2010s Indie Essentials
A curated collection of the defining indie and alternative tracks from the 2010s, capturing the decade's shift from lo-fi bedroom pop to expansive, synth-driven soundscapes.
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Tracks
- Oxford Comma · Vampire Weekend
- Ready to Start · Arcade Fire
- Elephant · Tame Impala
- Archie, Marry Me · Alvvays
- Ode to Viceroy · Mac DeMarco
- Tennis Court · Lorde
- Myth · Beach House
- Helplessness Blues · Fleet Foxes
- Holocene · Bon Iver
- Midnight City · M83
- Seasons (Waiting on You) · Future Islands
- Simple Song · The Shins
- 1901 · Phoenix
- Walk It Back · The National
- Red Eyes · The War on Drugs
- Motion Sickness · Phoebe Bridgers
- Blueberry Eyes · Maxo Kream
- Daffodils · Mark Ronson
- On the Level · Mac DeMarco
- Lush · Snail Mail
- Pink Moon · Nick Drake
- Diane Young · Vampire Weekend
- Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) · Arcade Fire
- Let It Happen · Tame Impala
- Marry Me Archie · Alvvays
- Space Song · Beach House
- Green Light · Lorde
- My Body · Young the Giant
- Pumped Up Kicks · Foster the People
- Safe and Sound · Capital Cities
- Riptide · Vance Joy
- Take a Walk · Passion Pit
- Cigarette Daydreams · Cage the Elephant
- Do I Wanna Know? · Arctic Monkeys
- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards · Tame Impala
- Step · Vampire Weekend
- After the Disco · Broken Bells
- Holland, 1945 · Neutral Milk Hotel
- Coffee · Sylvan Esso
- Strictly Game · Harlem
- Gold · Chet Faker
- Lazuli · Beach House
- Under the Pressure · The War on Drugs
- Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) · Arcade Fire
- Jackie · Yves Tumor
- New Slang · The Shins
- Young Blood · The Naked and Famous
- Sleepyhead · Passion Pit
- White Winter Hymnal · Fleet Foxes
- I Follow Rivers · Lykke Li
- Somebody Else · The 1975
- Kilby Girl · The Backseat Lovers
- Tongue Tied · Grouplove
- Rivers and Roads · The Head and the Heart
- Float On · Modest Mouse
- The Less I Know The Better · Tame Impala
- A-Punk · Vampire Weekend
- Liability · Lorde
- Dreams Tonite · Alvvays
- Salad Days · Mac DeMarco
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Based on the prompt: The essential 2010s indie playlist — Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire, Tame Impala, Alvvays, Mac DeMarco, Lorde, Beach House. The decade's best.