List of indie rock musicians

A

• Aberdeen City
• Aberfeldy
• Absolute Whores
• A.C. Newman
• Action Action
• Ryan Adams^{[citation needed]}
• Agent Sparks
• The Ailerons
• Air Traffic
• Airhead
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• Albert Hammond Jr.
• The Album Leaf
• All Girl Summer Fun Band
• All-Time Quarterback
• Alterkicks
• Ambulance LTD
• American Analog Set
• American Football
• Amy Millan
• Anathallo
• And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
• Animal Collective
• The Anniversary
• Anthony Green
• Apollo Sunshine
• Apostle of Hustle
• The Apples in Stereo
• The Appleseed Cast
• The Aquarium
• Arab Strap
• Arcade Fire
• Arctic Monkeys
• Archers of Loaf
• Art Brut
• As Cities Burn
• Asian Kung-Fu Generation
• Assembly Now
• Athlete
• Augie March
• Austin TV
• The Autumn Defense
• The Awkward Stage

B

• Babyshambles
• Badly Drawn Boy
• The Bamboo Kids
• Band of Horses
• Baptist Generals
• Bat for Lashes
• Battle
• Battles
• Bearsuit
• The Bohemes
• Bear vs. Shark
• Beat Crusaders
• Beat Happening
• Beauty Pill
• Beck
• The Bees
• Beirut
• Bell X1
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bell Orchestre
• Bella Dramatic
• Bellini
• The Bens
• Ben Folds Five
• Ben Kweller
• Ben Lee
• Ben Jelen
• Bens Brother
• Beta Band
• Bettie Serveert
• Between The Trees
• Beulah
• The Bevis Frond
• Be Your Own Pet
• Big Flame
• Big Japan
• Bikeride
• Andrew Bird
• The Bird and the Bee
• Birdmonster
• Bishop Allen
• Bitch Magnet
• Bittersweet
• The Black Angels
• Black Eyes
• The Black Ghosts
• The Black Heart Procession
• Blackmail
• The Black Keys
• Black Kids
• The Black Lips
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Black Tie Dynasty
• Black Wire
• Bloc Party
• Blood Red Shoes
• Blonde Redhead
• The Blow
• The Bluetones
• The Boggs
• Bombay Bicycle Club
• Bon Iver
• The Books
• Born Ruffians
• Boss Hog
• Bound Stems
• Boy Kill Boy
• The Boy Least Likely To
• Boys Night Out
• Braid
• Brainiac
• Brand New
• Brandi Carlile
• The Bravery
• Brazilian Girls
• The Breeders
• Brendan Benson
• Brian Jonestown Massacre
• British Sea Power
• Bright Eyes
• Broadcast
• The Brobecks
• Broken Spindles
• Broken Social Scene
• Bromheads Jacket
• Brother Henry
• The Brothers Martin
• The Brunettes
• Built to Spill
• Buddy

C

• Cable
• Café Tacuba
• Cage the Elephant
• Cajun Dance Party
• Calabi Yau
• Calexico
• Camera Obscura
• Cansei de Ser Sexy
• Canvas
• The Cape May
• Cap'n Jazz
• Captain Phoenix
• Caribou
• Carpark North
• Carolina Liar
• The Capricorns
• The Cardigans
• Carissa's Wierd
• Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
• Cat Power
• Cesspool
• Chairlift
• The Changes
• Chavez
• Chester French
• Chin Up Chin Up
• Chikita Violenta
• Chisel
• Chotchke
• Cibo Matto
• Circa Survive
• Circulatory System
• Citizen Cope
• Citizens Here and Abroad
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• Clearlake
• The Clientele
• Clinic
• Clor
• Cloud Cult
• The Cloud Room
• Club 8
• Club of the Sons
• Coconut Records
• CocoRosie
• Codeine
• Cold War Kids
• The Comas
• Come
• Comets on Fire
• Common Rotation
• The Concretes
• Contrived
• Cooper
• Consafos
• controller.controller
• Controlling the Famous
• The Cooper Temple Clause
• Coparck
• Copeland
• The Coral
• The Coral Sea
• Cornershop
• Coronete
• Corrina Repp
• The Courteeners
• The Cribs
• Criteria
• Crooked Fingers
• Crystal Antlers
• Crystal Castles
• Crystal Stilts
• Cub
• Cuff the Duke
• Cursive
• Cut Copy
• Cut Off Your Hands

