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...
Genre20 Artists
Indie Rock
The best indie-rock artists featured on Release Wave
Nº 01Index
Artists
Power Pop
Watashi Wa
Watashi Wa is the San Luis Obispo power-pop band led by singer and songwriter Seth Roberts, best known for 2003's Tooth & Nail favorite The Love of Life . Now with Lost i...
Power Pop
pushbike
Exeter, UK indie-rock band pushbike bring together second-wave emo, noisy power pop and ’90s alternative guitar music, drawing on the melodic pull of Teenage Fanclub and...
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...
Indie Rock
Left On Film
Left On Film is the new indie rock project from Brooklyn-bred, Bay Area-based songwriter Robert Abel — stacked guitars, layered synths, and a NYC-meets-Britain sensibilit...
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...
Indie Rock
popfree
Orange County emo band popfree pair melodic indie rock with a post-hardcore edge, drawing from bands like No Knife and The Jazz June. Their seven-track full-length Overt...
Indie Rock
The War On Drugs
Philadelphia's The War On Drugs have spent two decades stretching heartland rock into something hazier and more searching, with Adam Granduciel the one constant at the ce...
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...
Punk
Strange Birds
Louisville post-punk/indie rock trio featuring members of Boys Life, Canyon, The Farewell Bend, Blue Collar Revenge Theory, The Muckrakers and more. Their debut LP Little...
Indie Rock
Pet Fox
Boston indie rock trio Pet Fox pair textured guitars, understated hooks and emotionally detailed songwriting with a restless live-band energy. Featuring members of Ovlov...
Indie Rock
The Republic of Wolves
The Republic of Wolves are a New York indie rock/emo band whose music moves between atmospheric alternative rock, post-hardcore and emotionally charged guitar music. The...
Power Pop
Dazy
Dazy is the Richmond, Virginia solo project of musician and producer James Goodson, pairing huge power-pop hooks with fuzzed-out guitars, drum-machine punch and increasin...
Indie Rock
Menderbug
Menderbug is an emerging Swedish alternative rock, shoegaze and post rock duo based in the rural region of southern Sweden, near the Malmö area.Band . Formed by musicians...
Power Pop
Jawdropped
Los Angeles quartet Jawdropped pair '90s-minded jangly indie and alternative guitar rock with power-pop hooks and a ragged alt-country streak. Their debut album Secret To...
Indie Rock
Fraternal Twin
New York slowcore and indie-rock project led by Tom Christie, joined by Marco Spodek, Mariah Houston, and Forrest Philpot. Fraternal Twin pairs shimmering guitars and gla...
Indie Rock
Fontaines D.C.
Fontaines D.C. are a Dublin-formed five-piece featuring Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums...
Indie Rock
wakelee
Brooklyn trio wakelee pair indie rock, emo, and alternative rock with lived-in songwriting and big melodic hooks. Their second album, under construction forever , arrives...
Indie Rock
Celebration Guns
Arizona emo and math rock band Celebration Guns pair intricate guitars and shifting rhythms with melodic indie-rock hooks. Their sophomore LP, What Keeps Us Coming Back ...