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(#1) The Smiths
- Jangle pop, Indie pop, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#2) Arctic Monkeys
- Trip hop, Dance-punk, Garage rock, Neo-psychedelia, Acid rock, Alternative rock, Art rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Post-punk revival
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(#3) Radiohead
- Rock music, Electronic music, New Prog, Experimental rock, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Avant-garde music, Electronica
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(#4) Pixies
- Experimental rock, Grunge, Noise, Alternative rock, Noise pop, Punk rock, Indie rock, College rock, Surf music, Post-punk
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(#5) The Strokes
- Garage rock, Power pop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Lo-fi music, Post-punk revival
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(#6) Tame Impala
- Indie rock, Psychedelic pop
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(#7) The Cure
- New Wave, Gothic rock, Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#8) Cage the Elephant
- Punk blues, Garage rock, Garage punk, Rock music, Grunge, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Funk rock
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(#9) The Killers
- Pop punk, Synthpop, New Wave, Heartland rock, Rock music, Garage rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival
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(#10) Joy Division
- Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#11) Florence and the Machine
- Neo soul, Baroque pop, Electronica, Indie pop, Anti-folk, Experimental rock, Neofolk, Pop rock, Experimental music, Soul music, Alternative rock, Art rock, Indie rock
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(#12) R.E.M.
- Jangle pop, Alternative rock, College rock
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(#13) Foster the People
- Indie pop, Synthpop, Rock music, Electronic music, Indietronica, Neo-psychedelia, Alternative dance, Alternative rock, Electronic rock, Indie rock
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(#14) The Black Keys
- Blues-rock, Punk blues, Rock music, Garage rock, Americana, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
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(#15) Arcade Fire
- Indie Rock, Baroque Pop
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(#16) Oasis
- Rock music, Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock
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(#17) Bon Iver
- Indie, Neo soul, Folk music, Folk rock, Indie folk, Indie rock, Baroque pop
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(#18) Vampire Weekend
- Indie rock, Baroque pop
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(#19) Modest Mouse
- Indie pop, Garage rock, Space rock, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Noise pop, Indie folk, Indie rock, Lo-fi music, Post-punk revival
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(#20) Blur
- Indie pop, Shoegazing, Pop music, Rock music, Madchester, Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Electronica
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(#21) Two Door Cinema Club
- Indie pop, Synthpop, New Wave, Dance-punk, Indie rock, Post-punk revival
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(#22) Franz Ferdinand
- New Wave, Rock music, Dance-punk, Electro, Neo-psychedelia, Indie pop, Dubstep, Dance-rock, Post-Britpop, Dance music, Alternative rock, Art rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival
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(#23) Gorillaz
- Hip hop music, Alternative hip hop, Synthpop, Rock music, Electro hop, Electronic dance music, House music, Dubtronica, Britpop, Dub, Electronic rock, Psychedelic rock, Electronica, Indie pop, Experimental hip hop, Pop music, Trip hop, Trip rock, Experimental rock, Alternative dance, Alternative rock, Freak folk, Indie rock, Ambient music
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(#24) Bastille
- Synthpop, Alternative rock
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(#25) MGMT
- Synthpop, New Wave, Dance-punk, Indietronica, Psychedelic pop, Electronic music, Neo-psychedelia, Folktronica, Electronic rock, Psychedelic rock, Electronica, Indie pop, Western music, Experimental rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Jam band, Progressive rock, Art rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival, Surf music
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(#26) Sonic Youth
- Noise rock, Rock music, No wave, Grunge, Post-hardcore, Art punk, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Art rock, Avant-garde, Indie rock, College rock, Post-punk, Underground music
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(#27) Muse
- Alternative Rock, Electronica
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(#28) The Kooks
- Indie pop, Pop music, Rock music, Pop rock, Power pop, Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival, Post-punk
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(#29) Mumford & Sons
- Pop music, Folk rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Bluegrass, Indie folk, Folk punk, Indie rock, Country
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(#30) Of Monsters and Men
- Indie pop, Ska, Folk rock, Indie folk, Indie rock
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(#31) Interpol
- Alternative rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival
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(#32) The National
- Indie folk, Indie rock
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(#33) Sufjan Stevens
- Indie folk, Baroque pop, Electronica
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(#34) Neutral Milk Hotel
- Indie pop, Psychedelic folk, Rock music, Neo-psychedelia, Alternative country, Indie folk, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Lo-fi music
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(#35) Phoenix
- Synthpop, New Wave, French rock, Rock music, Electronic music, Electronic dance music, French pop music, Alternative rock, Indie rock
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(#36) Mac DeMarco
- Jangle pop, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Surf music
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(#37) Death Cab for Cutie
- Indie pop, Emo, Alternative rock, Indie folk, Indie rock
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(#38) Foals
- Dance-punk, New Prog, Alternative dance, Progressive rock, Post-rock, Indie rock, Math rock, Post-punk revival, Post-punk
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(#39) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Dance-punk, Rock music, Garage punk, Garage rock, Alternative dance, Dance music, Alternative rock, Art rock, Indie rock, Art punk, Post-punk revival, Post-punk
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(#40) The Lumineers
- Americana, Folk rock, Alternative rock, Indie folk
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(#41) Fleet Foxes
- Indie pop, Folk music, Folk rock, Indie folk, Indie rock, Baroque pop
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(#42) The Stone Roses
- Jangle pop, Indie pop, Blues-rock, Psychedelia, Rock music, Madchester, Neo-psychedelia, Britpop, Baggy, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock
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(#43) M83
- Synthpop, New Wave, Indietronica, Electronic music, Electronic dance music, Dream pop, Electronic rock, Electronica, Indie pop, Shoegazing, Pop music, Nu gaze, Post-rock, Indie rock, Ambient music
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(#44) Imagine Dragons
- Alternative rock, Pop
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(#45) Pavement
- Alternative rock, Noise pop, Indie rock, Lo-fi music
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(#46) Alt-J
- Psychedelic folk, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Art rock, Indie rock
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(#47) Portugal. The Man
- Garage rock, Rock music, Psychedelic pop, Neo-psychedelia, Experimental classical music, Rhythm and blues, Glam rock, Psychedelic rock, Post-hardcore, Blues-rock, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Indie rock
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(#48) Beach House
- Indie pop, Shoegazing, Electronic music, Dream pop, Experimental music, Indie rock, Baroque pop, Lo-fi music
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(#49) The xx
- Indie pop, New Wave, Electronic music, Dream pop, Minimal music, Indie rock, Ambient music, Post-punk revival, Post-punk
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(#50) Kasabian
- Neo-progressive rock, Space rock, Rock music, Electronic music, Neo-psychedelia, Britpop, Electronic rock, Psychedelic rock, Electronica, Madchester, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Indie rock
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Indie music is a genre of rock music that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1970s. During the 1990s, grunge and punk revival bands in the US and Britpop bands in the UK broke into the mainstream, and the term "alternative" lost its original counter-cultural meaning. The indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success nowadays.
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