Shoegaze
Prize Horse
Minneapolis trio Prize Horse blend grunge, shoegaze, emo and alternative rock into a heavy, atmospheric sound. Following their 2024 debut album Under Sound , the band sig...
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Alternative Rock
The best alternative-rock artists featured on Release Wave
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Grungegaze
Slow Degrade
Slow Degrade are a four-piece from Mobile, Alabama, blending grungegaze atmosphere with the thick guitars, nu-metal rhythms and melodic hooks of heavy alternative rock. T...
Emo
New Vision
Hudson Valley rock band blending alternative rock, post-hardcore and emo with grungy guitars and melody. Their LP Can’t Leave With Less arrives December 4, 2026 via Paper...
Indie Rock
Hillsboro
Hillsboro are a Vancouver five-piece blending emo and alternative rock with lo-fi folk and electronic textures. Their new EP, this is me if i was you , arrives November 1...
Indie Rock
Pave The Rocket
St. Louis band Pave The Rocket blend melodic alternative rock, angular indie/emo rock, post-hardcore and noise rock. Their shelved 1998 sessions return as The Lost Album...
Indie Rock
Yummm
Yummm is Los Angeles musician Matty Bedrosian’s recording project, moving between intimate bedroom pop, distorted alternative rock and slowcore. For fans of Alex G, DIIV...
Grungegaze
Siilk
Formed in Kansas City in 2022, Siilk fuse the grit of ’90s grunge and heavy alternative rock with the atmospheric textures of shoegaze, nu-metal grooves, and post-hardcor...
Shoegaze
Mirrortalk
Birmingham, UK four-piece Mirrortalk mix post-hardcore, grunge and shoegaze into heavy, melodic alt rock. After the I Didn't Mean To Make It This Far and Rest Assured EPs...
Shoegaze
Sidewave
Denver project Sidewave pairs heavy, layered guitars with soaring melody, shoegaze atmosphere and widescreen space-rock dynamics. Led by songwriter and multi-instrumental...
Dream Pop
smush
Brooklyn-based shoegaze band smush pair hazy, melodic guitars with noise-rock weight and increasingly adventurous electronic production. Their second album, i’ll always w...
Noise Rock
Death From Above 1979
Toronto duo Death From Above 1979 turn bass, drums and distortion into a tense collision of dance-punk, noise rock and garage-rock force. Their fifth album, Private Lives...
Pop Punk
Commoner
Arizona emo/alternative band Commoner pair raw post-hardcore intensity with atmospheric guitars, soaring melody and emotionally direct songwriting. Their debut album Form...
Dream Pop
Deux Visages
Philadelphia-based trio Deux Visages pair dream-pop atmosphere and shoegaze texture with sharp indie-rock dynamics and emotionally direct songwriting. Featuring Daphney H...
Shoegaze
Glittermouth
Formed in Peoria, Illinois by Chris Bayless and Jacob Heflin, Glittermouth play heavy, atmospheric alternative rock that pulls grungegaze and shoegaze into alternative me...
Power Pop
Wavves
Wavves is the San Diego alternative rock project led by singer, songwriter and producer Nathan Williams. Since emerging in 2008, the band has built its sound around blown...
Indie Rock
Underlined Passages
Baltimore indie rock band Underlined Passages pairs layered guitars and shoegaze haze with a strong melodic core, drawing on touchstones including Nada Surf, American Foo...
Shoegaze
Dosser
Dosser are a Baltimore, Maryland alternative rock band whose sound pulls from the heavier side of ’90s alternative, grunge and shoegaze, pairing thick, layered guitars wi...
Shoegaze
Sleepwalk
Chicago’s Sleepwalk pair shoegaze haze and ’90s alternative rock weight with the urgency of post-hardcore, drawing comparisons to Hum, Failure and Quicksand. Their fourth...
Indie Rock
Deer Leap
Deer Leap are an emo band from Windham, New Hampshire, formed in 2009. The current lineup is Chet Morrison on bass, Dustin Sciacca on drums, Keith Galvin on guitar, vocal...
Shoegaze
Day Aches
Day Aches are a DC/VA-area heavy alternative rock band blending grunge, shoegaze, nü metal and post-hardcore with thick distorted guitars, gauzy melodies and heavy groove...