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Alternative music is the heart of innovation in indie culture. At SoundClick, you can stream and discover the best alternative songs from independent artists around the world. Our Alternative Music Charts highlight fresh tracks across subgenres like Emo, Grunge, Shoegaze, Brit Pop, Experimental Rock, and more.

Explore a wide range of alternative styles

  • Indie Alternative - Independent voices shaping today's sound
  • Grunge - Raw guitar-driven anthems with authentic edge
  • Emo - Emotionally charged alternative music with heartfelt lyrics
  • Shoegaze - Dreamy, layered textures in alternative rock
  • Post Punk - Angular rhythms and experimental approaches
  • Pop Punk - Catchy hooks with alternative rock energy
  • Experimental - Avant-rock artists pushing creative boundaries
  • Brit Pop - UK-inspired alternative rock and indie vibes
  • Nu Metal - Heavy alternative blended with modern intensity
  • Goth - Dark, atmospheric sounds in the alternative scene
  • Dance-Punk - Energetic rhythms with punk and electronic fusion
  • Alt Power Pop - Melodic songs with alternative sensibility
  • Alternative General - Essential alternative songs spanning all styles

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Picture for song '[$100 EXCLUSIVE] MNZR x NVSCVR x PLUG "GRAPE"' by artist 'Anthony Beats'
[$100 EXCLUSIVE] MNZR x NVSCVR x PLUG "GRAPE"

Anthony Beats

[$100 EXCLUSIVE]  Hi!! Soy Anthony Beats  Espero les guste mi contenido

Alternative - Alternative General 120 BPM 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'The Taming Power Of The Small' by artist 'Overdsergio'
The Taming Power Of The Small

Overdsergio

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Alternative - Alternative General 125 BPM 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'Eulogy' by artist 'lungbuttur'
Eulogy

lungbuttur

Grunge, metal, alternative, folk music with deep and twisted songs. Showing the comedy of the darkness and the darkness in the comedy.

Lungbuttur was formed in 1996 by Camile Dominique Houle there have been 8 members of Lungbuttur some are active some are not but all remain part of the family throughout the years and have had there say in final production of every song before they come out (Dan Cooper, Kevin Chizik, Jason Evans, Jason Ravenhorst, Adam Popowich, Luke Baird and Mike Dalla Betta...

Alternative - Grunge No samples

Picture for song 'Tam Taram Teyram (I am High)' by artist 'Dead Desert'
Tam Taram Teyram (I am High)

Dead Desert

Alternative/Desert Rock band from Kharkiv, Ukraine

Alternative - Grunge 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'Subject A (Failed Remaster v.9)' by artist 'Liminal Face'
Subject A (Failed Remaster v.9)

Liminal Face

Attention Deficit Music for You

I do not use AI, whatsoever, in my music. All music is original, except noted as cover.
I currently only have one cover song in my library. 
The songs that I create are typically done in one day and with minimal processing. 
I will take some songs and mix them further, then ultimately master them myself. 
I am still working on my technique. 
All songs are unfinished and are only rough ideas. Some songs may have their names changed due to refinement. 
Curr...

Alternative - Grunge No samples

Picture for song 'die Mafia' by artist 'Superrock'
die Mafia

Superrock

Superrock - a band with roots in the Tyrolean Lowlands, which as the name suggests is very close to the Rock- and Bluesgenre. phone +43-660-4899688

Superrock - a band with roots in the Tyrolean Lowlands, which as the name suggests is very close to the Rock- and Bluesgenre. With lyrics in Tyrolean Dialect and English the 4 musicians understand themselves as a linguistic culture hybrid with zeitgeist. In their chests are 4 hearts beating in the same beat.

Alternative - Alternative General No samples

Picture for song 'PAINT YOUR LOVE' by artist 'TRANSISTA GROOVE'
PAINT YOUR LOVE

TRANSISTA GROOVE

Transista Groove is a three piece local Canberra band, featuring Glenda Harvey on guitar and lead vocals, Szusza Ihasz on bass and David Twyman on drums.

Transista Groove is a three piece band featuring Glenda Harvey on guitar and lead vocals, Szusza Ihasz on bass and David Twyman on drums. They play an eclectic style of music fusing elements of rock, prog, jazz, blues, grunge and funk. There are two trans woman as members, writes Jenni Elomaa.
It would be difficult to find many people who d...

Alternative - Grunge No samples

Picture for song 'Crispy Final' by artist 'Private Iz'
Crispy Final

Private Iz

Private Iz(eyes) was created to share jam tracks, impromptu song ideas with the people that created them. These song 'ideas' are raw and are not meant to chart or impress others beyond those that participated.
This is why it is called Private Iz

Alternative - Grunge No samples

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Picture for song 'Fail-Safe' by artist 'Lynn Wilson'
Fail-Safe

Lynn Wilson

Lynn has been writing and recording songs in his home studio for years.  Lynn performs all the music and vocals himself, with help from Roger Fife on bass.

