Alternative artists on Bandcamp

50 independent artists in this guide.

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Cranking up the alternative underground: Dino DiMuro tackles the notoriously difficult Trout Mask Replica with a raw, unmastered Captain Beefheart cover that proves "you will always be YOU." Avery Friedman issues a glistening return single ahead of her first UK/EU tour, while Chris of Wilderness cruises through the apocalypse with paranoid electronics and burning poetics on War Horny. White Swami delivers a pharmaceutical-grade shot of off-kilter hip-hop beats and psychedelic synth magic, and Jonathan Hadley searches for self amid a lifetime of masking on Somebody Somewhere. Get Lost Cassidy Frost closes it out with a KEXP-approved tender late-night drive through the unanswered questions of everyday life.

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    Song for a Gorgeous Blonde

    Three Swedes (two boys, one girl) creating ambient-electronic tracks, sometimes in collaboration with American indies like Dino DiMuro, whose ...

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    Stress Dolls

    Stress Dolls is the moniker of Chelsea O'Donnell, a songwriter from Buffalo, NY. In early 2022 she was invited to work with producer Jim Wirt...

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    Never the Bridle

    Solo singer/guitarist/bass and keys player, and writer of upbeat (but sometimes downhearted) indie songs. Guest drums on most releases are by ...

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    Quizboy

    Quizboy is post grunge, dirt made rock and roll from the Pacific Northwest

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    Skull Servant

    Psychedelic Doom Metal band from North Carolina.

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    Elly Kace

    Elly Kace (she/her/they) is a queer sound healing mystic and indie artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Their baroque-pop portals incorporate earthy...

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    pathetique

    I simply love music that trips you up, makes you feel lost, and combines this with an air of familiarity. My horribly mixed songs are more abo...

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    Smokin' Cola

    Music for music's sake. Genre means nothing. Get yer groove on.

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    Dino DiMuro

    Dino DiMuro is an independent musician and sound designer based in Los Angeles. Dino has been self-producing CDs and cassettes since the mi...

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    som som

    indie for introverts

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    Fragile Creatures

    Combining rock, grunge, pop and catchy melodies, Fragile Creatures evoke the spirit of great musical innovators of the past, from Bowie to Blu...

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    internet art

    internet art is me, Isaac Martinez, from the band Logan, Stephen, Isaac, Arturo

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    BEN GEL

    "There are notable underground rockers in this country that should be household names ... Ben Gel is one of them" (I-94 Bar) "Catchier than ve...

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    Earth to West

    Earth to West is a contemporary artist living and working in the United States.

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    Various Artists - Audio Mirage Studios

    Audio Mirage Studios is a blog and radio station that produces, distributes, and publishes music. Check out our Link Tree for more compilation...

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    Ian Cat

    Ian Cat is an artist from Boston, MA. His music ranges from alt-rock and shoegaze anthems with searing guitar solos to folky acoustic tunes an...

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    Isaac Martinez

    Isaac Martinez is a musician

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    The Shining Tongues

    The Shining Tongues is the songwriting vehicle of Daniel Knowler (previously of The Infinite Three). The Shining Tongues' music explores the p...

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    Ken Wohlrob

    Ken Wohlrob is a noisemaker based in Mohegan Lake, NY. He is known for his work as guitarist for New York City hardcore-punk band End of Hope,...

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    Cagedancr

    my name Chloe

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    David Christ & The Apocalypse

    Cult Propaganda Wing of Loves Beloved Garden

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    The Darts

    Emerging from the spooky town of Suffolk, The Darts are punking and they're your worst nightmare.

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    The Hypnatwists

    We are The Hypnatwists, a dynamic three-piece band hailing from a garage in Salem, Oregon. Comprising Ruby on vocals and guitar, Tony on bass,...

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    Danny and the Darlings

    Rock and roll for modern times with a punky power pop slant.

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    static.grl

    static.grl - breaker extraordinaire massive homo

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    David Von Beahm

    David Von Beahm is an independent artist from Baltimore who writes and produces all his music from his home studio. He has well over 20 years ...

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    henry sachs

    Henry Sachs is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Seattle, with a liberally maximalist approach to genre, technique, and song structure...

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    The City Gates

    Hailing from Montreal, The City Gates blend post-punk, shoegaze, and darkwave into a reverb-heavy, atmospheric sound driven by pulsing basslin...

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    Won't Say Rabbit

    Won't Say Rabbit is a garage pop-punk band from New Jersey. Members are: Brian (guitar & W.S. Rabbit drawings) Tom (bass guitar & keyb...

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    TANGIENTS

    TANGIENTS are a Los Angeles-based duo comprised of multi-instrumentalists Chelsea Ray and Be Hussey, who craft modern nu-gaze gems inspired by...

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    The Quivering Palm

    A fusion of indie rock and electronic pop with a hint of madness.

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    I Ya Toyah

    I Ya Toyah is not a musical act; she’s a movement. When spoken out loud in her native Polish, the words “I Ya Toyah” translate to “It’s just m...

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    Eleanor Collides

    Eleanor Collides is the solo project of singer, songwriter and guitarist Nick Ranga. EC combines several disparate influences into a unique...

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    Avery Friedman

    Avery Friedman is a Brooklyn-based musician. Her debut album, 'New Thing,' will be released April 18th via Audio Antihero. The record features...

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    Post-Cupid

    Artist, Songwriter, Musician, Open Mic Lover You're needed. linktr.ee/postcupid Booking: postcupidfanclub@gmail.com

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    The Sentimental Tourists

    Post-Punk alternative rock act from Dublin. A collaboration between Dave Long (Into Paradise) and Paul Page (Whipping Boy). Into Paradise rel...

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    Brody and the Grodies

    World's Worst Budget Rock Band! join the grodylist at BeGrody.com and getcha a free unreleased song download plus we'll send ya a special edi...

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    theJLM

    It often starts with a deep kick and ends in a wall of sound with various polyrhythms and waves occurring somewhere in between. theJLM is Jer...

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    Pete Lyev

    alternative experimental pop indie rock lofi fuzz pop New Haven

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    Curved Notes

    Music can tell a story without words and that's what I'm trying to do. My music is usually a mix of electronic/industrial/alternative elements.

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    Sunny Gianni

    Metamorphic instrumental experimental electronica.

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    Supermarket Parking Lot

    The brainchild of New York City native Marco Tewlow, Supermarket Parking Lot has been dazzling the greater Boston area with a genre-bending fu...

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    Erorrist

    ERORRIST is an electronic project that is experimenting in drone noise and heavy sounds that celebrate the beauty of the grotesque

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    Nosferatu D2

    Nosferatu D2 were Ben and Adam Parker, two brothers from Croydon, UK. The band formed after the dissolution of Tempertwig and existed from 200...

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    Clez

    Creator of unique synth based alternative electronic music.

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    Sybiliam

    Sybiliam is an electro-mysteric rock band, with lyrics with a strong influence of Greco-Roman mythology. Its songs, in English, Spanish and La...