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indie,sophisti-pop,duluth indie,experimental indie rock,escape room,warrington indie,louisiana metal,classic garage rock,alternative hip hop,australian garage punk,north carolina metal,djent,denton tx indie,old school hip hop,bristol indie,deep gothic post-punk,dallas indie,hauntology,leeds indie,hard alternative,icelandic pop,uk noise rock,psych gaze,canadian singer-songwriter,portland metal,danish alternative rock,gaian doom,manitoba indie,kc indie,lawrence ks indie,instrumental surf,canadian psychedelic rock,downtempo,dub metal,newcastle indie,trip hop,victoria bc indie,essex indie,europop,atmospheric sludge,orebro indie,ectofolk,math pop,dusseldorf electronic,crust punk,modern blues,brill building pop,compositional ambient,atlanta metal,denver indie,blackgaze,atmospheric post-metal,psychedelic folk,mathcore,dark jazz,british alternative rock,australian pop,melodic metalcore,louisville indie,electro-industrial,west coast rap,west yorkshire indie,crossover thrash,cosmic american,nintendocore,oc indie,vaporwave,canadian metal,freakbeat,texas country,dark cabaret,oakland indie,electroclash,electra,new jersey hardcore,neue deutsche welle,gothabilly,northern irish punk,memphis indie,berlin school,progressive groove metal,halifax indie,cello,outlaw country,ambient pop,electro,cyberpunk,thrash metal,australian indie,action rock,milwaukee indie,danish rock,experimental ambient,canadian post-punk,modern ska punk,post-teen pop,mississippi indie,atlanta punk,american post-rock,psychedelic space rock,minimalism,uk doom metal,nashville americana,french post-punk,dutch indie,uk82,swedish pop,neo-kraut,native american,manchester indie,filter house,death metal,coventry indie,belgian indie rock,south african rock,new orleans indie,hip house,irish indie rock,vancouver metal,anarcho-punk,celtic rock,belgian indie,north east england indie,japanese post-hardcore,christian hard rock,miami metal,sleaze rock,calgary indie,indie dream pop,acid rock,texas pop punk,alternative americana,turntablism,microhouse,uk stoner rock,east coast reggae,jazz rap,dutch rock,jawaiian,glitch pop,chicano punk,perth indie,canadian garage rock,cleveland indie,belgian rock,one-person band,british post-rock,christian alternative rock,latin metal,neo classical metal,dark folk,gothic post-punk,boston punk,vapor soul,folktronica,gothenburg indie,scottish singer-songwriter,ontario indie,swedish progressive metal,drone rock,bleep techno,j-indie,australian dance,progressive bluegrass,new england emo,toronto indie,trash rock,swedish americana,old-time,electropowerpop,canadian shoegaze,minimal techno,estonian indie,neue deutsche harte,indie poptimism,bath indie,ska revival,acid house,queens hip hop,dc indie,canadian hardcore,hip pop,jazz fusion,miami indie,swedish singer-songwriter,ambient folk,scottish indie rock,rock quebecois,blues,asbury park indie,pop,isle of wight indie,swedish metal,danish punk,oklahoma country,boston indie,canadian indie folk,australian singer-songwriter,modern 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List of alternative rock artists

