Indie Rock
The Still Out
New York City shoegaze and indie rock band The Still Out pair layered, angular guitars with soaring melodies and post-punk dynamics. Formed by producers Josh Stoddard and...
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Alternative Rock
The best alternative-rock artists featured on Release Wave
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Shoegaze
Modern Daze
Modern Daze is an alternative rock band from Tacoma, Washington, built around heavy guitar textures, melodic hooks, and the kind of emotional push-and-pull that sits comf...
Indie Rock
Dogs Run Free
Cleveland duo Dogs Run Free pair angular alternative rock with dance-ready punk rhythms, sharp hooks, and an off-kilter melodic streak. Their sound pulls from artists inc...
Shoegaze
Semaphore
Semaphore is a Brooklyn-based post-shoegaze band known for blending the atmospheric, moody sounds of shoegaze with the heaviness and urgency of post-hardcore. Led by Sidd...
Power Pop
Teenage Fanclub
Formed in Glasgow in 1989, Teenage Fanclub built a lasting catalog around melodic guitars, close harmonies, and the complementary songwriting of Norman Blake and Raymond...
Indie Rock
Sleep In.
Sleep In. are an indie-emo band from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, pairing mathy guitar work and smooth harmonies with the direct pull of alternative rock. Their third full...
Brit Pop
Bloc Party
London indie rock band Bloc Party pair wiry post-punk guitars with dance-punk momentum and an increasingly expansive electronic edge. Their seventh album, Anatomy of a Br...
Emo
Sowing
Massachusetts rock band Sowing pair melodic emo and post-hardcore intensity with the heavy, emotionally frayed pull of Title Fight, Superheaven, Fiddlehead and label mate...
Grunge
Sunbleached
Brisbane five-piece Sunbleached channel ’90s grunge, alternative rock and emotionally charged emo in the vein of Citizen, Basement and Nothing. Their Fletcher Matthews-pr...
Emo
MyVeronica
MyVeronica is a Los Angeles emotional rock band that began as the solo project of singer and guitarist Mia Lin before expanding into a four-piece. The group uses loud gui...
Indie Rock
Slow Fiction
Slow Fiction are a New York City five-piece featuring vocalist Julia Vassallo, guitarists Paul Knepple and Joseph Skimmons, bassist Ryan Duffin, and drummer Akiva Henig...
Hardcore
Recollection
Recollection began as a collaboration between vocalist Josh Hynes of Rude Awakening and Hammer Bros and guitarist Joshua Long, whose credits include Skinhead, Criminal In...
Emo
Khamsin
Khamsin is a rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, centered around the songwriting of vocalist Jacob Curry. With bassist Cole Harrison, drummer Caleb Pierce, and guitarist...
Indie Rock
The Strokes
The Strokes are a New York City rock band built around Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. Their 2001 debut Is Th...
Emo
ME.
ME. is a new independent rock band featuring former Taking Back Sunday members Mark O’Connell and Eddie Reyes, alongside vocalist/guitarist Mike Jansen and bassist Neal A...
Power Pop
Hurry
Philadelphia power-pop band Hurry pairs jangly hooks, fuzzed-out guitars, and early-’90s indie rock warmth. Led by Matt Scottoline, the band returns with Zoned Out , out...
Punk
HOLSMAN
HOLSMAN is a Chicago indie-punk band led by Ryan Holsman and Dan Tinkler. Their sound lands between the bruised, big-chorus punk of The Menzingers and Against Me! and the...
Shoegaze
Slow Degrade
Slow Degrade are a heavy-shoegaze four-piece from Mobile, Alabama, welding grunge and post-hardcore weight onto walls of reverbed guitar. Formed in 2022 around vocalist S...
Power Pop
Johnny Foreigner
Johnny Foreigner are a Birmingham, UK indie rock band known for tangled guitars, fast-moving hooks, and shout-along dual vocals. The current lineup features Alexei Berrow...
Punk Rock
Jared Hart
Jared Hart has been a steady presence in the New Jersey alternative and punk world for more than two decades, writing songs that sit at the crossroads of rough-edged hear...