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indie pop
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Indie pop is a melodic, guitar-driven genre that blends catchy pop songwriting with the DIY ethos of independent music scenes. Emerging in the 1980s as an alternative to mainstream pop, it features jangly guitars, introspective lyrics, and often a lo-fi aesthetic. The genre values artistic authenticity and creative experimentation over commercial polish.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 |  |
1980 | Marina | The Family Jewels |
| 93 |  |
1984-02-20 | The Smiths | The Smiths |
| 25 |  |
1984-11-12 | The Smiths | Hatful of Hollow |
| 82 |  |
1986-06-16 | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead |
| 61 |  |
1996 | The Cardigans | First Band On The Moon (Remastered) |
| 17 | 1996-06-06 | Belle and Sebastian | Tigermilk | |
| 35 | 1996-11-18 | Belle and Sebastian | If You're Feeling Sinister | |
| 20 |  |
1998 | Belle and Sebastian | The Boy With the Arab Strap |
| 37 |  |
1998 | Eden | I Think You Think Too Much of Me |
| 42 | 2001-06-19 | The Shins | Oh, Inverted World | |
| 52 |  |
2003-02-18 | The Postal Service | Give Up |
| 27 |  |
2003-10-06 | Belle and Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress |
| 21 |  |
2004-09-14 | Stars | Set Yourself on Fire |
| 11 |  |
2005 | The Killers | Mr Brightside |
| 16 | 2006-02-06 | Belle and Sebastian | The Life Pursuit | |
| 32 |  |
2007-01-23 | of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? |
| 69 | 2007-04-23 | Feist | The Reminder | |
| 19 |  |
2007-07-24 | Tegan and Sara | The Con |
| 60 |  |
2007-08-06 | Kate Nash | Made of Bricks |
| 76 |  |
2008-05-16 | The Ting Tings | We Started Nothing |
| 54 |  |
2009-01-01 | Miike Snow | Miike Snow |
| 1 | 2009-01-20 | Matt & Kim | Grand | |
| 46 | 2009-05-19 | Passion Pit | Manners | |
| 41 | 2009-06-13 | Florence + the Machine | Lungs | |
| 72 | 2009-08-14 | The xx | xx | |
| 34 |  |
2010 | Ellie Goulding | An Introduction to Ellie Goulding EP |
| 24 | 2010-02-08 | Yeasayer | Odd Blood | |
| 64 |  |
2010-03-05 | Broken Bells | Broken Bells |
| 85 | 2010-03-14 | ROAR | I Can't Handle Change | |
| 26 |  |
2010-06-04 | The Drums | The Drums |
| 56 |  |
2010-09-06 | The Naked and Famous | Passive Me, Aggressive You |
| 51 | 2011-02-11 | Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | |
| 67 | 2011-04-08 | Metronomy | The English Riviera | |
| 98 | 2011-05-23 | Foster the People | Torches | |
| 31 |  |
2011-05-30 | Cults | Cults |
| 75 |  |
2011-09-01 | The Drums | Portamento |
| 86 |  |
2011-09-20 | Of Monsters and Men | My Head Is an Animal |
| 6 | 2011-10-17 | Real Estate | Days | |
| 84 |  |
2012-01-21 | fun. | Some Nights |
| 81 | 2012-01-24 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die - The Paradise Edition | |
| 10 | 2012-02-28 | ROAR | I'm Not Here To Make Friends | |
| 58 | 2012-05-28 | alt-J | An Awesome Wave | |
| 45 | 2012-07-20 | Passion Pit | Gossamer | |
| 87 | 2012-10-16 | Mac DeMarco | 2 | |
| 79 | 2012-12-26 | Twenty One Pilots | Vessel | |
