2010s Indie Rock · Alternative Rock · Progressive Rock

Texas post-rock band of patient texture and slow-burn dynamics.

Chicago instrumental trio fusing post-rock dynamics with metal weight.

Swedish post-metal stalwarts of glacial heaviness and atmosphere.

Garage-rock supergroup with Jack White and Alison Mosshart.

Vancouver heavy psych quintet of acid-drenched riffs.

Sheffield band who arc-ed from deathcore to arena rock crossover.

Florida band who blended metalcore breakdowns and pop-punk choruses.

Bayonne progressive-death-metallers acclaimed for environmental concept albums.

Versailles indie-rockers whose 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' broke France big.

Raleigh genre-mashers fusing metalcore with sprawling prog.

Tosin Abasi's instrumental djent-prog trio of dazzling fretwork.

Maryland djent flagship blending metal weight with sky-high vocals.

Milton Keynes djent band of meditative atmosphere.

Perth progressive band whose 'Sound Awake' is modern Australian prog canon.

Kevin Parker's Perth project who took psychedelic rock into pop's mainstream.

Melbourne septet of relentless output across psych, metal, and microtonal experimentation.

Sydney band of stadium-scale indie rock and emotional candor.

Montreal collective whose 'Funeral' is a 2000s indie cornerstone.

Toronto synth-rock band of Emily Haines vocals and propulsive hooks.

Montreal indie-pop band of cinematic sweep and dual lead vocals.

Toronto bass-and-drums duo of distorted dance-punk.

Vancouver post-grunge band aligned with the Nickelback-era radio sound.

Toronto band welding hardcore, sludge, and southern rock.

Winnipeg melodic hardcore stalwarts.

Whitby technical-metalcore band of dazzling fretwork.

Leicester indie-rockers of swaggering, electronic-leaning rock.

Glasgow indie-rockers whose dance-punk hooks defined a 2000s sound.

London indie-rockers of jagged guitars and political restlessness.

Pete Doherty's post-Libertines vehicle of rambling indie poetry.

London indie-rockers of late-2000s UK chart prominence.

Brighton indie-poppers of breezy melodic chops.

Leeds indie-rockers of rabble-rousing chants and post-punk rhythms.

Wakefield Jarman-brothers indie band of jangly DIY ethics.

Birmingham band of Joy-Division-tinged moody indie.

London indie-rockers of layered guitars and acclaimed late-period work.

London band whose nu-folk anthems reignited mainstream banjo-pop.

Florence Welch's London band of cathedral-scale art-rock.

Oxford band whose math-rock interplay matured into stadium-rock anthems.

Leeds-formed art-pop band of choral harmonies and quirky structure.

London band drifting between dream pop, grunge, and indie folk.

Manchester band fusing 80s pop sheen with confessional indie.

Bristol post-punks of anti-toxic-masculinity rage and cathartic noise.

Nottingham duo of stripped-down beats and Jason Williamson rants.

London band of seedy art-rock and provocative theatre.

Southend band who arc-ed from goth garage to layered shoegaze rock.

London trio of minimalist indie of whispered duet vocals.

Oxford indie band whose 'Heat Waves' became a streaming-era smash.

London indie-rockers of polyrhythmic playfulness and warm production.

NYC band of Afro-pop-inflected guitars and preppy literary pop.

Seattle indie-folk band of choral harmonies and pastoral textures.

Justin Vernon's Wisconsin band whose cabin-recorded debut became iconic.

Cincinnati-via-Brooklyn band of literary baritone indie rock.

James Murphy's NYC dance-punk band of restless, witty disco-rock.

Brooklyn art-rockers fusing post-punk, soul, and electronic experimentation.

NYC math-rock band of looped riffs and dance-leaning experimentation.

Baltimore dream-pop duo whose woozy guitars define the modern genre.

Philadelphia band of Springsteen-meets-Krautrock heartland indie.

Ridgewood, NJ indie-rockers of jangle and suburban melancholy.

Brooklyn shoegaze band of Slowdive-tinged guitar haze.

Atlanta art-rock band of restless reinvention and Bradford Cox songwriting.

Baltimore experimental-pop collective whose 'Merriweather' is a 2000s touchstone.

Damon Albarn's animated band crossing alt-rock with hip hop and electronica.

Bangor indie-rockers of bright, danceable guitar-pop.

Brooklyn-via-Minneapolis bar-rockers of literary Craig Finn songwriting.

Tokyo experimental band fluent across drone, doom, J-pop, and ambient.

Tokyo instrumental post-rock band of orchestral grandeur.