Oxford Indie
Oxford indie is Spotify's label for indie and alternative rock bands from the English city of Oxford and the surrounding area.
It names a place, not a sound. Oxford has produced an unusual number of well-known guitar bands since the late 1980s, from shoegaze and Britpop acts to art rock and math-influenced indie. Small local venues such as the Jericho Tavern and the Zodiac helped the scene grow. The bands differ a lot in style, so the tag mostly tells you where an artist started.
Artists it is known for: Radiohead, Ride, Supergrass, Foals.
- Family
- Alternative & Indie
- On Spotify
- No longer returned by Spotify’s API
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- Oxford, England, late 1980s onward
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 15%
About 12,000 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have oxford indie among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Oxford Indie artists
Radiohead
Foals
Thom YorkeThe oxford indie artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.