The Groove

The greatest indie rock artists of all time

258 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Arcade Fire

Canada · 2001– · indie rock

38.525

Why this number?

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169 Ratatat

United States of America · 2001– · electronic 0.726

170

Sinéad O’Connor

Ireland · 1966–2023 · rock 0.720

171 The Breeders

United States of America · 1989– · alternative rock 0.698

172

Fall Out Boy

United States of America · 2001– · rock 0.693

173 David Gray

United Kingdom · 1968– · rock 0.674

174 Coma

Poland · 1998– · hard rock 0.660

175 My Bloody Valentine

Ireland · 1983– · shoegaze 0.659

176 Manchester Orchestra

United States of America · 2005– · folk rock 0.657

177 The Lemonheads

United States of America · 1984– · rock 0.646

178

Imagine Dragons

United States of America · 2008– · alternative rock 0.645

179 Everything Everything

United Kingdom · 2007– · indie rock 0.631

180 underscores

United States of America · 2000– · indietronica 0.614

181

The Cranberries

Ireland · 1989–2019 · alternative rock 0.607

182

Sting

United Kingdom · 1951– · pop rock 0.599

183 Jeff Buckley

United States of America · 1966–1997 · rock 0.586

184 CAKE

United States of America · 1992– · rock 0.586

185 The xx

United Kingdom · 2005– · indie pop 0.579

186

The Fall

United Kingdom · 1976–2018 · post-punk 0.578

187

Suede

United Kingdom · 1989– · britpop 0.575

188 The Smile

United Kingdom · 2021– · rock 0.568

189

Steven Wilson

United Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 0.552

190 Weyes Blood

United States of America · 1988– · art pop 0.550

191 Alvvays

Canada · 2011– · indie pop 0.533

192 of Montreal

United States of America · 1996– · indie rock 0.525