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us indie

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 11:58:09 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

US indie encompasses American independent music that exists outside mainstream commercial structures, characterized by DIY ethics and creative freedom. The sound often blends atmospheric electronica, dream pop, and downtempo elements with introspective lyrics and lush production. It represents artists who prioritize artistic vision over commercial appeal, creating intimate and experimental sonic landscapes.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
8		1977	Various Artists	Minus 1	american american indie california san francisco us indie west coast underground	west coast underground # 25
89		1996-02-27	The Spinanes	Strand	chicago slowcore us indie	chicago # 56
22		1997	Cavestar	Wetlands	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 1 west coast underground # 36
28		1997	Cavestar	Filaments	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 8 west coast underground # 44
83		1997	Artemis	Elysian Fields / Desideradi	american american indie bay area british california england english europe san francisco us indie usa	england # 32 bay area # 50 american indie # 70 san francisco # 71
70		1998	Artemis	Inner Worlds / Sun Stars	american american indie bay area california san francisco us indie usa west coast underground	bay area # 13 san francisco # 50 american indie # 56 west coast underground # 79
94		1998-10-06	Zero One	Zero One	ambient american american indie electronic psychill us indie usa	american indie # 85 psychill # 86
48		2000	Mystical Sun	After Materia Cloudland	american american indie bay area california san francisco us indie usa west coast underground	san francisco # 20 american indie # 33 west coast underground # 62
91		2001-02-14	Artemis	Undone	american american indie bay area california us indie usa west coast underground	bay area # 66 american indie # 79 west coast underground # 94
76		2001-06-15	Sarah Fimm	Cocooned	american american indie us indie usa	american indie # 62
33		2001-06-26	Saru	Downtempo Dojo (Reissue)	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 14 west coast underground # 47
96		2001-07-31	Blue Tofu	Blue Tofu	american american indie us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 87 west coast underground # 95
1		2001-10-30	Lovespirals	Ecstatic	american american indie california us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 21
56		2002	Mudville	Mudville (EP)	american american indie new york us indie usa	american indie # 41
95		2002	Sarah Fimm	A Perfect Dream	american american indie chill new age ethereal new age new age electronic new age fusion new york us indie usa	new age electronic # 23 new york # 52 ethereal new age # 79 chill new age # 85 american indie # 86 fantasy new age # 93 new age fusion # 93
3		2002	Sarah Fimm	A Perfect Dream (Taster disc)	american american indie us indie usa
15		2002	Mudville	Mudville Live at Sin-e 03/25/2005	american american indie new york us indie usa
34		2003	Celeste Lear	The Echo Inside	american indie california los angeles us indie west coast underground	american indie # 15 west coast underground # 49
19		2003	Artemis	Asphodel	american american indie bay area california darkwave ethereal neoclassical san francisco us indie usa
39		2003-08	Karmacoda	Ultraviolet Live	american american indie bay area california us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 22 west coast underground # 54
99		2003-08	Karmacoda	Evidence	trip-hop	bay area # 79 american indie # 92 west coast underground # 99
17		2004	Keston and Westdal	Super Structure Baby [reissue]	america american american indie britain british england english midwest minneapolis san francisco us indie usa	minneapolis # 50
69		2004	Keston and Westdal	Super Structure Baby	america american american indie downtempo midwest minneapolis san francisco us indie usa	america # 38 san francisco # 49 american indie # 55 midwest # 72 minneapolis # 89
100		2004-01-20	Karmacoda	Transitory Mini EP	american american indie bay area california downtempo trip-hop us indie usa west coast underground	usa # 54 california # 69 bay area # 97 american indie # 98 west coast underground # 100
5		2004-01-20	Karmacoda	Baby It's Cold Outside	american indie us indie usa
54		2004-09-01	Holmes Ives	Tetrasomia	american american indie new age us indie usa washington	american indie # 39 washington # 69
14		2005	Paul & Price	Lovely Surprise - EP	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 30
62		2005	Osiris Indriya	Reach Within	american american indie downtempo electronic seattle us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 47 west coast underground # 73
9		2005-11-01	Lovespirals	Feel So Good EP	american american indie california us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 26
84		2005-11-01	Lovespirals	Free & Easy	downtempo	american indie # 71 west coast underground # 88
30		2006	Paul & Price	Sounds Like Sex	american american indie california chillout downtempo los angeles lounge us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 11 west coast underground # 45
67		2006	Evolve	Happy Hour in the Gene Pool (Remastered)	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 53 west coast underground # 76
77		2006	Lisa Papineau	Night Moves	american american indie us indie usa	american indie # 64
88		2006	Lisa Papineau	Red Trees	american american indie us indie usa	american indie # 75
