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ohio

Last updated: Thu Oct 23 2025 03:11:36 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

"Ohio" represents the diverse independent music scene emerging from Ohio, characterized by lo-fi indie rock, experimental pop, and genre-blending alternative sounds. The style reflects the state's working-class ethos through DIY production ethics and unconventional songwriting approaches. Artists from this tradition often embrace raw authenticity over polish, creating music that challenges mainstream conventions while maintaining melodic accessibility.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
38		1977	Various Artists	F*ck it	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground rap	midwest rap # 62 cleveland # 73
73		1978	Rachel Sweet	Fool Around	american ohio
28		1978-10	Faze-O	Good Thang	funk ohio
49		1982	Slave	Visions Of The Lite	funk ohio
85		1982	The Waitresses	Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?	american new wave ohio post-punk
50		1987	Guided by Voices	Warp And Woof	american ohio
71		1987	Guided by Voices	Space Gun	american ohio
79		1987	Guided by Voices	Sandbox	american ohio
83		1987	Walk the Moon	Walk The Moon (Expanded Edition)	american ohio
80		1987-02-15	Guided by Voices	Devil Between My Toes	american ohio
76		1989	Guided by Voices	Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia	american ohio
88		1990	Guided by Voices	Same Place The Fly Got Smashed	american ohio
29		1990-12-11	Devo	Are We Not Men	alternative industrial midwest new wave ohio pop post-punk rock usa	midwest # 68
7		1991	Face Value	The Price of Maturity	cleveland hardcore ohio	cleveland # 47
22		1991	Over the Rhine	Best Of The IRS Years	alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual
44		1992	Over the Rhine	Patience	alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual
57		1992	Guided by Voices	Propeller	indie rock
89		1993	Guided by Voices	Vampire on Titus	american lo-fi noise pop noise rock ohio
14		1994	The Breeders	Sonic Ecstasy	alternative alternative rock indie rock ohio rock usa
12		1995	Overkill	Wrecking Your Neck - Live	cleveland concert live recording ohio thrash metal	concert # 46 cleveland # 50
77		1995-04-04	Guided by Voices	Alien Lanes	indie rock lo-fi	lo-fi # 24
59		1995-04-04	Guided by Voices	Please Be Honest	american ohio
98		1995-10-31	The Amps	Pacer	ohio
32		1996	Over the Rhine	Good Dog Bad Dog (Virgin Records re-release)	acoustic alt-country alternative alternative country alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop singer-songwriter spiritual	alternative country # 10
21		1996	Moviola	The Year You Were Born	indie rock ohio
55		1996-03-26	Guided by Voices	Under the Bushes Under the Stars	lo-fi alternative
60		1996-09-10	Robert Pollard	Not in My Airforce	american lo-fi ohio
97		1996-11-19	Guided by Voices	Sunfish Holy Breakfast	ohio
24		1997	Over the Rhine	Besides	acoustic alt-country alternative alternative country alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual	alternative country # 3
64		1997	Various Artists	Pornhub Valentine's Day Album	ohio
36		1999-06-15	Over the Rhine	Amateur Shortwave Radio	acoustic alt-country alternative alternative country alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual	alternative country # 13
68		1999-09	Guided by Voices	Styles We Paid For	american ohio
20		2002	Over the Rhine	The Cutting Room Floor	acoustic alt-country alternative alternative country alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual
81		2002-05-21	Guided by Voices	Universal Truths and Cycles	american classic rock country rock garage rock glam rock metal ohio surf rock	country rock # 19 surf rock # 50
78		2003-01-13	The Kodan Armada	Ohio Killed the Grey Ghost	ohio screamo
63		2003-08-19	Guided by Voices	Earth Man Blues	american ohio
66		2004-08-06	Guided by Voices	Half Smiles of the Decomposed	indie rock rock american lo-fi
31		2006	Over the Rhine	Discount Fireworks: A Collection	alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual
33		2007-02-06	Over the Rhine	Discount Fireworks	alternative pop alternative rock american americana country ethereal female vocalists folk folk rock indie pop indie rock jazz ohio piano pop rock singer-songwriter spiritual
9		2007-09-13	C4	sprite EP	america electronic electronica house idm lobit minimal techno ohio techno usa	lobit # 71
69		2007-10-10	Mind Soup	Love Songs For Gifted Children	america american american indie midwest ohio us indie usa	american indie # 82 america # 85 midwest # 87 us indie # 92
43		2007-11-17	Annabel	Now That We're Alive	indie pop indie rock ohio pop
8		2008	Catch 22	Soulreaper: Evilution/Devilution	heavy metal metal ohio thrash metal us power metal usa	us power metal # 43
62		2008	Kat Edmonson	Be The Change	alternative america australia christian contemporary christian female vocalists gospel house jazz jewish new york ohio pagan paris pop rac tabla washington	new york # 34 australia # 44 paris # 62 rac # 65 pagan # 69 america # 81 jewish # 84 washington # 89 tabla # 94
39		2008-02-25	Why?	Alopecia	hip-hop indie rock	abstract hip hop # 16
27		2009	Homewrecker	Portrait Of Nothing	american ohio
75		2009-01-29	Kat Edmonson	Lucky	alternative america australia christian contemporary christian female vocalists gospel house jazz jewish new york ohio pagan paris pop rac tabla washington	contemporary christian # 21 australia # 64 new york # 66 rac # 76 paris # 81 pagan # 86 america # 90 washington # 95 jewish # 95 tabla # 97
53		2009-03-03	Annabel	Each and Everyone	indie pop indie rock ohio
30		2009-12-18	Mind Soup	Besides	america american american indie midwest ohio us indie usa	america # 28 american indie # 51 us indie # 65 midwest # 69
11		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Dopeman	cleveland hip-hop ohio rap rap rock	cleveland # 49
35		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Fuck It	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground rap	midwest rap # 59 cleveland # 71
41		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up (The Prelude)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	midwest rap # 64 cleveland # 74
48		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Rage Pack	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 16 midwest rap # 70 cleveland # 77
52		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace up!	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio pop rap rap rap rock underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 17 midwest rap # 71 cleveland # 78
74		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up (Deluxe)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 9 underground hip-hop # 35 rap rock # 62 alternative rap # 76 midwest rap # 80 cleveland # 93
19		2010-09-13	Homewrecker	Internal Morgue	american ohio
54		2010-12-14	Annabel	Here We Are Tomorrow	indie pop indie rock ohio post-punk
47		2011	Machine Gun Kelly	100 Words and Running	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 8 midwest rap # 69 cleveland # 76
40		2011-02-17	SL	Englaso	ohio
45		2012	Machine Gun Kelly	EST 4 Life	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap trap underground rap	alternative rap # 6 midwest rap # 67 cleveland # 75
72		2012	Homewrecker	Worms and Dirt	american crust hardcore ohio powerviolence	powerviolence # 39 crust # 39
87		2012	Machine Gun Kelly	Half Naked & Almost Famous - EP	alternative rap cleveland gangsta rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap	rap rock # 52 alternative rap # 72 midwest rap # 88 cleveland # 91
1		2013	Flight Brigade	Flight Brigade EP	acoustic rock folk london new york city ohio pop	new york city # 12
23		2013-09-10	Nine Inch Nails	Fragility V2.0 Tour	alternative alternative rock cleveland electronic electronica industrial ohio usa	cleveland # 61
65		2014-01-21	Guided by Voices	Tremblers and Goggles By Rank	american indie rock ohio
5		2014-09-22	Wasted Days	The Bonds Between Us	alternative ohio pop rock
58		2014-10-31	Homewrecker	Circle of Death	american ohio powerviolence	powerviolence # 8
4		2015	The Speedbumps	Back to Burlington	ohio singer-songwriter soul
34		2015-10-16	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up (Deluxe Version)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest rap # 58 cleveland # 70