| 7 | 2013-01-22 | Foxygen | We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic | |
| 92 |  |
2013-04-19 | The Neighbourhood | I Love You. |
| 68 |  |
2013-05-06 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City |
| 39 | 2013-05-31 | Milky Chance | Sadnecessary | |
| 28 |  |
2013-09-27 | HAIM | Days Are Gone |
| 97 | 2013-09-27 | Lorde | Pure Heroine | |
| 66 |  |
2013-10-11 | Cults | Static |
| 29 | 2013-12-06 | Charli XCX | SuperLove | |
| 8 | 2014-02-18 | Phantogram | Voices | |
| 15 |  |
2014-03-14 | Foster the People | Supermodel |
| 90 | 2014-06-05 | TV Girl | French Exit | |
| 4 | 2014-07-11 | Bleachers | Strange Desire | |
| 65 |  |
2014-07-22 | Alvvays | Alvvays |
| 47 |  |
2014-11-28 | The walters | Songs for Dads |
| 89 |  |
2015 | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface |
| 3 |  |
2015-10-02 | The 1975 | Happiness |
| 63 |  |
2015-10-16 | BØRNS | Dopamine |
| 83 |  |
2016-02-26 | Ed Sheeran | The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) |
| 96 |  |
2016-02 | TV Girl | Who Really Cares |
| 78 |  |
2016-04-01 | Ricky Montgomery | Montgomery Ricky |
| 57 |  |
2017-05-19 | Lauv | I Like Me Better |
| 49 |  |
2017-06-16 | Portugal. The Man | Woodstock |
| 13 |  |
2017-07-14 | Japanese Breakfast | Soft Sounds From Another Planet |
| 43 |  |
2017-09-08 | Alvvays | Antisocialites |
| 99 |  |
2017-10-11 | Rex Orange County | Loving Is Easy |
| 55 |  |
2017-11-03 | The Marías | Superclean, Vol. I |
| 23 |  |
2018-05-09 | Bastille | Quarter Past Midnight |
| 62 |  |
2018-06-04 | Jack Stauber's Micropop | Inchman / Two Time |
| 18 |  |
2018-06-08 | Lykke Li | So sad so sexy |
| 80 |  |
2018-08-10 | Clairo | diary 001 |
| 91 |  |
2018-08-17 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy |
| 30 |  |
2018-08-20 | Jack Stauber | Pop Food |
| 59 |  |
2018-10-05 | Twenty One Pilots | trench |
| 2 |  |
2018-10-15 | Lauv | I met you when I was 18. (the playlist) |
| 100 | 2018-11-20 | A$AP Rocky | Sundress | |
| 22 |  |
2019 | benee | FIRE ON MARZZ |
| 44 |  |
2019-06-07 | beabadoobee | Loveworm |
| 77 |  |
2019-06-07 | Dayglow | Fuzzybrain |
| 73 |  |
2019-08-02 | Clairo | Immunity |
| 40 |  |
2019-11-08 | Matt Maltese | Krystal |
| 94 |  |
2020-02-13 | Billie Eilish | no time to die |
| 38 |  |
2020-05-01 | TV Girl | The Night in Question: French Exit Outtakes |
| 9 |  |
2020-08-07 | Eyedress | Let's Skip to the Wedding |
| 88 |  |
2020-10-30 | Shelly | Shelly |
| 95 |  |
2021 | Current Joys | Kids |
| 36 |  |
2021-05-21 | Twenty One Pilots | Scaled And Icy |
| 48 |  |
2021-06-04 | Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee |
| 5 |  |
2022 | Will Wood | The Normal Album |
| 33 |  |
2022-06-29 | Men I Trust | Hard to Let Go |
| 71 |  |
2022-07-15 | beabadoobee | Beatopia |
| 74 |  |
2022-09-16 | Djo | DECIDE |
| 12 |  |
2024-03-29 | Yot Club | aquarium |
| 14 | 2024-05-24 | Twenty One Pilots | Clancy | |
| 50 |  |
2024-06-21 | Gracie Abrams | The Secret of Us (Deluxe) |
| 70 |  |
2024-06-21 | Gracie Abrams | The Secret Of Us |