The Groove

The greatest jangle pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

The Smiths

United Kingdom · 1982–1987 · indie pop

17.809

Why this number?

The full board

R.E.M.

United States of America · 1980–2011 · alternative rock 7.969

10,000 Maniacs

United States of America · 1981– · folk rock 4.314

4 The Stone Roses

United Kingdom · 1984–2017 · indie rock 0.945

5 Morrissey

United Kingdom · 1959– · alternative rock 0.914

The Cure

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.753

7 The Mission

United Kingdom · 1985– · gothic rock 0.698

8 Teenage Fanclub

United Kingdom · 1989– · indie rock 0.621

9 Mac DeMarco

Canada · 1990– · indie rock 0.578

Arctic Monkeys

United Kingdom · 2002– · indie rock 0.568

11 The Bangles

United States of America · 1981– · pop rock 0.550

12 The Byrds

United States of America · 1964–1973 · rock 0.499

13 The Beths

New Zealand · 2015– · indie rock 0.440

14 Echo & the Bunnymen

United Kingdom · 1978– · rock 0.346

15 XTC

United Kingdom · 1976–2006 · new wave 0.300

16 The Coral

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie rock 0.271

17 Fine Young Cannibals

United Kingdom · 1984–1996 · rock 0.155

18 Goo Goo Dolls

United States of America · 1986– · rock 0.150

19 The B‐52s

United States of America · 1976– · pop rock 0.136