Alternative & Indie
Guitar music and pop from outside the mainstream: indie rock and indie pop, shoegaze, post-punk, dream pop, bedroom pop, and many of the names Spotify coined itself.
344 genres, most listened first. Names in bold have a written definition. One of the 24 families every pie on this site is cut into.
- indie pop
- permanent wave
- modern rock
- alternative rock
- bedroom pop
- indie
- shoegaze
- art rock
- indie rock
- alt z
- melancholia
- dream pop
- modern alternative rock
- new wave
- metropopolis
- la indie
- oxford indie
- neo-psychedelic
- lo-fi indie
- madchester
- sheffield indie
- escape room
- australian psych
- uk post-punk
- post-punk
- jangle pop
- indietronica
- ambient pop
- gen z singer-songwriter
- sacramento indie
- bubblegrunge
- edmonton indie
- el paso indie
- darkwave
- chamber pop
- gothic rock
- britpop
- brooklyn indie
- baroque pop
- slowcore
- alternative dance
- philly indie
- springfield mo indie
- math rock
- modern dream pop
- indie poptimism
- new rave
- noise music
- small room
- modern indie pop
- chillwave
- southern gothic
- uk alternative pop
- irish indie rock
- nu gaze
- noise pop
- baltimore indie
- cold wave
- scottish indie
- ethereal wave
- experimental
- anti-folk
- indie garage rock
- norwegian indie
- atlanta indie
- grungegaze
- crank wave
- dance-punk
- post-rock
- weirdcore
- pinoy indie
- indonesian indie
- vancouver indie
- zolo
- deathrock
- french indie pop
- vapor soul
- new jersey indie
- modern alternative pop
- newcastle nsw indie
- german indie
- pinoy alternative
- reading indie
- space rock
- canadian indie
- progressive post-hardcore
- chicago indie
- german indie pop
- english indie rock
- brighton indie
- kentucky indie
- north east england indie
- american shoegaze
- post-britpop
- latinx alternative
- psychedelic pop
- russian post-punk
- finnish alternative rock
- indie anthem-folk
- art punk
- liverpool indie
- blackgaze
- laboratorio
- slc indie
- icelandic experimental
- chinese indie
- vapor twitch
- boston indie
- eau claire indie
- indonesian alternative rock
- dreamgaze
- london indie
- australian alternative rock
- swedish indie pop
- elephant 6
- northern irish indie
- doomgaze
- vegas indie
- australian indie
- seattle indie
- cdo indie
- french shoegaze
- grand rapids indie
- indonesian indie rock
- indiecoustica
- british indie rock
- krautrock
- ann arbor indie
- taiwanese indie
- italian indie pop
- toronto indie
- asbury park indie
- canadian post-hardcore
- vietnam indie
- oakland indie
- washington indie
- malang indie
- dark post-punk
- athens indie
- milan indie
- belarusian indie
- olympia wa indie
- indie triste
- morelos indie
- welsh indie
- monterrey indie
- french indietronica
- indie shoegaze
- sovietwave
- polish alternative rock
- australian post-hardcore
- polish alternative
- britpop revival
- rome indie
- quebec indie
- michigan indie
- tempe indie
- dublin indie
- oc indie
- indie viet
- polish indie
- saskatchewan indie
- c86
- austindie
- brisbane indie
- tulsa indie
- london on indie
- manchester indie
- concepcion indie
- socal indie
- nashville indie
- nordic shoegaze
- australian indie folk
- no wave
- asheville indie
- lund indie
- san diego indie
- scottish new wave
- polish indie rock
- thai indie pop
- indie québécois
- dark cabaret
- polish post-punk
- german alternative rock
- yogyakarta indie
- veracruz indie
- australian indie rock
- icelandic indie
- australian alternative pop
- bandung indie
- dayton indie
- limerick indie
- leicester indie
- rochester mn indie
- taiwan indie
- portland indie
- alternative americana
- indie extremena
- vapor pop
- thai indie rock
- instrumental math rock
- pittsburgh indie
- swedish indie rock
- bergen indie
- scottish indie rock
- jacksonville indie
- irish post-punk
- perth indie
- bay area indie
- tampa indie
- indie liguria
- voidgaze
- minimal wave
- modern goth
- british alternative rock
- russian indie
- swedish alternative rock
- san marcos tx indie
- magyar alternative
- ukrainian indie
- chihuahua indie
- bogor indie
- indonesian post-hardcore
- eugene indie
- albuquerque indie
- italian alternative
- gothenburg indie
- neoclassical darkwave
- indie rockism
- bristol indie
- southeast asian post-rock
- auckland indie
- indonesian indie pop
- new delhi indie
- gainesville indie
- fremantle indie
- hard alternative
- pov: indie
- post-industrial
- sydney indie
- british industrial
- uk post-hardcore
- belgian indie
- modern indie folk
- indonesian shoegaze
- idaho indie
- ontario indie
- alabama indie
- russian indie rock
- hokkaido indie
- malaysian indie
- dutch indie
- nottingham indie
- german indie folk
- pinoy indie rock
- freak folk
- indie dream pop
- sinogaze
- kingston on indie
- nantes indie
- greek indie
- phoenix indie
- rva indie
- connecticut indie
- cologne indie
- louisville indie
- russian alternative rock
- okc indie
- dallas indie
- melbourne indie
- minneapolis indie
- classic garage rock
- alaska indie
- russian shoegaze
- british experimental
- western mass indie
- lexington ky indie
- french indie folk
- danish alternative rock
- martial industrial
- progressive alternative
- denton tx indie
- glasgow indie
- omaha indie
- romanian indie
- uk noise rock
- stockholm indie
- ukrainian post-punk
- miami indie
- orlando indie
- victoria bc indie
- american post-rock
- christchurch indie
- japanoise
- swedish garage rock
- hungarian indie
- nz indie
- nordic post-rock
- fort worth indie
- warrington indie
- denver indie
- german post-hardcore
- bergamo indie
- guadalajara indie
- chinese indie pop
- lithuanian indie
- popgaze
- leeds indie
- yugoslav new wave
- memphis indie
- north carolina indie
- worcester ma indie
- rhode island indie
- kc indie
- thai indie
- baltic post-punk
- portuguese indie rock
- italian gothic
- cincinnati indie
- kyushu indie
- danish post-punk
- windsor on indie
- experimental indie
- kent indie
- ohio indie
- murcia indie
- newfoundland indie
- canadian post-rock
- columbus ohio indie
- instrumental stoner rock
- swedish indie folk
- kolkata indie
- kansai indie
- british post-rock
- hong kong indie
- mongolian alternative
- gothic post-punk
- duluth indie
- portuguese indie
- belo horizonte indie
- chill dream pop
- turin indie
- finnish new wave
- alternative