretty good."
#33
Jungle
4.0
(2)
"I recently discovered jungle and I’m pretty high on them."
"The other name i’ll throw in the mix is Jungle, they’re not quite indie."
#34
Yiayia
4.0
(2)
"[Soundcloud.com/yiayiaofficial], original new rock sound, mixed with alternative, metal, industrial, punk, techno, emo and r&b"
"My band is playing regularly and we just put out this new single. We make psych rock/shoegaze/synthpop stuff!"
#35
Cage the Elephant
4.0
(2)
"Cage the elephant"
"Indie/Alternative Modern Rock: Cage the Elephant, The Neighbourhood, New Politics."
#36
Platinum Moon
5.0
(1)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
#37
Sarah and the Safe Word
5.0
(1)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
#38
The Band Camino
5.0
(1)
#39
Dutch Criminal Record
5.0
(1)
"They opened for good kid while they were on tour they’re so good!"
#40
Yo la Tengo
5.0
(1)
#41
Psychedelic Porns Crumpets
5.0
(1)
#42
Hockey Dad
5.0
(1)
"My favorite Indie bands right now are:"
#43
Chvrches
5.0
(1)
#44
Spacey Jane
5.0
(1)
#45
Fewjar
5.0
(1)
"By far! These guys are CRAZY good live!"
#46
Wine Lips
5.0
(1)
#47
The Beths
5.0
(1)
"All great bands,"
#48
The Vanished People
5.0
(1)
"Adding my own recommendation!"
#49
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
5.0
(1)
"Big shout to Rainbow Kitten Surprise! One of my most often recommended to people who want new music."
#50
Cafune
5.0
(1)
"Cafune is pretty chill, I recommend them :3"
#51
LEISURE
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#52
Bleachers
5.0
(1)
#53
The Pixies
5.0
(1)
#54
The Mechanisms
5.0
(1)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
#55
INOHA
5.0
(1)
#56
One Eyed Doll
5.0
(1)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
#57
Lawrence Arabia
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#58
The Kairos
5.0
(1)
"Are a band I knew/know nothing about an they proper surprised me."
#59
Beach Weather
5.0
(1)
#60
Straitjacket Fits
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#61
Okkervil River
5.0
(1)
#62
Vera Ellen
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#63
Dimmer
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#64
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
5.0
(1)
"Are always great live."
#65
Marlon Williams
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#66
Jacco Gardner
5.0
(1)
"I LOVE Jacco Gardner - pre-ordered the new LP."
#67
TV on the Radio
5.0
(1)
"I’ve seen several times and they were great."
#68
DMA'S
5.0
(1)
"Best I've seen though has to be the DMA'S"
#69
Soft Plastics
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#70
Belle and Sebastian
5.0
(1)
#71
Snuts
5.0
(1)
#72
Momma
5.0
(1)
"I thought both Momma & Courtney Barnett were quite good."
#73
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
5.0
(1)
"Never seen them put on a bad show"
#74
Pinegrove
5.0
(1)
"It was a sold out show and the entire audience was singing along to all the songs."
#75
The Bats
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#76
Le Tigre
5.0
(1)
"Saw them in college, the best time I’ve ever had"
#77
Wilco
5.0
(1)
#78
The Snuts
5.0
(1)
"Are a band I knew/know nothing about an they proper surprised me."
#79
Frightened Rabbit
5.0
(1)
#80
The Cramps
5.0
(1)
#81
The Cure
5.0
(1)
#82
Spear of Destiny
5.0
(1)
#83
Pulp
5.0
(1)
"A couple of standouts are"
#84
The Sugercubes
5.0
(1)
#85
IDLES
5.0
(1)
#86
KING GIZZARD
5.0
(1)
#87
Børns
5.0
(1)
#88
Broken Social Scene
5.0
(1)
"A couple of standouts are"
#89
Royel Otis
5.0
(1)
"My favorite Indie bands right now are:"
#90
Fruit Bats
5.0
(1)
"My favorite Indie bands right now are:"
#91
James Marriot
5.0
(1)
"Another one of my fav indie artists."
#92
The Chills
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#93
Alamo Race Track
4.0
(1)
"Alamo Race Track is really good."
#94
Backseat Lovers
4.0
(1)
"I'm LOVING Backseat Lovers."
#95
My Son the Hurricane
4.0
(1)
"If I were to choose something else it would be along the lines of modest mouse, mt. Joy, tame impala, or my son the hurricane."
#96
Washed Out
4.0
(1)
"Washed out is also growing on me!"
#97
STRFKR
4.0
(1)
"STRFKR is cool too! They are fun live."
#98
Modest Mouse
4.0
(1)
"If I were to choose something else it would be along the lines of modest mouse, mt. Joy, tame impala, or my son the hurricane."
#99
Gus Dapperton
4.0
(1)
"I also really like gus dappertons “where Polly people go to read” album."
#100
Gengahr
4.0
(1)
"You heard Gengahr? Different vibe but also great and relatively unknown."
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