This Is All Yours
Alt-J
September 22, 2014Best Indie Rock Albums
Explore Indie Rock albums, classic releases, hidden gems and influential records. This page helps music lovers discover albums connected by genre, sound and musical history.
Inside of Emptiness
John Frusciante
October 26, 2004
Dinosaur (Dinosaur Jr. album)
Dinosaur Jr.
July 16, 1985
El Rey
The Wedding Present
May 20, 2008
Is This It
The Strokes
July 30, 2001
Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement
April 20, 1992
Doggerel
Pixies
September 30, 2022
Real Estate
Real Estate
November 17, 2009
Sonic Death
Sonic Youth
January 2, 1984
Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Deerhunter
May 18, 2009
When You See Yourself
Kings Of Leon
March 5, 2021
This Leaden Pall
Half Man Half Biscuit
October 25, 1993
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
January 23, 2006
Melophobia
Cage the Elephant
October 8, 2013
Intimacy
Bloc Party
August 21, 2008
Marauder
Interpol
August 24, 2018
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix
May 25, 2009
A State of Grace
The House of Love
September 16, 2022
Empire (Kasabian album)
Kasabian
August 28, 2006
The Invisible Way
Low
March 19, 2013
Distractions
Tindersticks
February 19, 2021
Building Nothing Out of Something
Modest Mouse
January 18, 2000
Golden Greats
Ian Brown
November 8, 1999
Megalithic Symphony
Awolnation
March 15, 2011
Call the Comet
Johnny Marr
June 15, 2018
A Black Mile to the Surface
Manchester Orchestra
July 21, 2017
Lost in the Dream
The War on Drugs
March 18, 2014
A Hundred Million Suns
Snow Patrol
October 24, 2008
Different Days
The Charlatans
May 26, 2017
You Are the Quarry
Morrissey
May 17, 2004
Pink Elephant
Arcade Fire
May 9, 2025
Soup
The Housemartins and The Beautiful South
November 23, 2007
20 Mothers
Julian Cope
August 28, 1995
The Stand Ins
Okkervil River
September 9, 2008
Urban Hymns
The Verve
September 29, 1997
The Love That's Ours
The Big Pink
September 30, 2022
Gargoyle (album)
Mark Lanegan
April 28, 2017
This Stupid World
Yo La Tengo
February 10, 2023
Different Pulses
Asaf Avidan
January 28, 2013
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
November 18, 1985
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
January 26, 2009
Prince of Tears (album)
Baxter Dury
October 27, 2017
Total Life Forever
Foals
May 10, 2010
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
April 18, 2000
The National
The National
October 30, 2001
Shotter's Nation
Babyshambles
October 1, 2007
4:13 Dream
The Cure
October 27, 2008
Wet Leg (album)
Wet Leg
April 8, 2022
Dung 4
Inspiral Carpets
May 6, 1989
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (soundtrack)
Pharrell Williams
April 18, 2014
Little Fictions
Elbow
February 3, 2017
Mobile Safari
The Pastels
February 9, 1995
In Dream
Editors
October 2, 2015
Perfect from Now On
Built To Spill
January 28, 1997
23 (Blonde Redhead album)
Blonde Redhead
April 10, 2007
Dry
PJ Harvey
March 30, 1992
Showbiz
Muse
September 7, 1999
We Need Medicine
The Fratellis
October 7, 2013
Pinkerton
Weezer
September 24, 1996
Congregation
The Afghan Whigs
January 31, 1992
8 (Incubus album)
Incubus
April 21, 2017
Brutalism
Idles
March 10, 2017
The Stone Roses (album)
The Stone Roses
May 2, 1989
Blur: The Best Of
Blur
October 30, 2000
Not Accepted Anywhere
The Automatic
June 19, 2006
Parachutes (Coldplay album)
Coldplay
July 10, 2000
Pocket Revolution
Deus
September 12, 2005
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
November 20, 2001
The Bends
Radiohead
March 13, 1995
The Modern Age
Sleeper
March 22, 2019
Up the Bracket
The Libertines
October 14, 2002
FFS (album)
FFS
June 8, 2015
Sumday
Grandaddy
May 13, 2003
Dear Science
TV on the Radio
September 16, 2008
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
February 11, 1985
The Beauty and the Chaos
EMF
January 26, 2024
Night Light
White Lies
November 7, 2025
Go to School
The Lemon Twigs
August 24, 2018
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer
April 18, 2014
The Obvious Identity
Cardiacs
June 21, 1980
Hideous Bastard
Oliver Sim
September 9, 2022
Capacity
Big Thief
June 9, 2017
Innerspeaker
Tame Impala
May 21, 2010
Life
Boy George and Culture Club
October 26, 2018
Cool It Down
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
September 30, 2022
Quiet and Peace
Buffalo Tom
March 2, 2018
One Foot in the Grave
Beck
June 27, 1994
The Singles (The Bluetones album)
The Bluetones
April 8, 2002
I See You
The xx
January 13, 2017
Last Splash
The Breeders
August 30, 1993
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
The Housemartins
September 21, 1987
The Argument
Fugazi
October 16, 2001
The White Stripes Greatest Hits
The White Stripes
December 4, 2020
Painting It Red
The Beautiful South
October 9, 2000
Inner Autumn Outer Space
Mercury Rev
December 4, 2012
A Hero's Death
Fontaines D.C.