84		2015-10-16	Machine Gun Kelly	General Admission	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 2 underground hip-hop # 77 rap rock # 82 alternative rap # 87 midwest rap # 97 cleveland # 99
90		2015-10-16	Machine Gun Kelly	General Admission (Deluxe)	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 14 underground hip-hop # 23 rap rock # 54 midwest rap # 89 cleveland # 92
51		2016-10-14	Homewrecker	Extinction by Design	american ohio
18		2017	Cloud Nothings	Life Without Sound	indie rock
61		2017-03-03	Various Artists	The Land (Music from the Motion Picture)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest ohio rap	alternative rap # 25 cleveland # 82 midwest # 83
10		2017-05-12	Machine Gun Kelly	Genre : Sadboy	alternative alternative rap cloud rap emo rap midwest rap ohio	midwest rap # 36
46		2018	Homewrecker	Hell Is Here Now	american ohio
100		2018-03-30	Tyler, the Creator	Noid
95		2019-08-23	Machine Gun Kelly	Hotel Diablo	hip-hop pop punk rap rock alternative alternative rap alternative rock cloud rap emo rap midwest rap pop rap pop rock rap trap	pop punk # 34 emo rap # 51 cleveland # 98 alternative rap # 99 rap rock # 100 midwest rap # 100
56		2019-10-25	Guided by Voices	Sweating the Plague	american indie rock ohio
42		2020-03-04	Homewrecker	Create Sin	american ohio
86		2020-03-26	MGK	Lace Up (Deluxe)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground hip-hop # 10 underground rap # 18 rap rock # 50 alternative rap # 68 midwest rap # 87 cleveland # 89
96		2020-03-26	MGK	genre : sadboy	alternative alternative rap cloud rap emo rap midwest rap ohio	emo rap # 7 alternative rap # 88 midwest rap # 98
16		2020-06-12	Closedown	Bask In The Dancing Light	american ohio
70		2020-08-21	Guided by Voices	Mirrored Aztec	american ohio
3		2021-03-29	MGK	Lace Up (The Prelude)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	midwest rap # 33 cleveland # 43
99		2021-03-29	MGK	Hotel Diablo	alternative alternative rap alternative rock cleveland cloud rap emo rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio pop punk pop rap pop rock rap rap rock trap	emo rap # 29 alternative rap # 91 rap rock # 92 midwest rap # 99 cleveland # 100
13		2021-04-09	MGK	EST 4 Life	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap trap underground rap	midwest rap # 41 cleveland # 51
92		2021-04-09	MGK	Half Naked & Almost Famous - EP	alternative rap cleveland gangsta rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap	rap rock # 66 alternative rap # 77 midwest rap # 90 cleveland # 94
94		2021-04-09	MGK	BMXXing	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	alternative rap # 81 midwest rap # 93 cleveland # 97
25		2022-01-27	MGK	Alice In Wonderland	alternative rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	midwest rap # 52
67		2022-03-04	Guided by Voices	Crystal Nuns Cathedral	american ohio
91		2022-06-24	Machine Gun Kelly	Taurus (feat. Naomi Wild) [From The Motion Picture Taurus]	alternative rap ohio pop rap rap	alternative rap # 74
26		2022-08-01	MGK	Lace Up (Deluxe Version)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest rap # 53 cleveland # 62
82		2022-08-01	MGK	General Admission (Deluxe)	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 26 rap rock # 43 midwest rap # 85 cleveland # 87
93		2022-08-01	MGK	Hotel Diablo: FLOOR 13 EDITION	alternative alternative rap alternative rock cleveland cloud rap emo emo rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio pop rap pop rock rap rap rock trap	rap rock # 68 alternative rap # 80 midwest rap # 92 cleveland # 96
37		2024-06-07	Machine Gun Kelly	Homecoming	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest rap # 60 cleveland # 72
6			YK Cleveland	Aviation	cleveland hip-hop ohio rap	cleveland # 46
17			Reaction 7	Robotz	alternative rock cleveland indie rock ohio punk rock	cleveland # 56
2			Quigley G	Live At Lonno's 12-20-95	instrumental ohio rock
15			The Whitney Barricklow Band	Forthcoming 2006 Album	ohio singer-songwriter

Related genres

• cleveland
• rap
• american
• rock
• hip-hop
• indie rock
• alternative
• midwest rap
• alternative rap
• alternative rock