Best indie bands on Reddit
150 reviews from r/indie, r/indie_rock, r/GoodKid and 8 more subreddits
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#1
Peach Pit
4.6
(5)
"Peach pit"
"Peach Pit"
#2
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"
#3
Hippo Campus
4.5
(4)
"Hippo Campus"
"Hippo Campus, Papercuts, Waxahatchee, Keane, Sjowgren, Sure Sure, Wallows."
#4
The War on Drugs
5.0
(3)
"Well established acts you’d be familiar with."
#5
Big Thief
5.0
(3)
#6
The Backseat Lovers
5.0
(3)
"Try the Backseat Lovers too, theyre so good"
"I also adore The Backseat Lovers."
#7
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."
#8
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."
#9
The National
4.7
(3)
"Are amazing live."
"Completely blew me away."
"The national"
#10
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!"
#11
Yves Tumor
5.0
(2)
"Plenty of great guitar-led indie bands around…"
#12
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."
#13
Foals
5.0
(2)
"A couple of standouts are"
"My favorite Indie bands right now are:"
#14
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
5.0
(2)
#15
DIIV
5.0
(2)
"Plenty of great guitar-led indie bands around…"
#16
The Greeting Committee
5.0
(2)
#17
Young the Giant
5.0
(2)
"Young the Giant and Vampire Weekend are the best and most consistent of the bunch"
#18
Beach Fossils
5.0
(2)
"Their last album is my aoty 2023"
#19
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]"
#20
Cigarettes After Sex
5.0
(2)
"If you like all the bands you listed, you will probably love them."
#21
Editors
5.0
(2)
"Went to their concert couple of years ago and it was sooo sick."
"Were excellent."
#22
Alvvays
5.0
(2)
"Puts on a great show and draws a respectful crowd"
#23
Bad Suns
5.0
(2)
#24
Beach House
5.0
(2)
"Well established acts you’d be familiar with."
#25
The Paper Kites
5.0
(2)
"They are so good."
#26
Local Natives
5.0
(2)
"I think I’ve caught them 3 times in the past."
"(highly commercialized but actually very good)"
#27
Del Water Gap
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
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."
#30
Vulgar Commons
4.5
(2)
"Vulgar Commons are definitely down."
"We play all over Chicago and are putting out our second EP soon."
#31
Pond
4.5
(2)
"Pond, future islands, the vaccines"
#32
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."
#33
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."
#34
Cage the Elephant
4.0
(2)
"Cage the elephant"
"Indie/Alternative Modern Rock: Cage the Elephant, The Neighbourhood, New Politics."
#35
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!"
#36
Sarah and the Safe Word
5.0
(1)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
#37
The Band Camino
5.0
(1)
#38
Dutch Criminal Record
5.0
(1)
"They opened for good kid while they were on tour they’re so good!"
#39
Yo la Tengo
5.0
(1)
#40
Jacco Gardner
5.0
(1)
"I LOVE Jacco Gardner - pre-ordered the new LP."
#41
Psychedelic Porns Crumpets
5.0
(1)
#42
Chvrches
5.0
(1)
#43
Royel Otis
5.0
(1)
"My favorite Indie bands right now are:"
#44
The Beths
5.0
(1)
"All great bands,"
#45
Fewjar
5.0
(1)
"By far! These guys are CRAZY good live!"
#46
IDLES
5.0
(1)
#47
Spacey Jane
5.0
(1)
#48
LEISURE
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#49
Wine Lips
5.0
(1)
#50
INOHA
5.0
(1)
#51
Car Seat Headrest
5.0
(1)
"For me Car Seat Headrest have been the best Indie band in ages."
#52
The Vanished People
5.0
(1)
"Adding my own recommendation!"
#53
Lawrence Arabia
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#54
Cafune
5.0
(1)
"Cafune is pretty chill, I recommend them :3"
#55
The Cure
5.0
(1)
#56
Bleachers
5.0
(1)
#57
Beach Weather
5.0
(1)
#58
The Mechanisms
5.0
(1)
"I’ll add my recommendations too:"
#59
Straitjacket Fits
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#60
Wilco
5.0
(1)
#61
Vera Ellen
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#62
Dimmer
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#63
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
5.0
(1)
"Never seen them put on a bad show"
#64
Marlon Williams
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#65
Soft Plastics
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#66
DMA'S
5.0
(1)
"Best I've seen though has to be the DMA'S"
#67
The Bats
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#68
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
5.0
(1)
"Big shout to Rainbow Kitten Surprise! One of my most often recommended to people who want new music."
#69
Belle and Sebastian
5.0
(1)
#70
Snuts
5.0
(1)
#71
Børns
5.0
(1)
#72
Frightened Rabbit
5.0
(1)
#73
Pulp
5.0
(1)
"A couple of standouts are"
#74
TV on the Radio
5.0
(1)
"I’ve seen several times and they were great."
#75
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
5.0
(1)
"Are always great live."
#76
Momma
5.0
(1)
"I thought both Momma & Courtney Barnett were quite good."
#77
The Chills
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#78
Pinegrove
5.0
(1)
"It was a sold out show and the entire audience was singing along to all the songs."
#79
Okkervil River
5.0
(1)
#80
Le Tigre
5.0
(1)
"Saw them in college, the best time I’ve ever had"
#81
Broken Social Scene
5.0
(1)
"A couple of standouts are"
#82
The Snuts
5.0
(1)
"Are a band I knew/know nothing about an they proper surprised me."
#83
The Kairos
5.0
(1)
"Are a band I knew/know nothing about an they proper surprised me."
#84
The Cramps
5.0
(1)
#85
James Marriot
5.0
(1)
"Another one of my fav indie artists."
#86
Spear of Destiny
5.0
(1)
#87
The Pixies
5.0
(1)
#88
The Sugercubes
5.0
(1)
#89
Two Door Cinema Club
5.0
(1)
"I would also add."
#90
KING GIZZARD
5.0
(1)
#91
The Happy Fits
5.0
(1)
"Adding my own"
#92
Clemintine Valentine
5.0
(1)
"Some of my picks from more recent to older stuff."
#93
HARBOR
5.0
(1)
"Adding my own"
#94
Washed Out
4.0
(1)
"Washed out is also growing on me!"
#95
STRFKR
4.0
(1)
"STRFKR is cool too! They are fun live."
#96
Gus Dapperton
4.0
(1)
"I also really like gus dappertons “where Polly people go to read” album."
#97
Gengahr
4.0
(1)
"You heard Gengahr? Different vibe but also great and relatively unknown."
#98
Hotel Ugly
4.0
(1)
"Other good ones are feng suave, hotel ugly, dayglow."
#99
Feng Suave
4.0
(1)
"Other good ones are feng suave, hotel ugly, dayglow."
#100
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."
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