Here is a list of alternative rock artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the alternative rock genre. You can find out what alternative rock genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Red Hot Chili Peppers	82	4	54	77	6	52	117	19683757
2	Radiohead	81	35	38	54	33	29	119	8206718
3	Foo Fighters	79	8	44	79	8	40	136	10953891
4	The Killers	77	2	47	84	7	36	135	6984570
5	The Strokes	76	34	51	74	9	58	132	4994629
6	Pearl Jam	75	7	39	74	16	36	130	8219466
7	MGMT	74	22	49	79	15	41	121	2789567
8	Weezer	73	2	50	76	4	52	123	3101703
9	The Smashing Pumpkins	73	49	45	61	11	34	121	4510415
10	R.E.M.	73	8	46	70	16	57	131	4017935
11	Alice In Chains	72	7	39	75	10	33	118	4545096
12	The White Stripes	72	10	44	66	35	41	113	2851290
13	Rage Against The Machine	72	1	45	86	5	47	121	5436037
14	The Black Keys	71	13	49	72	23	51	118	3865464
15	Beastie Boys	71	16	70	74	14	59	120	2513324
16	Pixies	71	15	49	70	5	54	125	2543652
17	Queens of the Stone Age	71	15	42	78	15	45	134	3233050
18	The Clash	70	4	56	78	9	71	139	2523658
19	Talking Heads	69	10	69	70	15	81	121	2147408
20	Incubus	69	7	53	76	10	43	130	3064277
21	Audioslave	69	1	42	77	5	42	114	4128840
22	Blur	69	10	51	74	14	55	124	2871655
23	Jimmy Eat World	68	4	51	81	3	48	137	1412301
24	Soundgarden	68	18	39	80	3	36	130	3999366
25	Franz Ferdinand	67	5	51	77	9	58	125	2438460
26	Stone Temple Pilots	67	7	42	79	11	44	138	3222686
27	Placebo	66	19	46	76	7	34	134	1771921
28	Ramones	66	5	47	88	6	73	155	2434048
29	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	66	16	49	79	13	37	127	1218143
30	Beck	66	19	58	60	28	49	120	1435196
31	Nine Inch Nails	66	48	54	66	22	34	123	2314411
32	Interpol	65	50	40	85	3	41	122	1557335
33	Arcade Fire	65	17	46	71	18	41	123	2201857
34	Joy Division	64	48	50	73	6	56	130	2135093
35	Modest Mouse	64	10	52	70	20	55	124	1382670
36	Elliott Smith	64	15	52	33	47	35	121	930419
37	Death Cab for Cutie	64	12	55	59	33	47	117	1471583
38	Iggy Pop	63	12	50	79	11	56	125	1483597
39	Cocteau Twins	63	33	39	64	16	38	127	739686
40	Faith No More	63	11	46	83	5	43	125	1685868
41	The Shins	63	6	54	65	23	54	126	1153802
42	The Velvet Underground	63	16	49	50	37	56	117	1721436
43	CAKE	62	5	63	62	15	77	117	1067568
44	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	62	7	44	46	39	36	118	1275936
45	A Perfect Circle	62	28	46	71	10	25	129	1704340
46	Bush	62	3	42	71	9	30	131	1733680
47	The Hives	61	2	41	91	7	56	140	717364
48	Portishead	61	23	53	51	29	27	106	1765935
49	Blind Melon	61	1	44	65	25	59	123	1114337
50	Bloc Party	61	15	50	82	2	45	141	1077132
51	Collective Soul	61	3	56	74	8	56	126	1012824
52	Chris Cornell	60	1	46	59	30	34	123	1996349
53	Slowdive	60	74	30	50	29	22	120	725529
54	Wilco	60	16	55	58	34	51	115	700021
55	Wolfmother	60	8	37	80	4	45	134	896971
56	Hole	60	7	35	75	7	42	135	1001815
57	Silverchair	59	4	35	70	4	33	127	1156321
58	Siouxsie and the Banshees	59	10	48	80	13	43	126	896893
59	Spin Doctors	59	0	52	84	6	68	117	603469
60	The Flaming Lips	59	18	43	71	19	38	128	740601