July 31, 2020
Coriky (album)
Coriky
June 12, 2020
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
January 24, 2005
Good Feeling
Travis
September 8, 1997
Let It Be
The Replacements
October 2, 1984
Lungs
Florence And The Machine
July 3, 2009
From the Soil to the Soul
Tommy Guerrero
October 10, 2006
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
July 27, 1993
Come On Die Young
Mogwai
March 29, 1999
Destination Anywhere (Jon Bon Jovi album)
Bon Jovi
June 16, 1997
The Menace
Elastica
April 3, 2000
Drawn from Memory
Embrace
March 27, 2000
Universal Themes
Sun Kil Moon
June 2, 2015
Earth, Sun, Moon
Love and Rockets
September 9, 1987
Downtown Rockers
Tom Tom Club
September 11, 2012
Atlas
Real Estate
March 4, 2014
Comedown Machine
The Strokes
March 26, 2013
Bizarro
The Wedding Present
October 23, 1989
Watusi
The Wedding Present
September 12, 1994
Suck It and See
Arctic Monkeys
June 6, 2011
Microcastle
Deerhunter
August 19, 2008
Beyond (Dinosaur Jr. album)
Dinosaur Jr.
May 1, 2007
Four
Bloc Party
August 20, 2012
Mean Everything to Nothing
Manchester Orchestra
April 21, 2009
She Paints Words in Red
The House of Love
April 9, 2013
The Fruit That Ate Itself
Modest Mouse
May 13, 1997
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
August 3, 2010
Songs for Polarbears
Snow Patrol
August 31, 1998
Future This
The Big Pink
January 11, 2012
There's a Riot Going On
Yo La Tengo
March 16, 2018
Days Run Away
The House of Love
December 19, 2005
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
Snow Patrol
March 5, 2001
Sad Sappy Sucker
Modest Mouse
April 24, 2001
The Moon & Antarctica
Modest Mouse
June 13, 2000
Humbug
Arctic Monkeys
August 19, 2009
Keep It Like a Secret
Built To Spill
February 2, 1999
The Weight of Your Love
Editors
June 28, 2013
XO
Elliott Smith
August 25, 1998
Interpol (album)
Interpol
September 7, 2010
The Curtain Hits the Cast
Low
August 13, 1996
The Cure(album)
The Cure
June 25, 2004
The Night Chancers
Baxter Dury
March 20, 2020
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
The National
September 2, 2003
Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
Yo La Tengo
December 12, 2006
Hope
Manchester Orchestra
September 16, 2014
Wagonwheel Blues (album)
The War on Drugs
June 19, 2008
Our Love to Admire
Interpol
July 10, 2007
Build a Rocket Boys!
Elbow
March 4, 2011
Julie Doiron / Okkervil River
Okkervil River
July 23, 2003
Alligator
The National
April 12, 2005
Silent Alarm Remixed
Bloc Party
August 29, 2005
No Treasure but Hope
Tindersticks
November 15, 2019
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
December 14, 1987
Interstate 8 (EP)
Modest Mouse
August 6, 1996
Fake Can Be Just as Good
Blonde Redhead
March 11, 1997
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
October 18, 1988
Baron von Bullshit Rides Again
Modest Mouse
April 13, 2004
Playland
Johnny Marr
October 6, 2014
Fakebook
Yo La Tengo
July 14, 1990
I Am Very Far
Okkervil River
May 10, 2011
The Ballad of Darren
Blur
July 21, 2023
I Am Easy to Find
The National
January 5, 1900
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
April 26, 1993
Take Fountain
The Wedding Present
February 14, 2005
American Water
Silver Jews
October 20, 1998
Turn On the Bright Lights
Interpol
August 19, 2002
Claire Denis Film Scores 1996–2009
Tindersticks
April 26, 2011
An End Has a Start
Editors
June 25, 2007
Days
Real Estate
October 18, 2011
In the Rainbow Rain
Okkervil River
April 27, 2018
Here Come the Runts
Awolnation
February 2, 2018
Costello Music
The Fratellis
September 11, 2006
The New Abnormal
The Strokes
April 10, 2020
Beneath the Boardwalk
Arctic Monkeys
December 23, 2004
Slave Ambient
The War on Drugs
August 16, 2011
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Modest Mouse
March 20, 2007
Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Dinosaur Jr.
