Toronto indie music is a diverse and vibrant genre that blends elements of rock, pop, and alternative music. It is characterized by its unique sound, which often features dreamy, atmospheric melodies and introspective lyrics. The genre is known for its DIY ethos and its focus on independent, up-and-coming artists. Toronto indie music has gained a strong following in recent years, thanks in part to the success of bands like New West, Alvvays, and Luna Li. These artists have helped to define the sound of the genre, which is marked by its creativity, experimentation, and commitment to authenticity.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 73 | 2 | 49 | 42 | 62 | 27 | 112 | 208173 | |
2 | 61 | 35 | 33 | 78 | 16 | 34 | 143 | 481543 | |
3 | 56 | 41 | 59 | 58 | 33 | 47 | 116 | 95777 | |
4 | 52 | 3 | 37 | 92 | 1 | 34 | 141 | 240253 | |
5 | 51 | 3 | 62 | 80 | 2 | 64 | 124 | 86296 | |
6 | 48 | 7 | 49 | 30 | 42 | 32 | 120 | 173672 | |
7 | 47 | 9 | 53 | 43 | 58 | 42 | 116 | 82698 | |
8 | 46 | 64 | 57 | 73 | 65 | 62 | 107 | 14543 | |
9 | 45 | 32 | 56 | 36 | 47 | 37 | 110 | 194459 | |
10 | 43 | 5 | 57 | 70 | 11 | 51 | 133 | 116516 | |
11 | 42 | 4 | 58 | 66 | 16 | 37 | 139 | 70984 | |
12 | 40 | 11 | 57 | 61 | 14 | 53 | 122 | 93663 | |
13 | 38 | 0 | 59 | 72 | 20 | 56 | 112 | 10085 | |
14 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5661 | |
15 | 36 | 5 | 65 | 51 | 32 | 45 | 117 | 11018 | |
16 | 33 | 1 | 49 | 46 | 45 | 24 | 118 | 14339 | |
17 | 32 | 0 | 73 | 67 | 16 | 60 | 120 | 708 | |
18 | 32 | 1 | 56 | 23 | 67 | 26 | 121 | 5646 | |
19 | 31 | 3 | 67 | 71 | 5 | 52 | 132 | 13941 | |
20 | 30 | 1 | 53 | 86 | 0 | 59 | 147 | 8747 | |
21 | 28 | 52 | 78 | 67 | 15 | 92 | 127 | 8361 | |
22 | 28 | 38 | 57 | 45 | 56 | 12 | 119 | 8736 | |
23 | 27 | 19 | 40 | 83 | 20 | 55 | 143 | 11748 | |
24 | 27 | 19 | 48 | 82 | 3 | 63 | 118 | 4461 | |
25 | 23 | 0 | 51 | 64 | 18 | 69 | 131 | 9736 | |
26 | 23 | 1 | 57 | 38 | 67 | 32 | 97 | 6550 | |
27 | 23 | 0 | 51 | 92 | 4 | 71 | 117 | 7547 | |
28 | 22 | 3 | 50 | 90 | 0 | 53 | 147 | 7002 | |
29 | 22 | 15 | 46 | 82 | 6 | 55 | 114 | 1952 | |
30 | 21 | 16 | 48 | 78 | 3 | 52 | 152 | 6227 | |
31 | 20 | 8 | 41 | 80 | 0 | 62 | 151 | 16104 | |
32 | 20 | 1 | 76 | 58 | 20 | 56 | 101 | 2691 | |
33 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 83 | 8 | 52 | 122 | 9205 | |
34 | 18 | 0 | 55 | 67 | 26 | 50 | 146 | 2872 | |
35 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 69 | 19 | 48 | 126 | 12006 | |
36 | 17 | 0 | 57 | 80 | 2 | 73 | 120 | 5833 | |
37 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 1 | 65 | 148 | 4320 | |
38 | 16 | 8 | 68 | 48 | 31 | 50 | 95 | 5175 | |
39 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5136 | |
40 | 15 | 28 | 30 | 90 | 1 | 39 | 159 | 2549 | |
41 | 15 | 0 | 64 | 74 | 9 | 37 | 111 | 4182 | |
42 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 96 | 4 | 53 | 144 | 1313 | |
43 | 14 | 41 | 69 | 51 | 39 | 51 | 111 | 2506 | |
44 | 14 | 0 | 58 | 77 | 1 | 70 | 165 | 2874 | |
45 | 14 | 0 | 52 | 72 | 0 | 64 | 129 | 2685 | |
46 | 13 | 2 | 56 | 44 | 47 | 28 | 120 | 6460 | |
47 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 63 | 14 | 51 | 148 | 6425 | |
48 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3341 | |
49 | 12 | 86 | 72 | 59 | 0 | 77 | 128 | 569 | |
50 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 84 | 7 | 69 | 132 | 2964 | |
51 | 11 | 3 | 55 | 77 | 22 | 53 | 103 | 4316 | |
52 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 98 | 1 | 54 | 149 | 6409 | |
53 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1303 | |
54 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 90 | 1 | 61 | 140 | 3204 | |
55 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 44 | 53 | 12 | 134 | 4103 | |
56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5062 | |
57 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 60 | 32 | 54 | 118 | 971 | |
58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | |
59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 964 | |
60 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 89 | 0 | 63 | 158 | 5943 | |
61 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 73 | 13 | 38 | 127 | 2197 | |
62 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 20 | 81 | 35 | 115 | 1137 | |
63 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 80 | 0 | 57 | 130 | 2500 | |
64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5065 | |