32		2006-07-01	Jette-Ives	In the Deep	ambient electronica american american indie downtempo electronica electropop female vocalists indie pop lounge pop trip-hop us indie usa washington	american indie # 13 washington # 48 ambient electronica # 57
85		2006-07-25	Sutro	How Things Transpire	american american indie bay area chillout san francisco smooth jazz us indie usa west coast underground	bay area # 52 san francisco # 72 american indie # 72 west coast underground # 89
43		2006-09-12	Electric Skychurch	James Lumb's Sonic Diary Singles	american california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 57
31		2007	Mudville	Side Trax	american american indie new york us indie usa	american indie # 12
41		2007	UNA	UNA	american american indie california demoscene los angeles trip-hop us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 24 west coast underground # 56 demoscene # 81
42		2007	Bootstrap	Cecille	alternative alternative rock american indie dream pop grunge indie pop indie rock lo-fi post-punk proto-punk punk rock rock rock n roll screamo soundtrack space rock swing us indie	american indie # 25
75		2007	Karmacoda	Illuminate (Sola Musa)	american american indie bay area california us indie usa west coast underground	bay area # 26 american indie # 61 west coast underground # 83
90		2007	Ielo	Below Zero - Minus 1	american indie california us indie west coast underground	american indie # 78 west coast underground # 93
87		2007-03-13	Keston and Westdal	Truth is Stranger	america american american indie britain british california downtempo england english midwest minneapolis san francisco us indie usa	english # 4 england # 35 american indie # 74 san francisco # 76 america # 76 midwest # 82 britain # 88 minneapolis # 96
97		2007-03	Karmacoda	Illuminate	american american indie bay area california trip-hop us indie west coast underground	bay area # 75 american indie # 88 west coast underground # 96
72		2007-06-19	Worldwide Groove Corporation	Chillodesiac Lounge vol. 1: FEVER	american american indie chillout nashville us indie usa	american indie # 58 nashville # 86
20		2007-09-16	Lovespirals	Motherless Child	american american indie california us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 35
49		2007-09-16	Lovespirals	Motherless Child EP	american american indie california us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 34 west coast underground # 63
98		2007-10-02	Dive Index	Mid/Air	american indie chillout east coast new york us indie usa	new york # 61 east coast # 73 american indie # 91
92		2007-10-10	Mind Soup	Love Songs For Gifted Children	america american american indie midwest ohio us indie usa	ohio # 69 american indie # 82 america # 85 midwest # 87
81		2007-10-23	Lovespirals	Long Way From Home	american american indie california us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 68 west coast underground # 87
2		2007-12-24	Saru	The Reboot EP	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 23
27		2008	Worldwide Groove Corporation	Butterflies Remixed	american american indie us indie usa	american indie # 6
74		2008	Keston and Westdal	One Day to Save All Life	america american american indie britain british downtempo england english midwest minneapolis san francisco us indie usa	england # 7 america # 50 american indie # 60 san francisco # 60 midwest # 76 britain # 81 minneapolis # 92
18		2008	Sarah Fimm	Sampler	american american indie us indie usa
80		2008-04-10	Celeste Lear	Looking Up From underwater	american indie california downtempo electronic female vocalists los angeles trip-hop us indie usa west coast underground	los angeles # 17 american indie # 67 west coast underground # 86
58		2008-05-01	Celeste Lear	Untitled Album	american indie california los angeles us indie west coast underground	american indie # 43 west coast underground # 68
45		2008-12-25	Sarah Fimm	Barn Sessions	american american indie new york us indie usa	american indie # 27
93		2008-12-25	Sarah Fimm	White Birds	american american indie chill new age ethereal new age new age electronic new age fusion new york us indie usa	new age electronic # 28 new york # 43 ethereal new age # 76 chill new age # 82 american indie # 83 new age fusion # 89
11		2009	PIXSID	Atoms Apart	downtempo electronic	west coast underground # 28
73		2009	Michael Maricle	Reflections	american american indie seattle us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 59 west coast underground # 81
63		2009-03-07	Under	More Pleasant Grey	california	bay area # 8 san francisco # 41 american indie # 49
82		2009-08	Sarah Fimm	Red Yellow Sun	american american indie new york us indie usa	new york # 7 american indie # 69
65		2009-12-18	Mind Soup	Besides	america american american indie midwest ohio us indie usa	america # 28 ohio # 30 american indie # 51 midwest # 69
51		2009-12	Sarah Fimm	The Vanishing Sessions (B-Sides Part I)	american american indie chill new age ethereal new age new age ambiant new age electronic new age fusion new age instrumental new york us indie usa	new age instrumental # 25 american indie # 36 fantasy new age # 44 new age fusion # 52
29		2010	Sarah Fimm	Karma Phala Project	american american indie new york us indie usa	american indie # 9
4		2010	Sarah Fimm	Soul Let Swim	american american indie us indie usa
13		2010	Sarah Fimm	Invisible Satellites	american american indie us indie usa
79		2010-01-05	Osiris Indriya	Break On Through EP	american american indie downtempo electronic seattle us indie usa west coast underground	seattle # 12 american indie # 66 west coast underground # 85