August 5, 2016
The Main Thing
Real Estate
February 28, 2020
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
February 9, 2004
Under the Western Freeway
Grandaddy
October 21, 1997
Music of the Spheres
Ian Brown
October 1, 2001
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
Deerhunter
January 18, 2019
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Yo La Tengo
February 22, 2000
Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
Arctic Monkeys
April 24, 2006
Ancient Melodies of the Future
Built To Spill
July 10, 2001
No One's First, and You're Next
Modest Mouse
August 4, 2009
Seeds
TV on the Radio
November 18, 2014
In Mind
Real Estate
March 17, 2017
Arcade Fire (EP)
Arcade Fire
June 15, 2003
Silent Alarm
Bloc Party
February 2, 2005
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
October 31, 1988
Remixes of the Spheres
Ian Brown
November 26, 2002
Greatest Hits
Inspiral Carpets
October 27, 2003
I Bet on Sky
Dinosaur Jr.
September 18, 2012
I Don't Live Here Anymore
The War on Drugs
October 29, 2021
May I Sing with Me
Yo La Tengo
February 28, 1992
Terror Twilight
Pavement
June 8, 1999
The Waiting Room
Tindersticks
December 21, 2016
Strangers to Ourselves
Modest Mouse
March 17, 2015
President Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
March 21, 1989
Going, Going...
The Wedding Present
September 2, 2016
Cope (Manchester Orchestra album)
Manchester Orchestra
April 1, 2014
Final Straw
Snow Patrol
August 4, 2003
The Silver Gymnasium
Okkervil River
September 3, 2013
A Brief History of Love
The Big Pink
September 14, 2009
Cammell Laird Social Club
Half Man Half Biscuit
September 23, 2002
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
June 16, 1986
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kasabian
June 5, 2009
Gold Shadow
Asaf Avidan
January 12, 2015
Sweep It Into Space
Dinosaur Jr.
April 23, 2021
El Pintor
Interpol
September 8, 2014
The Take Off and Landing of Everything
Elbow
March 10, 2014
Angles
The Strokes
March 18, 2011
Down the River of Golden Dreams
Okkervil River
September 2, 2003
Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?
Modest Mouse
December 21, 1994
The House of Love (1988 album)
The House Of Love
May 16, 1988
To Lose My Life...
White Lies
January 19, 2009
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Arctic Monkeys
December 4, 2020
Misery Is a Butterfly
Blonde Redhead
March 15, 2004
Show Your Bones
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
March 28, 2006
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Silver Jews
June 17, 2008
Anthems for Doomed Youth
The Libertines
September 11, 2015
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Franz Ferdinand
August 26, 2013
The Million Masks of God
Manchester Orchestra
April 30, 2021
Vantage Point
Deus
April 18, 2008
Ultimate Alternative Wavers
Built To Spill
May 1, 1993
Fade
Yo La Tengo
January 15, 2013
Tanglewood Numbers
Silver Jews
October 18, 2005
Head Carrier
Pixies
September 30, 2016
You in Reverse
Built To Spill
April 11, 2006
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse
April 6, 2004
Sophtware Slump ..... On a Wooden Piano
Grandaddy
November 20, 2020
Antidotes (album)
Foals
March 24, 2008
Beneath the Eyrie
Pixies
September 13, 2019
Either/Or
Elliott Smith
February 25, 1997
Blur 21
Blur
July 30, 2012
Weezer (Blue Album)
Weezer
May 10, 1994
I Get Along EP
The Libertines
September 1, 2003
Cage the Elephant (album)
Cage the Elephant
June 23, 2008
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
Foals
March 8, 2019
Trouble Will Find Me
The National
January 3, 1900
Black Sheep Boy Appendix
Okkervil River
November 22, 2005
Fever Dreams
Johnny Marr
February 25, 2022
The Black EP
Interpol
August 26, 2003
Just Like the Fambly Cat
Grandaddy
May 9, 2006
Always Ascending
Franz Ferdinand
February 9, 2018
Giants of All Sizes
Elbow
October 11, 2019
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
July 3, 2001
Len Parrot's Memorial Lift
Baxter Dury