Alternative - Indie No samples

Picture for song 'Voyager - 2' by artist 'RAY GARCIA'
Voyager - 2

RAY GARCIA

Hi, Sorry if I bend your ear in the wrong way but I've never taken any  music lessons of any kind. I pick the interments I hear in my Dreams, By Ear.

Actually I played all the instruments on 11 songs on my page list.  And after that I had various artists help me play on the rest of my songs. So for now the band's name will be 'SHADOWS IN THE MIRROR'

Alternative - Emo No samples

Picture for song 'Not The One [Silver Bars]' by artist 'Jeremy Potter'
Not The One [Silver Bars]

Jeremy Potter

Ive been working on some new projects... stay tuned. probably wont upload for awhile, but please keep playing my songs

Hi. I'm Jeremy. I engineer the music and produce it. I'm self-taught.

Alternative - Alternative General No samples

Picture for song 'Alone' by artist 'meglodave'
Alone

meglodave

Bovine Audio At It's Best

My name is David Mallory. There are dozens of David Mallorys on the net so I go by the stage name Meglodave. This is a self deprecating name I gave myself over 25 years ago. I suffer from a form of erotomania. I have the mistaken belief that someone is in love with me and she gives me messages on the radio. I am aware of this but still Ive been unable to shake it. I know its faux pas, but as a method of coping, I have taken to making and listening to my own music usi...

Alternative - Indie 80 BPM 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'Better Daze' by artist 'In Exile'
Better Daze

In Exile

Hard Rock / Experimantal / Alternative / Indie /  Electronic / Guitar Rockin' and Electronic Poppin' music with Vocals that tell it like it is!

Wild Guitars, frenzied synths, crazy vocals! We like to take you where no listener has gone before!

Alternative - Indie No samples

Picture for song '801pm - SoySaucin, NachoGnosis Prd by SoySaucin Pr' by artist 'Nacho YOUniverse'
801pm - SoySaucin, NachoGnosis Prd by SoySaucin Pr

Nacho YOUniverse

Where Its About YOU..

**Nacho Youniverse** is more than a music label, it’s a movement built on empowerment, individuality, and the boundless potential of human creativity. Founded on the belief that *every voice deserves a stage*, Nacho Youniverse stands as a new model for artist-driven success in the modern music era.
Our name says it all: *“It’s not about us, it’s about you.*
Nacho Youniverse was born from a vision to shatter the walls of exclusivity in the music industry. We believe in

Alternative - Indie No samples

Picture for song '10 Light Cascade' by artist 'Spiral Dimensions'
10 Light Cascade

Spiral Dimensions

An avid composer of music across genres

With this project, the intention was to create a series of instrumental tunes, where I used keyboards , guitar synthesizer and guitars to create what is to all intents a spaced themed collection of varied musically expressive tunes. I am extremely pleased with this body of work. Hope you enjoy my album

Alternative - Experimental No samples

Picture for song 'Prisoner Trapped in Time' by artist 'TimeSpoken'
Prisoner Trapped in Time

TimeSpoken

Words, music, art, life. Let's change the world.

I've removed most of my older music over the years, but I kept Queen of Vampires because it's iconic and will always remain forever in my heart.
For 20 years, everyone knew me as Vryl. I am still and always be Vryl.  Vryl was born from Vryl Valkyrie, a virtual woman in Second Life, my alter ego, a place of refuge and artistic expression and from that place I wrote poetry and composed music. Yes, I will always be Vryl. 
But after Paul died, I

Alternative - Goth 107 BPM No samples

Picture for song 'Written in The Stars' by artist 'Alien Jazz Party'
Written in The Stars

Alien Jazz Party

Influences Early Birthday Party, Crazy Beefheart, Syd Barrett,  HOWLIN' WOLF, Son House, Jimi Hendrix, NINA Simone

Music which we hopes Travels - Other Dimensions -

Alternative - Brit Pop No samples

Picture for song 'When you caught my eye' by artist 'Spetts'
When you caught my eye

Spetts

Music is life, love & light so take it whenever, wherever possible

1000 characters is just asking too much of me, I assure the speed dæmon smoking his guns as capitulation to the Millennial music Gods ran on, centripetal in it's variability to 'genretrication' if I may, pseudo-anachronistic misanthrope that I be y'all. Drop the beat a minute, I need a smoke. And no mirrors........
Technophiles will be at home with me, sub-genres run as rampant as thou please! We'll see what I have to say, to...

Alternative - Indie 96 BPM 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'Rhyming Mimes - Definite Maybe' by artist 'Rhyming Mimes'
Rhyming Mimes - Definite Maybe

Rhyming Mimes

Two pensioners trying to annoy as many people as possible.

Alternative - Alternative General No samples