D

• Dananananaykroyd
• Danielson
• Daniel Johnston
• Dappled Cities Fly
• Darker My Love
• Datarock
• David Bazan
• The Days
• The Dead 60s
• The Dears
• Dear and the Headlights
• The Dear Hunter
• Death Cab For Cutie
• Death from Above 1979
• The Death Set
• The Decemberists
• The Declining Winter
• Deerhoof
• Deerhunter
• Deer Tick
• The Dentists
• Delays
• Denali
• Department of Eagles
• The Departure
• Desaparecidos
• Destroyer
• Detachment Kit
• dEUS
• Devendra Banhart
• Devin Davis
• DeVotchKa
• The Diableros
• The Dinner Is Ruined
• Dinosaur Jr
• The Dirtbombs
• Dirty Pretty Things
• Dirty Projectors
• Dismemberment Plan
• Dispatch
• The Displacements
• The Divine Comedy
• Do Make Say Think
• The Dodos
• Dogs
• Dogs Die in Hot Cars
• Don Caballero
• Dolour
• Charles Douglas
• Doves
• Dr. Dog
• Dressy Bessy
• Drive Like Jehu
• Drums and Tuba
• The Dudes
• The Dunes
• Duotang
• Dustin Kensrue
• Thomas Dybdahl
• Ronny van Dyke
• The Dykeenies

E

• Eagle*Seagull
• Earlimart
• The Eames Era
• The Early November
• Echo Orbiter
• Edison Glass
• Editors
• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
• Efterklang
• Eggs
• Eisley
• El Perro Del Mar
• Elbow
• The Elected
• Electrelane
• Electric President
• The Electric Soft Parade
• Elefant
• Eleni Mandell
• Elephant Micah
• Eleventh Dream Day
• Elf Power
• Elle Milano
• Eluvium
• Embrace
• Emily Haines
• Emperor X
• Empire of the Sun
• Enon
• Envelopes
• Erase Errata
• Eric's Trip
• Escanaba Firing Line
• The Essex Green
• Even
• The Evening Episode
• The Evens
• Explosions in the Sky

F

• The Faint
• Fair to Midland
• The Fashion
• Faunts
• Feeder
• The Feeling
• Feist
• Fiction Plane
• Fields
• Film School
• Jeremy Fisher
• Five Times August
• The Flaming Lips
• Fleet Foxes
• Florence and the Machine
• Johnny Flynn
• Foals
• Johnny Foreigner
• The Format
• Fotos
• Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
• Franz Ferdinand
• The Fratellis
• French Kicks
• Friendly Fires
• Frightened Rabbit
• Friska Viljor
• Frontier Ruckus
• Fugazi
• The Futureheads

G

• Galaxie 500
• The Gamits
• Gang Gang Dance
• Gatsbys American Dream
• Get Him Eat Him
• Get Shakes
• The Get Up Kids
• Ghosts
• Giant Drag
• Girl In a Coma
• The Go! Team
• Glasvegas
• The Golden Dogs
• Gomez
• The Good Life
• Good Shoes
• Gorky
• The Gossip
• Gotye
• Graham Coxon
• Grandaddy
• Grand Archives
• Grant-Lee Phillips
• The Grates
• Great Aunt Ida
• The Great Lakes Myth Society
• Great Northern
• Adam Green
• Green Magnet School
• The Green Revolution
• Greenhornes
• Grifters
• Grizzly Bear
• Guided by Voices
• Guillemots
• Guster
• Jim Guthrie
• Guy Sigsworth

H

• Half Japanese
• Halifax
• The Halo Benders
• Handsome Furs
• Hard-Fi
• The Hard Lessons
• Juliana Hatfield
• Hawksley Workman
• Head Automatica
• Headlights
• Headphones
• Heather Duby
• Heavens
• Heavenly
• Hefner
• Helium
• The Helio Sequence
• Hella
• Help She Can't Swim
• Henry's Final Dream
• Her Space Holiday
• Hexes and Ohs
• Hey Rosetta!
• The Hidden Cameras
• The High Dials
• High and Driving
• Hinterland
• The Hippos
• His Name Is Alive
• Hit The Lights
• The Hives
• Hockey
• The Hold Steady
• Holly Golightly
• The Honorary Title
• The Hoosiers
• The Hours
• The House Of Love
• The Hush Sound
• Hot Chip
• Hot Club De Paris
• Hot Hot Heat
• Hot Water Music
• Howling Bells
• Brodie Foster Hubbard
• Hum
• Human Highway
• Husky Rescue
• Hymns