July 29, 2002
Seamonsters
The Wedding Present
May 27, 1991
Blur
Blur
February 10, 1997
Secret Name
Low
March 30, 1999
Damage and Joy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
March 24, 2017
Untethered Moon
Built To Spill
April 18, 2015
Double Infinity
Big Thief
September 5, 2025
Saturnalia
The Wedding Present
September 9, 1996
The Greatest (Ian Brown album)
Ian Brown
September 12, 2005
The Beast Inside
Inspiral Carpets
April 22, 1991
Glasgow Eyes
The Jesus And Mary Chain
March 22, 2024
The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse
November 18, 1997
Her (score)
Arcade Fire
March 19, 2021
Last Place
Grandaddy
March 3, 2017
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Yo La Tengo
September 12, 2006
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Yo La Tengo
April 22, 1997
Capacity (album)
Big Thief
June 9, 2017
It's a Pleasure
Baxter Dury
October 20, 2014
Wowee Zowee
Pavement
April 11, 1995
Complex Party Come Along Theories
Grandaddy
November 20, 1994
The Libertines (album)
The Libertines
August 30, 2004
Holy Fire
Foals
February 11, 2013
What Went Down
Foals
August 28, 2015
Boomslang
Johnny Marr
February 4, 2003
There Is No Enemy
Built To Spill
October 6, 2009
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
March 5, 2007
You Could Have It So Much Better
Franz Ferdinand
September 28, 2005
Keep You Close
Deus
September 17, 2011
A New Athens (album)
The Bluetones
May 31, 2010
Who We Touch
The Charlatans
September 6, 2010
Hits to the Head
Franz Ferdinand
March 11, 2022
Hymns
Bloc Party
January 29, 2016
The Valley of Vision
Manchester Orchestra
March 10, 2023
U.F.O.F.
Big Thief
May 3, 2019
High Violet
The National
January 3, 1900
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Modest Mouse
April 16, 1996
xx (The xx album)
The xx
August 14, 2009
The Smiths
The Smiths
February 20, 1984
Unexplained (EP)
EMF
April 20, 1992
BBC Sessions
Tindersticks
December 29, 2007
The Sophtware Slump
Grandaddy
May 29, 2000
Heaven Born and Ever Bright
Cardiacs
May 15, 1992
Ritual
White Lies
January 17, 2011
Years of Refusal
Morrissey
February 16, 2009
A Fine Mess (EP)
Interpol
May 17, 2019
Violence
Editors
March 9, 2018
Night on the Sun
Modest Mouse
December 20, 2000
Antics
Interpol
September 27, 2004
Flying Dream 1
Elbow
November 19, 2021
Big TV
White Lies
August 12, 2013
Tear the Signs Down
The Automatic
March 8, 2010
Stuff Like That There
Yo La Tengo
August 28, 2015
AM
Arctic Monkeys
September 9, 2013
Popular Songs
Yo La Tengo
September 8, 2009
The Magic Whip
Blur
April 27, 2015
A Weekend in the City
Bloc Party
January 24, 2007
Room on Fire
The Strokes
October 21, 2003
There's Nothing Wrong with Love
Built To Spill
September 13, 1994
New Wave Hot Dogs
Yo La Tengo
June 20, 1987
As I Try Not to Fall Apart
White Lies
February 18, 2022
The Eternal (album)
Sonic Youth
June 9, 2009
Fallen Empires
Snow Patrol
November 11, 2011
Wildness
Snow Patrol
May 25, 2018
Laugh Track
The National
January 1, 2023
The Winding Sheet
Mark Lanegan
May 30, 1990
Floor Show
Baxter Dury
September 27, 2005
First Impressions of Earth
The Strokes
December 30, 2005
Electr-O-Pura
Yo La Tengo
May 2, 1995
It's Never Been Like That
Phoenix
May 15, 2006
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pavement
February 14, 1994
Walls
Kings Of Leon
October 14, 2016
Brighten the Corners
Pavement
February 11, 1997
Black Sheep Boy
Okkervil River
April 5, 2005
The Golden Casket
Modest Mouse
June 25, 2021
Blonde Redhead (album)
Blonde Redhead
July 19, 1994
Interpol (EP)
Interpol
June 4, 2002
Devil Hopping
Inspiral Carpets
March 7, 1994
We (Arcade Fire album)
Arcade Fire
May 6, 2022
Thank You, Happy Birthday
Cage the Elephant
January 11, 2011
Masterpiece (Big Thief album)
Big Thief
May 27, 2016
The Ideal Crash
dEUS
March 16, 1999
When the Wind Forgets Your Name
Built To Spill
September 9, 2022
The Dream
Alt-J
February 11, 2022
Down in Albion
Babyshambles
November 14, 2005
Funeral
Arcade Fire
September 14, 2004