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Genre
garage pop
Parent Genre: rock

Garage pop is a subgenre of rock music that combines the raw energy and DIY ethos of garage rock with catchy pop melodies and hooks. The music is characterized by distorted guitars, lo-fi production, and a fast-paced rhythm section. The lyrics often deal with themes of youth culture, rebellion, and romance. Garage pop bands typically have a playful and irreverent attitude, and their live shows are known for their high energy and audience participation.


Top artists of garage pop genre

Thee Oh Sees
King Tuff
Bass Drum of Death
The King Khan & BBQ Show
Night Beats
White Fence
The Spits
Jay Reatard
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List of garage pop artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Thee Oh Sees
52 56 37 80 8 37 122 285464
2
King Tuff
42 5 43 80 15 49 118 86496
3
Bass Drum of Death
42 10 44 89 2 52 130 109689
4
The King Khan & BBQ Show
41 31 40 88 21 62 140 79591
5
Night Beats
40 38 37 85 4 49 125 62949
6
White Fence
39 56 47 75 8 53 120 46542
7
The Spits
38 44 33 92 3 42 133 39034
8
Jay Reatard
37 9 35 95 15 50 132 69891
9
Ausmuteants
36 20 33 86 9 57 139 8548
10
Dead Ghosts
36 53 28 79 10 57 131 41724
11
Harlem
35 4 47 80 16 67 134 50458
12
Jacuzzi Boys
33 8 43 80 3 68 134 47112
13
The Babies
32 18 38 76 30 52 137 42816
14
The Beets
32 41 45 58 10 65 107 15794
15
Japanther
31 15 56 83 7 56 120 20735
16
Royal Headache
31 49 31 75 0 55 118 26594
17
Radioactivity
30 82 28 95 1 52 152 16023
18
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
30 31 47 89 4 56 116 20583
19
Meatbodies
30 31 35 79 3 46 123 40707
20
The Marked Men
28 47 26 92 1 39 140 13944
21
The Gories
27 13 55 72 24 65 139 28610
22
Oblivians
27 23 38 94 12 54 148 24040
23
King Khan and the Shrines
27 13 37 84 8 67 127 27745
24
Mean Jeans
27 4 36 90 1 64 138 14469
25
Guantanamo Baywatch
26 35 41 80 16 65 129 25362
26
Country Teasers
26 39 46 74 18 54 114 12271
27
The Strange Boys
26 3 44 66 20 69 131 22828
28
Hunx & His Punx
25 0 30 82 20 40 154 30433
29
Mrs. Magician
25 10 41 88 1 54 127 11309
30
Reatards
25 56 27 94 36 41 128 18825
31
Gøggs
25 2 23 86 2 34 156 21689
32
Mikal Cronin
24 16 31 67 14 36 108 32516
33
Coachwhips
24 82 28 94 14 30 126 17435
34
Compulsive Gamblers
23 40 32 78 19 48 127 9972
35
M.O.T.O.
23 22 36 90 12 56 151 5771
36
The Almighty Defenders
22 1 45 87 34 56 115 13887
37
Sick Thoughts
22 29 38 94 2 35 112 3395
38
Dirty Fences
21 0 33 88 5 57 179 7467
39
Mind Spiders
21 31 34 89 2 49 128 11185
40
Nobunny
21 17 39 82 35 69 131 29680
41
Lost Sounds
21 12 29 90 3 45 137 11695
42
Cheap Time
21 16 29 91 4 33 160 6968
43
Useless Eaters
20 44 37 90 3 76 148 10398
44
Davila 666
20 1 49 90 17 64 157 10255
45
The Fresh & Onlys
20 41 32 80 7 44 121 17656
46
The Spaceshits
20 57 36 98 10 47 121 7747
47
Carbonas
20 15 30 97 1 21 144 7228
48
The Blind Shake
19 69 30 92 3 34 135 4998
49
The Intelligence
19 39 41 85 7 54 143 9656
50
The Sueves
19 54 29 91 10 32 134 2410
51
Personal and The Pizzas
17 23 32 84 22 64 161 7552
52
Bad Sports
16 26 36 83 11 58 146 7214
53
Bare Wires
16 27 32 77 3 72 152 3439
54
Ex-Cult
16 0 33 92 0 47 109 9520
55
Warm Soda
15 45 37 92 11 60 137 4153
56
Teengenerate
15 90 23 97 0 11 124 8258
57
Paint Fumes
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1723
58
White Fang
14 23 30 97 27 34 122 5459
59
Supercharger
14 0 34 93 13 37 150 3077
60
Les Sexareenos
14 14 31 96 15 62 146 5216
61
Audacity
14 25 25 92 9 48 127 6300
62
The Hunches
14 68 19 83 3 11 138 5202
63
Mark Sultan
14 35 41 96 24 62 121 9779
64
The Traditional Fools
13 67 27 95 15 41 131 5333
65
Cosmonauts
13 71 43 61 17 32 113 9683
66
UV Race
13 15 45 79 3 71 132 4815
67
Hornet Leg
12 34 51 84 59 77 158 2472
68
Terry Malts
11 85 29 92 0 50 151 3922
69
Sic Alps
11 5 33 97 12 31 158 8376
70
Angry Angles
11 32 41 96 2 54 94 5343
71
The Barbaras
11 0 52 92 19 80 113 1339
72
Tyvek
10 9 34 89 6 65 127 5684
73
Destruction Unit
10 75 18 94 8 7 142 8709
74
Acid Baby Jesus
10 41 42 69 7 55 124 7632
75
Goodnight Loving
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 714
76
The Steve Adamyk Band
10 44 38 89 0 87 171 2145
77
Digital Leather
10 1 43 76 2 27 97 4884
78
Epsilons
10 4 24 96 1 52 130 4241
79
The Mantles
10 33 28 93 17 76 142 5410
80
Wax Idols
9 42 47 86 0 59 154 5500
81
Cheater Slicks
9 0 27 99 0 17 146 3830
82
The White Wires
9 0 25 95 0 51 156 3427
83
Heavy Times
9 1 51 91 0 41 102 3397
84
Sonic Avenues
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2524
85
Buck Biloxi and The Fucks
8 0 43 99 0 27 95 1252
86
CFM
8 35 31 88 4 50 140 3994
87
J.C. Satàn
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4958
88
The Ripoffs
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1182
89
Demon's Claws
7 40 49 90 0 47 125 4243
90
Lamps
7 88 24 92 2 9 134 2829