65 | 9 | 0 | 70 | 74 | 47 | 78 | 156 | 3061 | |
66 | 8 | 2 | 77 | 83 | 5 | 97 | 135 | 983 | |
67 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417 | |
68 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | |
69 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 69 | 3 | 80 | 133 | 1155 | |
70 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 58 | 0 | 41 | 118 | 3338 | |
71 | 7 | 61 | 56 | 61 | 26 | 51 | 144 | 3441 | |
72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2688 | |
73 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1633 | |
74 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 976 | |
75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 880 | |
76 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3134 | |
77 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 94 | 2 | 47 | 129 | 1638 | |
78 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1175 | |
79 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1129 | |
80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 874 | |
81 | 5 | 84 | 61 | 77 | 11 | 22 | 131 | 1595 | |
82 | 4 | 47 | 40 | 75 | 0 | 45 | 150 | 1038 | |
83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 887 | |
84 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 56 | 20 | 68 | 124 | 679 | |
85 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 70 | 3 | 54 | 148 | 901 | |
86 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 89 | 15 | 66 | 145 | 1036 | |
87 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 449 | |
88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 918 | |
89 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 79 | 1 | 31 | 155 | 1111 | |
90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | |
91 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 28 | 80 | 26 | 106 | 193 | |
92 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 349 | |
93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 419 | |
94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 660 | |
95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 | |
96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 646 | |
97 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | |
98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 904 | |
99 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 842 | |
100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | |
101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 397 | |
102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | |
103 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 809 | |
104 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1071 | |
105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | |
106 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 57 | 26 | 33 | 120 | 294 | |
107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |
108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | |
109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 717 | |
110 | 2 | 44 | 50 | 68 | 23 | 40 | 121 | 1072 | |
111 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 510 | |
112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | |
113 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | |
114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 532 | |
115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 | |
116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 598 | |
117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 | |
118 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 57 | 1 | 69 | 100 | 319 | |
119 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 344 | |
120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | |
121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 485 | |
125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | |
126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |
127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |
129 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 86 | 7 | 73 | 157 | 89 | |
130 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 98 | 1 | 35 | 120 | 51 | |
131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | |
132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 440 | |
133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | |
135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |
136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |