You have heard the word “indie” tossed around so often that it has started to mean everything and nothing at once. People throw it at a genre, a vibe, a production style, a whole Pinterest aesthetic.

The original indie sleaze moment emerged in the early-mid 2000s, connecting with music, fashion, nightlife and online culture ...

The singer is Billboard's 2026 Indie Power Players cover star and Indie Spirit Award winner.

ayowitty and bunii’s “dotsong” hits like a flashbang of textural excess: regal strings, K.K. Slider squiggles straight out of Animal Crossing, churning drums that could spawn a moshpit. There’s no ...

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can ...

Indeed, many of the issues affecting the indie space in 2026 are double-edged. While many bemoaned the flood of content on DSPs, including AI slop, others believe this will create more demand for ...

All backers support the Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA), forming the round during an ORCA discussion on the ...

In the mood for a playlist full of indie love songs to get you in your feels? These four songs are some of the best love songs to come out of the blanket indie genre in the last decade. And we think ...

Taiwan’s rising indie music stars are preparing for a major debut in Finland this July as the Formosa-Finland Fest expands for its second year. Moving to Helsinki’s prominent Narinkatori Square, the ...

The Radiohead guitarist once serenaded a girl with the Smiths and thinks George Michael was a genius. But what is his favourite football song?

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week we got a new track from Tame Impala, Beach House’s anticipated eighth studio album, and another ...