The Groove

The greatest indietronica artists of all time

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

No. 1

twenty one pilots

United States of America · 2009– · pop rock

6.540

Why this number?

The full board

Animal Collective

United States of America · 2000– · neo-psychedelia 4.690

3 LCD Soundsystem

United States of America · 2001– · dance-punk 2.628

4 The Postal Service

United States of America · 2001– · electronic 2.197

Gorillaz

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 1.936

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock 1.829

7 CHVRCHES

United Kingdom · 2011– · synth-pop 1.813

Sufjan Stevens

United States of America · 1975– · indie folk 1.783

9 Porter Robinson

United States of America · 1992– · synth-pop 1.616

10 MGMT

United States of America · 2002– · neo-psychedelia 1.322

The 1975

United Kingdom · 2002– · pop rock 1.170

Imagine Dragons

United States of America · 2008– · alternative rock 1.122

13 Two Door Cinema Club

United Kingdom · 2007– · post-punk revival 1.107

14 Low Roar

Iceland · indietronica 1.050

15 underscores

United States of America · 2000– · indietronica 0.921

16 Stereolab

United Kingdom · 1990– · electronic 0.886

17 AURORA

Norway · 1996– · art pop 0.857

18 Anamanaguchi

United States of America · 2003– · chiptune 0.840

Billie Eilish

United States of America · 2001– · alternative pop 0.835

20 Glass Animals

United Kingdom · 2010– · electronic 0.777

21 Lorde

New Zealand · 1996– · indie pop 0.706

22 Purity Ring

Canada · 2010– · electropop 0.686

Grimes

Canada · 1988– · synth-pop 0.662

24 Jane Remover

United States of America · 2003– · hyperpop 0.553