The Indie Label Index
independent labels, sorted by sound

Independent indie rock labels

Guitar bands outside the big labels.

100 labels

42 Records
Indie rock and indie pop. Rome.
Adrian Recordings
Indie rock. Stockholm.
Alcopop! Records
Indie rock, alternative rock and punk rock. Oxford.
Almost Halloween Time
Lo-fi, alternative rock and indie rock. Bari.
Arts & Crafts
Alternative rock and indie rock. Toronto.
Bar/None Records
Indie rock, alternative rock and punk rock. Hoboken.
Bayonet Records
Indie rock. Brooklyn.
Bella Union
Indie rock and indie pop. London.
Big Scary Monsters
Indie rock, alternative rock and post-hardcore. Oxford.
Birthday Cake
Indie rock and alternative rock. Winnipeg.
Bonsound
Indie pop and indie rock. Montreal.
Born Losers Records
Indie rock and alternative rock. United States.
Broken Sound Tapes
Shoegaze and indie rock. Hillsborough.
Candlepin Records
Shoegaze and indie rock. Boston.
Cherub Dream Records
Shoegaze, alternative rock and indie rock. San Francisco.
Clouds Hill
Indie rock and garage rock. Hamburg.
Counter Intuitive Records
Emo, alternative rock and indie rock. Brookline.
Dalliance Recordings
Indie rock, alternative rock and shoegaze. United Kingdom.
Dance To The Radio
Indie rock. Leeds.
Dead Oceans
Indie pop, alternative rock and indie rock. Bloomington.
Double Double Whammy
Indie rock and indie folk. Brooklyn.
Elefant Records
Indie rock and indie pop. Madrid.
Equal Vision Records
Post-hardcore, alternative rock and indie rock. Albany.
Exploding In Sound Records
Indie rock. Jersey City.
Father/Daughter Records
Indie rock, alternative rock and indie pop. San Francisco.
Fika Recordings
Indie pop and indie rock. London.
Fire Records
Indie rock, psych rock and alternative rock. London.
flower sounds
Indie rock, lo-fi and alternative rock. United States.
Flying Nun Records
Indie rock, alternative rock and post-punk. Auckland.
Full Time Hobby
Psych rock, indie folk and indie rock. London.
Ganache Records
Indie rock, punk rock and garage rock. Marseille.
Greenway Records
Psych rock and indie rock. New York.
Hardly Art
Alternative rock and indie rock. Seattle.
Heavenly
Indie pop and indie rock. London.
Heist Or Hit Records
Indie rock, indie pop and indie folk. Manchester.
Hidden Bay
Indie rock, indie pop and punk rock. Toulouse.
Howlin' Banana Records
Indie rock and punk rock. France.
Inner Ear
Indie rock. Patras.
Jagjaguwar
Indie pop, alternative rock and indie rock. Bloomington.
Jealous Butcher Records
Indie rock and indie folk. Portland.
Jigsaw Records
Indie pop and indie rock. Portland.
Julia's War
Shoegaze, indie rock and alternative rock. Philadelphia.
K
Indie rock and indie pop. Olympia.
Kanine Records
Indie rock, alternative rock and shoegaze. Brooklyn.
Keeled Scales
Indie rock, alternative rock and indie folk. Austin.
Lame-O Records
Indie rock. Philadelphia.
Lauren Records
Indie rock, punk rock and emo. United States.
Little Cloud Records
Alternative rock, shoegaze and indie rock. United States.
Lost Sound Tapes
Indie rock and indie pop. Canada.
Mansions and Millions
Dream pop, indie rock and indie pop. Berlin.
Matador
Indie rock and alternative rock. New York.
Merge Records
Indie rock. Durham.
Meritorio Records
Indie rock and indie pop. Madrid.
Mexican Summer
Indie rock, psych rock and indie folk. Brooklyn.
Mint Records
Indie rock and alternative rock. Vancouver.
Mom + Pop
Indie rock. New York.
Moonlee Records
Alternative rock, indie rock and shoegaze. Ljubljana.
Morr Music
Indie rock, shoegaze and post-rock. Berlin.
Paper Bag Records
Indie rock, shoegaze and dream pop. Toronto.
Partisan Records
Alternative rock and indie rock. Brooklyn.
Pieater
Indie rock. Melbourne.
PNKSLM
Indie pop, indie rock and alternative rock. Stockholm.
Polyvinyl Record Company
Indie rock and psych rock. Champaign.
Rama Lama Records
Indie rock and indie pop. Stockholm.
Rock Action Records
Indie rock. Glasgow.
Rough Trade
Indie rock and alternative rock. London.
Royal Mountain Records
Indie rock. Toronto.
Royal Oakie Records
Indie rock and psych rock. Oakland.
Saddle Creek
Indie rock and alternative rock. Omaha.
Safe Suburban Home
Indie rock and alternative rock. York.
Secret City Records
Indie rock and indie pop. Montreal.
Secretly Canadian
Indie pop, dream pop and indie rock. Bloomington.
Shore Dive Records
Shoegaze, dream pop and indie rock. Brighton.
Skep Wax
Indie pop, indie rock and alternative rock. United Kingdom.
Slumberland Records
Indie pop and indie rock. Oakland.
So Recordings
Post-punk, indie rock and alternative rock. London.
Sonic Cathedral
Shoegaze, dream pop and indie rock. United Kingdom.
Sonido Muchacho
Alternative rock and indie rock. Madrid.
Specialist Subject Records
Indie rock and punk rock. United Kingdom.
Spirit Goth
Dream pop, indie rock and indie pop. United States.
Spoilsport Records
Indie rock and punk rock. Melbourne.
Staatsakt.
Indie rock and indie pop. Berlin.
Starman Records
Indie folk and indie rock. Antwerp.
Sub Pop
Indie rock, punk rock and post-punk. Seattle.
Subroutine Records
Post-punk, indie rock and alternative rock. Groningen.
Subterfuge Records
Alternative rock, indie rock and indie pop. Madrid.
Suicide Squeeze
Psych rock and indie rock. Seattle.
Sunday Records
Indie rock and indie pop. United States.
Take This To Heart Records
Emo, indie rock and alternative rock. United States.
Talitres Records
Alternative rock and indie rock. Bordeaux.
Tambourhinoceros
Indie rock and alternative rock. Copenhagen.
Tapete Records
Indie rock and punk rock. Hamburg.
Third Eye Stimuli Records
Indie rock, post-punk and alternative rock. Australia.
Three Lobed Recordings
Psych rock, indie rock and lo-fi. Jamestown, North Carolina.
Topshelf Records
Indie rock, indie pop and emo. Portland.
Transgressive Records
Indie rock and alternative rock. London.
Vicious Circle
Indie rock and post-punk. Bordeaux.
Wharf Cat Records
Indie rock, indie pop and shoegaze. United States.
Winspear
Indie rock, shoegaze and indie folk. Los Angeles.
You've Changed Records
Alternative rock, indie rock and psych rock. Canada.

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