I

• I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
• I Am The World Trade Center
• Ida
• Idaho
• Idiot Pilot
• Idlewild
• Iglu & Hartly
• Ima Robot
• I'm from Barcelona
• Immaculate Machine
• Imogen Heap
• In Case Of Fire
• Infadels
• In-Flight Safety
• Ingrid Michaelson
• Innaway
• Inspiral Carpets
• The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• Interpol
• Inviolet Row
• The Invisibles
• Iron & Wine
• Iron On
• Islands

J

• J Mascis and the Fog
• Jack's Mannequin
• Jaguar Love
• Jale
• Jawbox
• Jayhawks
• Jejune
• Jem
• Jeniferever
• Jens Lekman
• The Jesus Lizard
• Jets to Brazil
• Jetplane Landing
• Jets Overhead
• Jimmy's Chicken Shack
• JJ72
• Joan of Arc
• Johnossi
• Jonezetta
• June of 44
• Jumbo
• Junior Boys
• Just Jack

K

• Kasabian
• Kid British
• Kids In Glass Houses
• K's Choice
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Kaizers Orchestra
• KaitO
• Kaki King
• Karate
• The Karl Hendricks Trio
• Kate Nash
• Kevin Blechdom
• Kevin Devine
• Kevin Drew
• Key Witness
• The Kills
• Kimya Dawson
• The Kinison
• Kind of Like Spitting
• King Cobb Steelie
• King Cobra
• Kings of Convenience
• Kinky
• Klaxons
• Klimt 1918
• Knapsack
• The Kooks
• Koos Kombuis
• Kut U Up

L

• La Rocca
• The Ladybug Transistor
• Ladyhawke
• Ladytron
• Lali Puna
• Lambchop
• Larrikin Love
• The Last Shadow Puppets
• The Late B.P. Helium
• Late of the Pier
• Laura Marling
• LCD Soundsystem
• Le Tigre
• Lemon Demon
• Les Savy Fav
• Letter Kills
• Levitation
• Jeffrey Lewis
• Jenny Lewis
• Liam Finn
• Liars
• The Libertines
• Lifetime
• Lightning Bolt
• Lightning Seeds
• Lightspeed Champion
• The Like
• Limbeck
• Little Birdy
• Little Comets
• Little Joy
• The Little Flames
• The Little Killers
• The Little Ones
• Living Things
• Lodger
• The Long Blondes
• Longpigs
• Longwave
• The Long Winters
• Look See Proof
• Loris
• Los Campesinos!
• Los Dynamite
• Los Hermanos
• Los Bunkers
• Lost Ocean
• Louis XIV
• Love is all
• Lovedrug
• LoveLikeFire
• The Lovely Feathers
• The Lovely Sparrows
• Low
• Low Art Thrill
• Low Water
• Lydia
• Lykke Li

M

• M. Ward
• M83
• The Maccabees
• Madsen
• Mae
• The Magic Numbers
• Magneta Lane
• Magnetic Fields
• The Maine
• The Make-Up
• Making April
• Malajube
• Man Man
• The Management
• Manchester Orchestra
• Mando Diao
• Manic Street Preachers
• Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
• Maria Taylor
• Marine Research
• Maritime
• The Mark Inside
• Mates of State
• Matmos
• Matt and Kim
• Matt Costa
• Matt Pond PA
• Maxïmo Park
• Erin McKeown
• Mclusky
• Mean Red Spiders
• Meg & Dia
• Memphis
• Meneguar
• Menomena
• The Mercury Program
• Mercury Rev
• Mesh-29
• Metavari
• Metric
• The Metros
• Mew
• MGMT
• The Microphones
• Midnight Choir
• Midnight Juggernauts
• The Midway State
• Milburn
• Milton and the Devils Party
• Mineral
• Miniature Tigers
• Minkus
• The Mint
• Minus The Bear
• The Minus 5
• Miou Miou
• The Miracle Workers
• Mirah
• The Myriad
• Model A
• Modest Mouse
• Mogwai
• The Moldy Peaches
• Moneen
• Monopoli
• The Moog
• Moonbabies
• The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band
• Moptop
• Morningwood
• Morning Runner
• Morrissey
• Mortimer Nova
• Motel Motel
• Mother Mother
• Mother Redcap
• Motion City Soundtrack
• Motocade
• The Mountain Goats
• Moving Units
• Mr Hudson & The Library
• Múm
• Mumm-Ra
• Murder by Death
• My American Heart
• Mya Rose
• My Dad Is Dead
• My Brightest Diamond
• My Morning Jacket
• Myslovitz
• Mystery Jets

