Best Indie Pop / Rock Bands

The Top Ten
1 The Arcana The Arcana are a British rock band formed in 2016 in London, England. The band consists of Peter Lennodo (vocals, guitars and keyboards), Jack Aquiziac (vocals, bass guitar and keyboards) and Joey Silverheel (drums and percussion).

They have released four studio albums: Pastel Painted People In Candy Coloured Crowds (2023), Mesmer Theatre (2020), Lemon Freddy Phantom Of The Sky (2017) and Tomorrow Is Yesterday (2016). They have released three singles: Ghostwriter (2016), Lemon Freddy (2018) and Wishes Last Forever (2019). ...read more.

The Arcana are awesome. Lemon Freddy Phantom Of The Sky is a god-like album.

This is my favourite band. I've been following them from the beginning of 2017.

The Arcana is definitely one of the best bands the UK has produced for sometime.

Tomorrow Is Yesterday Can't be touched NO-WAY.

2 Never Shout Never

I'm in love with this band I could listen to em all day!

Their music puts me in a really good mood

3 Elf Power

This indie rock band begun in Athens Georgia and its Amazing

4 Wolf Parade
5 Metric

This band is amazing, its better than Kenickie (another indie band)

6 Bastille Bastille are an English indie pop band formed in 2010. The group began as a solo project by singer Dan Smith, who later decided to form a band. Beside Smith, the four-piece consists of Chris Wood, Will Farquarson, and Kyle Simmons.

Yes. They should be 1.

7 Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock/indie rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name.
8 Fun. Fun is an American indie pop band based in New York City. It was formed by Nate Ruess, former lead singer of The Format, with Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train.

They are influenced by Queen. They have some potential

9 Of Monsters and Men Of Monsters and Men is a five-member, English-language, indie folk-pop band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2010.

I've loved of monsters and men since 2012, so for 3 years I've loved them. I saw them in concert and cried because I've wanted to see them for so long. by the way, they're really good live!

10 Slint
The Contenders
11 Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland in 2003. Its members and founders are Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin, and Geologist.
12 Passenger Michael David Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English singer-songwriter and musician.

Not really a band. Mike Rosenberg had a band called "Passenger". But he's more famous for his solo career.

13 Nothing But Thieves
14 Kenickie

This band is pretty good but its not the best

15 Tegan and Sara Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie pop band formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta, composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin. Both musicians are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. The pair have released eight studio albums and numerous EPs.
16 Eleventh Dream Day
17 Passion Pit

Their songs are amazing!

18 The Kooks The Kooks are an English rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The band currently consists of Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Alexis Nunez, and Peter Denton. The original bassist was Max Rafferty, and the founding drummer was Paul Garred.
19 The Hunna
20 Foster The People Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. It currently consists of lead vocalist Mark Foster, lead guitarist Sean Cimino, keyboardist Isom Innis, and drummer Mark Pontius.
21 Stars

Listen to the album simply red, this should be up there right along with elf power and wolf parade

22 Alive Way
23 Echosmith Echosmith is an American indie pop band formed in February 2009 in Chino, California. The band is composed of four siblings: Graham, Sydney, Noah, and Jamie Sierota. Echosmith started first as "Ready Set Go!" until they signed to Warner Bros. Records in May 2012.They are best known for their hit song ...read more.
24 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
25 XY&O
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