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Indie Rock
My favorite Indie Rock songs from the past year.
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My favorite Indie Rock songs from the past year.
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PAPA drop “Ain’t It So” like a song that already knows the room. Hooky, sharp, and a little dangerous, it feels essential the second the drums hit.
Mystery Jets sound unexpectedly massive on “Someone Purer,” and that’s exactly why it lands now. The track arrives like a late-blooming favorite you somehow missed the first time, then can’t stop replaying.
Barcelona make Slipping Away feel immediate, like a track arriving fully formed from the next crate over. The hook lands fast and earns its place as the kind of song you keep cueing up before anyone else notices it.
Zulu Winter turn We Should Be Swimming into an instant alarm clock for the indie set. The track feels freshly arrived and oddly inevitable, the kind of song that makes a quiet room seem underdressed.
Arkells turn “Kiss Cam” into instant oxygen: a bright, bar-ready rocker that sounds made for summer speakers and sing-along windows rolled down. If you want a hook that lands fast and stays put, here it is.
Miles Kane hits “First of My Kind - 2013 Remastered Version” like a fresh collision of swagger and muscle. The track sounds big enough to elbow its way to the front of any playlist, and it arrives with the confidence of a song that already knows the chorus belongs to you.
Great Mountain Fire turn Late Lights into the kind of track that feels brand-new the second it hits. The hook lands fast, and suddenly it sounds like the song everybody should already know.
Between Borders makes “Free” feel like the song everyone should know today. The title alone lands like a dare, and the track sounds ready for a louder room than the one you are in.
Various Cruelties and Neon Truth land like a fresh single you somehow missed until now. The hook arrives fast, glossy, and a little reckless, which makes it feel bigger than the room playing it.
The Crookes land “Afterglow” like a fresh-cut single, all bright edges and zero wasted motion. The hook arrives fast, and suddenly the whole room feels a little more awake.
Matt and Kim hit "Let’s Go" like a burst of neon in a blackout. The track feels immediate, reckless, and impossible to ignore, which is exactly why it belongs in the front of the queue today.
Beat Club hits fast with “Something Better”, a compact rush that sounds ready to outrun the afternoon slump. New enough to feel urgent, catchy enough to feel inevitable.
Jonquil’s “It’s My Part” lands like a fresh secret with a hook that feels too sharp to ignore. The song sounds right now because it moves with confidence and keeps its edges bright.
The Walkmen turn "Heaven" into the kind of song that feels instantly bigger than the room you’re in. The hook lands clean and immediate, and it sounds like the rare indie single that could sneak onto any good station and stay there.
Morning Parade hit the sweet spot with "Headlights": bright, taut, and built to stick after one spin. Fresh ears should treat it like a single that already knows how to fill a room.
The Shins and "No Way Down" land like a clean break from the noise around you. James Mercer turns a sharp, uneasy thought into something instantly catchy, and that contrast makes it feel essential right now.
Wildlife Control lands Analog or Digital like a fresh offline-vs-online argument with hooks. The track feels essential because it sounds bigger than the tiny moment around it, and that’s exactly why it grabs now.
California Wives make “Purple” feel immediate: glossy, cool, and just a little dangerous. The song lands like a fresh favorite you hear once and keep chasing all afternoon.
WALK THE MOON turns “Tightrope” into the kind of song that feels too alive to ignore. Catchy, sharp, and already sounding bigger than the room around it, it lands like a fresh favorite you keep replaying.
The Joy Formidable hit like a band already playing larger rooms than reality allows, and Whirring feels impossible to ignore. The guitar surge and urgent pulse make it sound like the summer’s loudest secret, arriving fully formed.
Strange Talk turns Eskimo Boy into the kind of glossy indie-pop single that feels impossible to ignore. Hooks snap into place fast, and the whole thing sounds ready to break out of a car stereo before the chorus even lands.
