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Rising Indie artists

Lizzy McAlpine, Foxwarren and Way Dynamic are the fastest-rising artists in Indie right now, by Momentum Score. Data through 25 Sep 2026.

  1. 1Lizzy McAlpine🇺🇸indie pop · Philadelphia▲4+380%
  2. 2Foxwarren🇨🇦indie · Regina▼1+301%
  3. 3Way Dynamic🇦🇺indie rock · Melbourne▲17+147%
  4. 4Beabadoobee🇬🇧indie pop · London▼2+144%
  5. 5Grace Ives🇺🇸indie pop · Brooklyn▼2+119%
  6. 6Royel Otis🇦🇺indie · Sydney▲30+64%
  7. 7Alice Phoebe Lou🇿🇦indie · Cape Town▲2+57%
  8. 8Rachel Chinouriri🇬🇧indie pop · London▲18+48%
  9. 9Strawberry Guy🇬🇧indie · Liverpool▲21+40%
  10. 10Oracle Sisters🇫🇷indie · Paris▲23+33%
  11. 11Crumb🇺🇸bedroom pop · Brooklyn▼5+30%
  12. 12Men I Trust🇨🇦dream pop · Quebec City▲22+27%
  13. 13Faye Webster🇺🇸indie folk · Atlanta▲41+27%
  14. 14Georgia Harmer🇨🇦indie · Toronto▲29+19%
  15. 15Mitski🇺🇸indie rock · New York▼1+19%
  16. 16Soccer Mommy🇺🇸indie pop · Nashville▼9+17%
  17. 17Cindy Lee🇨🇦noise pop · Calgary▼7+16%
  18. 18Arlo Parks🇬🇧indie · London▲24+15%
  19. 19Suki Waterhouse🇬🇧indie pop · London▲27+15%
  20. 20Feeble Little Horse🇺🇸indie rock · Pittsburgh▼3+13%
  21. 21Still Woozy🇺🇸bedroom pop · Oakland▲4+13%
  22. 22Sophia Stel🇨🇦indie pop · Vancouver▼10+11%
  23. 23Twin Peaks🇺🇸indie rock · Chicago▲15+9%
  24. 24Low🇺🇸slowcore · Duluth▲11+8%
  25. 25KAZU🇺🇸indie · New York▼7+5%
  26. 26Role Model🇺🇸bedroom pop · Cape Elizabeth▲38+4%
  27. 27Wednesday🇺🇸indie rock · Asheville▼11+3%
  28. 28Samia🇺🇸indie pop · Los Angeles▼13+1%
  29. 29Loving🇨🇦indie rock · Victoria▼6+0%
  30. 30Del Water Gap🇺🇸indie pop · New York▲18−3%
  31. 31Japanese Breakfast🇺🇸indie rock · Eugene▼18−4%
  32. 32Nick Drake🇬🇧indie folk · Tanworth-in-Arden▼13−4%
  33. 33MJ Lenderman🇺🇸indie rock · Asheville▼6−6%
  34. 34Djo🇺🇸indie · Los Angeles▲26−7%
  35. 35Caroline Polachek🇺🇸art pop · New York▲9−7%
  36. 36Vera Ellen🇳🇿indie rock · Wellington▼4−8%
  37. 37Cat & Calmell🇦🇺indie pop · Sydney▼9−9%
  38. 38The Last Dinner Party🇬🇧indie rock · London▲11−9%
  39. 39Shady Nasty🇦🇺post-punk · Sydney▼18−9%
  40. 40Sarah Kinsley🇺🇸dream pop · New York▼1−11%
  41. 41Snail Mail🇺🇸indie rock · Baltimore▼1−12%
  42. 42Florence Road🇮🇪indie rock · Bray▼31−12%
  43. 43Balu Brigada🇳🇿indie rock · Auckland▲14−13%
  44. 44Wallows🇺🇸indie rock · Los Angeles▲11−13%
  45. 45Nabeel🇺🇸shoegaze · Richmond▲5−15%
  46. 46King Krule🇬🇧indie · London▲6−15%
  47. 47Sam Evian🇺🇸indie · New York▲9−18%
  48. 48Oklou🇫🇷art pop · Poitiers▼7−18%
  49. 49Hotel Ugly🇺🇸bedroom pop · USA▼12−19%
  50. 50Gracie Abrams🇺🇸indie pop · Los Angeles▲13−20%
  51. 51English Teacher🇬🇧indie rock · Leeds▼4−23%
  52. 52Folk Bitch Trio🇦🇺indie folk · Melbourne▲9−23%
  53. 53Wet Leg🇬🇧indie rock · Isle of Wight▼22−25%
  54. 54Clairo🇺🇸bedroom pop · Carlisle▲11−25%
  55. 55Ethel Cain🇺🇸slowcore · Perry▼2−27%
  56. 56Dina Ögon🇸🇪indie · Stockholm▼48−32%
  57. 57Geese🇺🇸indie rock · Brooklyn▼28−33%
  58. 58Big Thief🇺🇸indie rock · Brooklyn▼36−34%
  59. 59Wolf Alice🇬🇧indie rock · London—−36%
  60. 60Gigi Perez🇺🇸indie · West Palm Beach▲2−39%
  61. 61TV Girl🇺🇸indie pop · San Diego▼37−39%
  62. 62Dijon🇺🇸indie · Los Angeles▼11−41%
  63. 63Audrey Hobert🇺🇸indie pop · Los Angeles▲3−42%
  64. 64Wunderhorse🇬🇧indie rock · London▼19−51%
  65. 65Fontaines D.C.🇮🇪post-punk · Dublin▼7−58%
  66. 66Asher White🇺🇸indie rock · Providence▼62−61%

About rising Indie artists

Indie is less a sound than a room — jangling guitars, bedroom recordings, dream pop haze and the kind of songwriting that gets passed between friends before it gets passed to a label. These are the indie artists gaining attention fastest right now.