Indie rock

Indie rock, a subgenre of rock music, is often used to refer to bands that are on small, independent record labels or who aren't on labels at all. In the 1980s, these bands were referred to as "alternative, since they were quite alternative to mainstream rock at that time. However, indie rock was effectively launched when Nirvana broke into the mainstream along with several other bands, taking the "alternative" label with them, ironically enough. "Indie rock" tends to be an umbrella term covering everyone from the Elephant 6 collective to the Pixies to the Cocteau Twins; the main thing tying these bands together is their existence in the underground. Some related genres include emo, lo-fi, alternative rock, twee pop and Britpop.

Bands:

• The 6ths
• The Apples (In Stereo)
• The Afghan Whigs
• Air Miami
• Alice in Chains
• Alkaline Trio
• Archers of Loaf
• Beat Happening
• Beck
• The Bevis Frond
• Bettie Serveert
• Big Black
• Big Flame
• Billy Childish
• Bitch Magnet
• Blonde Redhead
• Boss Hog
• Brainiac
• Built to Spill
• Butterglory
• Butthole Surfers
• Buzzcocks
• Cat Power
• Cardigans,The
• Chavez
• Chumbawumba
• Christopher Isaak
• The Coctails
• The Cocteau Twins
• Come
• Conflict
• The Constantines
• Crass
• Cub
• Dashboard Confessional
• The Daycare Swindlers
• The Decemberists
• Dinosaur Jr
• Drive Like Jehu
• Dwarves
• Eggs
• Elephant six
• Eleventh Dream Day
• Eric's Trip
• Eve 6
• Fastbacks
• Felt
• Flaming Lips
• Folk Implosion
• Fugazi
• Girls Against Boys
• Grifters
• Guided By Voices
• Half Japanese
• The Halo Benders
• Heavenly
• Helium
• The Hippos
• Hot Hot Heat
• Husker Du
• Jale
• Jawbox
• The Jesus & Mary Chain
• The Jesus Lizard
• The Shins
• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
• Letters to Cleo
• Liam Lynch
• Liz Phair
• Magnetic Fields
• The Make-Up
• Marine Research
• Edwin McCain
• Mercury Rev
• Modest Mouse
• Mogwai
• Morcheeba
• Mudhoney
• Nation of Ulysses
• Neutral Milk Hotel
• Nirvana
• Operation Ivy
• Palace
• The Palace Brothers
• The Pastels
• Pavement
• Pearl Jam
• Pedro the Lion
• Pixies
• Portastic
• The Postal Service
• Protein
• Pussy Galore
• Quasi
• Rachel's
• R.E.M
• Radiohead
• Rocket from the Crypt
• Rodan
• Royal Trux
• Sarge
• Scrawl
• Sebadoh
• Silkworm
• The Silver Jews
• The Skate Party
• Sleater-Kinney
• Slint
• Small Factory
• Smog
• Sonic Youth
• Superchunk
• The Spinanes
• Stereolab
• Stone Temple Pilots
• Strapping Fieldhands
• Superchunk
• The Swirlies
• Thinking Fellers Union Local #282
• Thrush Hermit
• Tiger Trap
• Tortoise
• Tree People
• Tsunami
• Unrest
• Unsane
• U.S. Maple
• Velocity Girl
• Versus
• Veruca Salt
• Violent Femmes
• The White Stripes
• The Wedding Present
• Wilco
• Ween
• Weezer
• Xiu Xiu
• Yo La Tengo

See also: List of independent record labels