61	Everclear	59	6	52	92	5	54	122	896015
62	Spoon	59	11	68	68	26	68	126	617206
63	Garbage	59	11	53	74	5	45	119	1097982
64	Pulp	59	3	42	66	11	47	129	831102
65	LCD Soundsystem	58	35	67	78	5	67	131	1027012
66	Supergrass	58	27	41	72	11	41	134	547625
67	Primus	58	33	58	85	7	61	125	1044255
68	Ween	58	18	56	59	27	57	126	383672
69	The Raconteurs	58	4	42	70	9	38	131	855704
70	Sonic Youth	58	46	36	78	16	28	135	1016319
71	PJ Harvey	58	14	51	47	37	43	125	955102
72	Pavement	58	22	43	64	11	41	126	500827
73	my bloody valentine	57	81	27	72	10	33	121	733958
74	Belle and Sebastian	57	4	52	60	30	58	128	622766
75	Violent Femmes	57	0	59	57	29	74	112	639659
76	Thom Yorke	57	69	45	44	57	24	117	933866
77	The Presidents Of The United States Of America	57	3	54	79	13	73	127	567389
78	Eels	57	17	57	50	46	44	124	433643
79	Jane's Addiction	56	8	42	80	10	38	120	1319053
80	TV On The Radio	56	14	49	74	13	37	131	586181
81	Echo & the Bunnymen	56	4	51	78	11	62	126	808438
82	The Dandy Warhols	56	47	52	75	5	54	128	299276
83	The Vines	56	10	48	82	2	56	131	329356
84	Fugazi	56	47	43	69	9	45	126	469334
85	Neutral Milk Hotel	56	17	33	54	29	29	122	639860
86	Temple Of The Dog	56	1	39	74	10	47	127	1154143
87	Jack White	56	4	50	60	30	48	128	1308474
88	Kurt Vile	56	44	50	67	33	52	111	485935
89	Sex Pistols	56	5	30	92	5	38	144	1651487
90	Marcy Playground	55	5	57	60	19	52	125	391278
91	Rivers Cuomo	55	0	51	65	24	52	126	37720
92	Yo La Tengo	55	61	48	49	54	44	119	475031
93	DEVO	55	19	62	70	13	71	141	503673
94	Filter	55	29	50	79	1	28	132	489898
95	Dead Kennedys	55	6	31	93	13	49	137	736585
96	Soul Asylum	55	0	51	70	6	47	128	569095
97	Silversun Pickups	55	16	50	76	5	37	131	608962
98	Grizzly Bear	55	27	45	51	43	30	113	844642
99	Primal Scream	54	27	49	77	6	48	123	466236
100	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	54	56	45	73	4	44	115	329466
101	The Replacements	54	3	46	76	14	53	135	265317
102	Velvet Revolver	54	15	37	92	0	32	149	1426791
103	Bauhaus	54	13	50	62	12	44	131	703062
104	Candlebox	54	0	44	78	3	38	128	815752
105	Corey Taylor	54	4	51	78	20	41	139	462501
106	The Breeders	53	40	50	48	20	47	122	399699
107	The Jesus and Mary Chain	53	41	43	77	5	43	124	423634
108	Eagles Of Death Metal	53	5	57	92	19	62	134	516827
109	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	52	23	42	79	15	39	120	530734
110	Dinosaur Jr.	51	11	28	84	9	41	134	480917
111	The Lemonheads	51	9	50	65	20	60	126	238125
112	Butthole Surfers	51	21	42	77	6	43	116	310234
113	Animal Collective	51	15	40	72	30	37	125	511624
114	The Magnetic Fields	51	19	53	60	57	62	116	206383
115	The Stooges	51	27	39	87	5	45	133	567878
116	Parquet Courts	51	34	53	77	21	68	132	267479
117	Helmet	51	18	40	85	4	39	119	273557
118	Guided By Voices	51	21	41	76	24	47	122	157658
119	Stereolab	51	41	45	62	15	53	129	275174
120	Toadies	51	8	53	70	8	44	129	272674
121	Buzzcocks	51	8	33	87	2	55	134	392595
122	Melvins	50	34	41	68	8	38	125	349373
123	Mad Season	50	23	37	62	15	34	122	555273
124	Deerhunter	50	53	40	74	14	45	120	370280
125	Built To Spill	50	33	36	67	6	51	123	278944
126	Them Crooked Vultures	49	12	36	89	2	44	138	532905
