Shoegaze
MX LONELY
Brooklyn heavy alternative band MX LONELY fuse shoegaze, grunge, post-punk and hardcore into a dense, cathartic sound. Following 2026 debut album ALL MONSTERS , they retu...
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Post Punk
The best post-punk artists featured on Release Wave
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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...
Power Pop
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 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...
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...
Dream Pop
Devereux Scales
Devereux Scales are a five-piece from El Cerrito, California, assembled out of a couple of decades of East Bay band history — Fake French, Passing Lanes, Geisha Boys, and...
Indie Rock
Protomartyr
Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr pair Joe Casey’s sharply observed vocals with tense guitars, heavy rhythmic momentum, and dark humor. Their seventh album, Hotel Uso...
Emo
Gordon Withers
Maryland-based rock cellist Gordon Withers brings post-punk, post-hardcore and emo songs into a stripped-down cello setting. He performs with the J Robbins Band and New F...
Noise Rock
Porcelain
Austin post-hardcore / noise-rock four-piece in the lineage of Unwound and Drive Like Jehu.
Noise Rock
Wrong Man
Wrong Man are a Belgium post-hardcore band featuring members of Oathbreaker, Partisan and Rise And Fall. Their sound pulls from noisy, melodic ’90s post-hardcore and indi...
Indie Rock
Interpol
Interpol is an American rock band with a brooding, post-punk sound influenced by Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen. Known for their interlocking guitar lines and dis...
Dream Pop
Bantom Woods
Though relatively new as a project, Bantom Woods are far from newcomers. The group is comprised of longtime veterans of Austin’s indie rock ecosystem: Jeff Black, John Hu...
Noise Rock
Bleached Cross
Bleached Cross are a Chicago band pulling post-punk, industrial music, darkwave, blackened hardcore, and noise rock into something cold, heavy, and emotionally direct. Th...
Indie Rock
The Thermals
The Thermals, formed in Portland, Oregon, are an influential indie rock band known for their energetic, punk-infused sound and insightful lyrics. With a career spanning o...
Punk
Toilet Rats
Toilet Rats, hailing from Minneapolis and led by the enigmatic Thomas Rehbein, blends fuzz, synths, and moody '80s college rock to create a captivating sound that encompa...
Brit Pop
Keo
Some artists don’t ask permission, they just land in your gut and stay there. Rising London four-piece Keo have spent the past year proving they belong firmly in the latt...
Hardcore
Show Me The Body
Show Me the Body (SMTB) is a New York City post-hardcore band formed in 2009. The trio consists of Julian Cashwan Pratt (vocals/banjo), Harlan Steed (bass), and Nijol Ben...
Hardcore
Ceremony
Ceremony is an influential American punk rock band formed in 2005 in Rohnert Park, California. Celebrated for their fierce refusal to stay in one sonic lane, the band has...
Dream Pop
Waves Crashing
Waves Crashing is an Olympia, Washington-based alternative indie-rock trio formed in 2019, known for blending 80s/90s alt-rock nostalgia, shoegaze and dream pop textures...
Brit Pop
The Twilight Sad
Hailing from Scotland, The Twilight Sad are known for their emotive and atmospheric post-punk sound that perfectly blends elements of shoegaze and indie rock. Formed in 2...