78		2010-02-14	Artemis	Auralei	american american indie california us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 65 west coast underground # 84
53		2010-10-11	Dive Index	The Surface We Divide	american american indie east coast new york new york city us indie usa	east coast # 29 american indie # 38 new york city # 42
24		2011	Sarah Fimm	Flames	american american indie us indie usa	american indie # 3
25		2011	Mimi Page	New - Single	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 4 west coast underground # 38
26		2011	Mimi Page	Gravity	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 5 west coast underground # 40
66		2011-01-13	Return to Mono	Framebreaker	american american indie california us indie usa	american indie # 52
40		2011-03-12	Saru	Tsunami (Special Edition)	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 23 west coast underground # 55
23		2011-04-08	Karmacoda	Love Will Turn Your Head Around - Single	american american indie bay area california us indie west coast underground	american indie # 2 west coast underground # 37
68		2011-05-05	Sarah Fimm	Near Infinite Possibility	american american indie ethereal new age new age electronic new age fusion new york us indie usa	ethereal new age # 20 american indie # 54 new age fusion # 65 new age electronic # 98
52		2011-05-20	Mystical Sun	Cassiopeia	american american indie bay area california san francisco us indie usa west coast underground	san francisco # 28 american indie # 37 west coast underground # 65
71		2011-05-20	Mystical Sun	Mystical Sun	american american indie bay area california chill new age ethereal new age new age ambiant new age electronic san francisco us indie usa west coast underground	new age ambiant # 15 bay area # 18 ethereal new age # 27 chill new age # 32 san francisco # 56 american indie # 57 fantasy new age # 69 west coast underground # 80 new age electronic # 91
61		2011-06-08	Mimi Page	Harmonious HeartBEATS	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 46 west coast underground # 72
60		2011-08-02	Karmacoda	Eternal	american american indie bay area california us indie usa west coast underground	bay area # 6 american indie # 45 west coast underground # 71
59		2011-09-12	Mimi Page	A Lullaby for the Lonely (EP)	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 44 west coast underground # 69
50		2011-12-01	Mimi Page	This Fire	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 35 west coast underground # 64
38		2012-05-01	Celeste Lear	Cloud 9.1	american indie california los angeles us indie west coast underground	american indie # 19 west coast underground # 52
86		2012-05-23	Mystical Sun	26000	american american indie bay area california chill new age ethereal new age ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age instrumental san francisco us indie usa west coast underground	new age electronic # 49 bay area # 53 new age ambiant # 56 ethereal new age # 60 chill new age # 63 american indie # 73 san francisco # 74 new age instrumental # 74 new age electronica # 78 ethnic fusion # 87 west coast underground # 90
46		2012-10-18	Artemis	Sephyra	american american indie california san francisco us indie usa west coast underground	san francisco # 12 american indie # 28 west coast underground # 60
55		2013-11-01	Evolve	Deeper Than the Sea	american american indie california electronica los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 40 west coast underground # 67
10		2016-06-18	Saru	Machine (Unmixed Version)	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 27
64		2016-07-14	Brother Sun Sister Moon	Luminous	american american indie california demoscene electronica female vocalists los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 50 west coast underground # 75 demoscene # 89
44		2016-12-08	Saru	Sweet Dreams - Single	american electronic los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 58
36		2017-06-06	Mystical Sun	Net Singles	american american indie bay area california psybient us indie usa west coast underground	american indie # 17 west coast underground # 50
12			Lovers and Poets	Lovers and Poets - EP	american american indie california los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 29
16			Lovers and Poets	I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You	american american indie los angeles us indie usa west coast underground	west coast underground # 31
35			Dj Sid-the Apocalypze	In Her Camaro	american american indie dance disco electronic techno trance us indie usa	american indie # 16
37			Lovers and Poets	Lovers and Poets	american california los angeles	american indie # 18 west coast underground # 51
47			Dj Sid-the Apocalypze	Liquid Relaxation	american american indie breaks chillout downtempo electronic lounge pop trip-hop us indie usa	american indie # 29
57			Dj Sid-the Apocalypze	Twilight Zizone	american american indie electronic instrumental hip-hop trip-hop us indie usa	american indie # 42
6			Dj Sid-the Apocalypze	I Know Kung Fu!	american american indie us indie usa
7			Dj Sid-the Apocalypze	Chocolate Martini	american american indie dance disco electronic trance us indie usa
21			Dj Sid-the Apocalypze	Jazzydiscotek	american american indie dance downtempo instrumental jazz nu jazz us indie usa

Related genres

• american indie
• usa
• american
• west coast underground
• california
• los angeles
• bay area
• san francisco
• new york
• downtempo