N

• Nada Surf
• The National
• The Night Marchers
• The Nein
• Neko Case
• Neon Horse
• Neon Neon
• Neutral Milk Hotel
• New Buffalo
• The New Pornographers
• The New Year
• Joanna Newsom
• Nightmare Of You
• Nine Black Alps
• No Motiv
• Noah and the Whale
• A Northern Chorus
• The Notwist
• Nova Social
• Novillero
• Now It's Overhead
• Number Girl
• Nunatak

O

• Oakley Hall
• Oceansize
• Oct 29
• October Fall
• The Octopus Project
• Of Montreal
• Oh No! Oh My!
• OK GO
• Okkervil River
• The Olivia Tremor Control
• On! Air! Library!
• One Night Only
• Oppenheimer
• Operahouse
• Oranger
• Orange Lake
• The Organ
• The Others
• Ours to Destroy
• Out Hud
• Owen
• Owls
• Owl City
• Office
• Only Son

P

• P:ano
• P.K. 14
• The Paddingtons
• Page France
• Panda Bear
• Pandemonaeon
• The Parlotones
• Passion Pit
• The Pastels
• Patterson's Curse
• Paulson
• Paul Collins
• Pavement
• Pedro the Lion
• Jack Peñate
• People in Planes
• The Perishers
• The Pernice Brothers
• Peter Bjorn and John
• Phantom Planet
• Phoenix
• Phofo
• Piano Magic
• Piebald
• The Pigeon Detectives
• The Pillows
• Pilot Speed
• Pinback
• The Pink Spiders
• PJ Harvey
• Plain White T's
• Plunkett
• Pocket Symphonies
• Poets of the Fall
• Polvo
• Pony Up
• The Polyphonic Spree
• The Ponys
• The Popguns
• Portastatic
• Portugal. The Man
• The Postal Service
• Powerspace
• Pram
• Pretty Girls Make Graves
• The Primitives
• The Promise Ring
• Protein
• The Protomen
• Prototypes
• This Providence
• Psapp
• The Psychedelic Furs
• Pull Tiger Tail
• Pulp
• Punchline
• Pussy Galore
• Josh Pyke

Q

• Quasi
• Q and Not U

R

• Rachel's
• The Raconteurs
• Rademacher
• Radioactive Sago Project
• Randevyn
• Railroad Jerk
• Rainer Maria
• Raining Pleasure
• The Rakes
• The Rapture
• Ra Ra Riot
• The Rascals (English band)
• Ratatat
• The Raveonettes
• Razorlight
• The Real Tuesday Weld
• Red House Painters
• The Red Paintings
• The Redwalls
• Red Sparowes
• R.E.M.
• Fionn Regan
• Reserve
• Regina Spektor
• The Reigning Sound
• Ike Reilly
• Reindeer Section
• The Republic Tigers
• The Reputation
• Reverend and the Makers
• Rheostatics
• The Rifles
• Rilo Kiley
• Ringside
• Rio en Medio
• The Roaring 20's
• The Robot Ate Me
• Rodan
• Rodrigo Y Gabriela
• Rogue Wave
• Rooney
• The Rosebuds
• Royal City
• Royal Trux
• RUG
• The Rumble Strips
• Russian Circles
• Russian Red
• The Russian Futurists
• Roti