127	Black Flag	49	19	36	73	24	31	118	555810
128	Broken Social Scene	49	41	45	63	15	38	132	348663
129	Wire	49	21	54	69	29	61	128	179202
130	Ty Segall	48	20	37	76	7	49	126	306982
131	Gang Of Four	48	15	66	74	2	69	133	211220
132	Liz Phair	48	8	52	59	45	54	123	161787
133	Cracker	48	11	49	65	11	48	128	92752
134	L7	47	36	45	84	0	61	132	282376
135	Minutemen	47	25	55	72	7	71	130	143509
136	The Microphones	47	55	36	38	63	18	108	169615
137	Urge Overkill	47	1	51	71	2	65	128	56007
138	Sparklehorse	47	41	55	56	21	38	116	146487
139	Veruca Salt	46	2	51	81	0	60	123	238076
140	Meat Puppets	46	32	47	69	11	62	127	257653
141	Lush	46	23	44	74	9	52	125	187257
142	Screaming Trees	46	12	30	86	0	41	135	300221
143	Silver Jews	46	12	53	55	38	51	118	83878
144	Mudhoney	45	21	32	86	1	47	133	258426
145	Television	45	17	55	64	16	61	119	334814
146	Mutemath	45	7	50	84	6	48	124	202170
147	Daniel Johnston	45	31	48	39	74	52	109	268405
148	Public Image Ltd.	45	23	51	68	5	61	126	271598
149	Grandaddy	45	21	46	47	29	26	110	147972
150	The Fall	44	29	49	79	12	61	135	181421
151	Ride	44	49	36	81	2	38	128	204140
152	Mother Love Bone	44	0	43	59	13	31	119	324131
153	Perry Farrell	44	0	57	81	1	55	123	37152
154	Sleater-Kinney	44	10	43	85	11	57	139	236454
155	Big Star	44	1	43	42	46	38	118	143135
156	Hüsker Dü	44	17	31	89	4	41	137	213958
157	Spiritualized	43	31	31	55	33	23	125	230812
158	Dave Grohl	43	75	20	84	0	14	186	210292
159	The Sugarcubes	43	2	55	67	5	59	118	182604
160	Teenage Fanclub	43	31	44	72	5	59	119	129913
161	The Modern Lovers	43	4	56	65	16	67	130	163149
162	The Dead Weather	43	6	45	84	9	38	116	406809
163	Porno for Pyros	42	30	44	60	15	39	114	266936
164	Wipers	41	64	42	77	4	55	122	83633
165	Mercury Rev	41	26	35	62	23	26	124	112681
166	Sebadoh	41	22	42	64	21	38	127	104560
167	Soul Coughing	41	13	61	58	15	46	124	114645
168	Slint	41	55	41	42	16	22	132	168638
169	Frank Black	40	4	53	76	12	62	123	103758
170	Galaxie 500	40	46	35	63	17	33	118	148344
171	Suicide	40	55	49	60	11	50	140	153159
172	The Afghan Whigs	39	22	42	76	7	44	117	109023
173	Courtney Love	38	0	46	86	8	40	133	203155
174	The Feelies	38	56	50	73	15	61	128	62358
175	The Vaselines	36	9	36	82	24	56	136	66076
176	Archers Of Loaf	35	31	43	76	14	56	127	48819
177	Stephen Malkmus	35	26	52	60	20	47	125	64929
178	Throwing Muses	35	19	47	69	9	58	119	68393
179	Mission Of Burma	34	25	30	85	0	52	146	65271
180	J Mascis	34	10	41	48	59	40	124	73985
181	Camper Van Beethoven	34	20	47	73	18	62	144	39970
182	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks	34	26	51	56	30	46	122	67623
183	Beat Happening	33	38	50	77	36	64	131	48835
184	Superchunk	33	12	34	92	2	47	141	71437
185	Sugar	33	35	36	96	2	37	144	64592
186	The Jesus Lizard	33	40	45	75	0	62	120	81346
187	Thurston Moore	31	58	44	69	15	36	135	85190
188	Buffalo Tom	31	0	33	86	2	42	139	38387
189	Bob Mould	31	12	42	87	3	46	143	69624
190	Frank Black & The Catholics	27	4	42	79	1	52	127	17469
191	James Iha	21	30	56	82	0	29	118	12611
192	Big Black	2	12	35	93	0	22	162	70047

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