91
High Tension Wires
7 0 16 97 9 64 190 2310
92
Gino and the Goons
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1344
93
Brimstone Howl
6 44 30 88 9 33 120 952
94
Jack Oblivian
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3003
95
The Okmoniks
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2745
96
Thee Vicars
5 0 24 97 1 37 133 1126
97
Xray Eyeballs
5 13 39 92 0 47 184 2105
98
The Tandoori Knights
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1460
99
Red Mass
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 617
100
The Drags
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1421
101
BBQ
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4228
102
'68 Comeback
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2627
103
Teenanger
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1707
104
Blacktop
4 0 38 98 0 56 142 1788
105
The Hussy
4 43 33 85 0 44 94 1524
106
Giorgio Murderer
4 38 37 95 56 49 104 713
107
Fungi Girls
4 85 51 79 68 88 91 2782
108
OBN IIIs
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2215
109
Liquor Store
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1144
110
Black Time
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2702
111
The Manikins
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1187
112
Baseball Furies
3 9 20 97 10 65 189 1511
113
Terror Visions
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2270
114
Shapes Have Fangs
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1106
115
Golden Triangle
3 93 38 94 0 86 106 1144
116
Bad Times
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1830
117
Jack Of Heart
3 0 32 86 5 49 84 817
118
Box Elders
3 0 27 91 39 80 154 1017
119
Heavy Cream
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 856
120
GG King
2 0 37 100 3 38 105 795
121
Bassholes
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2153
122
Clone Defects
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 923
123
The Ding-Dongs
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1363
124
Wheels On Fire
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 260
125
Human Eye
2 1 14 75 0 10 141 1153
126
Super Wild Horses
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 808
127
Final Solutions
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1666
128
Woven Bones
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 947
129
FM Knives
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 341
130
Sonic Chicken 4
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 330
131
The Hex Dispensers
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 686
132
Nervous Patterns
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1396
133
Wax Museums
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 408
134
Wounded Lion
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 381
135
Rayon Beach
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 429
136
Apache Dropout
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 994
137
The Gaye Blades
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 386
138
Trmrs
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 668
139
Home Blitz
1 0 32 99 10 50 108 700
140
The Whines
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 177
141
King Louie One Man Band
0 0 48 95 34 29 113 393
142
Girlatones
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 513
143
The Hipshakes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 285
144
Boston Chinks
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
145
Tunnel of Love
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263
146
Nerve City
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1103
147
Electric Bunnies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
148
The Black Jaspers
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 330
149
Gentleman Jesse
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127
150
Snake Flower 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
151
Idle Times
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131
152
Blasted Canyons
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 368
153
Lover!
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154
154
Ratas Del Vaticano
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 416
155
Holy Cobras
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
156
Tyrades
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 622
157
Jeffrey Novak
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 240
158
Mind Controls
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 236
159
Estrogen Highs
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
160
Wizzard Sleeve
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
161
Matt K. Shrugg
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
162
Tokyo Electron
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124