S

• Sajama Cut
• Salem Hill
• The Salteens
• Sam Roberts
• Santigold
• Sarge
• Saucy Monky
• Saves The Day
• Say Anything
• Say Hi
• Scarling.
• Scrawl
• Sea Wolf
• The Sea and Cake
• The Sea Urchins
• Sebadoh
• Secret Machines
• Seneca Hawk
• The Sequins
• The Servant
• Servotron
• Seventh Rain
• She and Him
• Shell Beach
• Shellac
• Sherwood
• Davetta Sherwood
• The Shins
• Shiny Toy Guns
• Shipping News
• Shitdisco
• The Shondes
• Shonen Knife
• The Shot Heard 'Round the World
• Shout Out Louds
• Shout Out Out Out Out
• Shudder to Think
• Shugo Tokumaru
• Sick Puppies
• Sidonie
• Sigur Rós
• Silkworm
• Silversun Pickups
• Silverchair
• Simple Kid
• Chris Singleton
• The Six Parts Seven
• Skydiggers
• Sky Larkin
• The Slaves
• Sleater-Kinney
• Slint
• Elliott Smith
• The Smiths
• Smog
• Smoosh
• Smudge
• The Smugglers
• Snow Patrol
• The Softies
• So Shush
• Soltero
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
• Sondre Lerche
• Sons and Daughters
• Soul-Junk
• Soular
• South
• The Sounds
• Sound Team
• Space
• Sparklehorse
• Spearmint
• The Spill Canvas
• The Spinanes
• The Spinto Band
• Spiritualized
• Spokane
• Spoon
• Stars
• Starflyer 59
• Starlight Mints
• Starsailor
• The Static Jacks
• Stellastarr
• Stereo Total
• Stereolab
• Stereophonics
• Subtle
• Sufjan Stevens
• The Stills
• Straylight Run
• The Strokes
• The Submarines
• The Subways
• Suit of Lights
• The Sundays
• Sunday's Best
• Sun Kil Moon
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Sunset Rubdown
• Sunset Valley
• The Sunshine Fix
• The Sunshine Underground
• Super Furry Animals
• Superchunk
• Superdrag
• Swirlies
• Sloan

T

• Tahiti 80
• Taken By Cars
• Taking Back Sunday
• Tally Hall
• Talkdemonic
• Tammany Hall NYC
• Tangiers
• Tapes 'n Tapes
• Tav Falco's Panther Burns
• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
• The Teenagers
• Tegan and Sara
• The Tender Box
• Telenovela Star
• The Temper Trap
• Tender Trap
• Tera Melos
• Terminal
• Test Icicles
• Thee Oh Sees
• The Thermals
• These Are Powers
• These Arms Are Snakes
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• They Might Be Giants
• Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
• This Day and Age
• This Will Destroy You
• This Providence
• Three Mile Pilot
• The Thrills
• Throw Me the Statue
• Throwing Muses
• Thrush Hermit
• Thunderbirds Are Now!
• Tickle Me Pink
• Tiger Trap
• Tilly and the Wall
• The Ting Tings
• The Tiny
• Tiny Vipers
• Titus Andronicus
• Tokyo Police Club
• Tortoise
• Travis
• Trembling Blue Stars
• Tsarina
• Turn
• TV on the Radio
• The Twilight Sad
• Twilight Singers
• Twisted Wheel
• Two Hours Traffic
• Twothirtyeight

U

• Ugly Casanova
• Unkle Bob

V

• Vampire Weekend
• John Vanderslice
• Chad VanGaalen
• Velocity Girl
• The Velvet Teen
• Versus
• The Very Hush Hush
• VHS or Beta
• The View
• Kurt Vile
• Viva Voce
• Vive La Fête
• Volcano Choir
• The Von Bondies
• The Vox Jaguars
• Voxtrot

W

• The Walkmen
• Jeremy Warmsley
• Patrick Watson
• We Are Scientists
• We Are Wolves
• The Weakerthans
• The Wedding Present
• We Were Promised Jetpacks
• Wet Confetti
• What Made Milwaukee Famous
• Wheat
• White Lies
• White Rabbits
• Winter Gloves
• WinterKids
• Wintersleep
• Wolf Parade
• The Wombats
• The Woodentops
• The Wrens

X

• Xiu Xiu
• The xx

Y

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Yeasayer
• Yeti
• Yo La Tengo
• You Say Party! We Say Die!
• Young Knives
• Youth Group

Z

• Zoppo
• The Zutons