Genre in a city
The 32 most-read alternative rock artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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32 artists are tagged alternative rock in Boston. The biggest move was Lyres, up 14 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Pixiesalternative rock, indie rock | 53,181 | 0 |
02 | The Breedersalternative rock, indie rock | 34,638 | 0 |
03 | Letters to Cleoalternative rock, pop rock | 10,892 | 0 |
04 | That Handsome Devilalternative rock, rock | 10,787 | +3 |
05 | Lyresalternative rock, garage rock | 9,637 | +14 |
06 | Dead Poet Societyalternative rock, blues rock | 9,533 | +4 |
07 | The Lemonheadsalternative rock, indie rock | 8,904 | -3 |
08 | Evan Dandoalternative rock, indie pop | 8,779 | -2 |
09 | ’Til Tuesdayalternative rock, new wave | 8,670 | -4 |
10 | Gusteralternative rock, acoustic rock | 7,903 | -2 |
11 | Bellyalternative rock, jangle pop | 5,422 | -2 |
12 | Tracy Bonhamalternative rock, rock | 4,322 | -1 |
13 | Craig Finnalternative rock, indie rock | 3,363 | -1 |
14 | Buffalo Tomindie rock, alternative rock | 2,531 | 0 |
15 | Stephen Brodskyalternative rock, indie rock | 2,211 | -2 |
16 | Slothrustindie rock, rock | 1,865 | -1 |
17 | Juniuspost-metal, post-rock | 821 | -1 |
18 | Bent Kneealternative rock, experimental rock | 694 | 0 |
19 | Tribealternative rock | 685 | -2 |
20 | Orbitalternative rock | 616 | +4 |
21 | Volcano Sunsalternative rock | 559 | -1 |
22 | Big Dipperalternative rock | 378 | 0 |
23 | Birdbrainalternative rock, grunge | 307 | 0 |
24 | Apollo Sunshinealternative rock | 243 | -3 |
25 | David Batteaualternative rock | 242 | 0 |
26 | Uzialternative rock | 143 | 0 |
27 | Mistle Thrushalternative rock | 110 | 0 |
28 | Mieka Pauleyalternative rock | 102 | +1 |
29 | Solteroalternative rock | 83 | +3 |
30 | Gentlemen Hallalternative rock | 70 | +1 |
31 | Anastasia Screamedalternative rock | 64 | -2 |
32 | Mean Creekalternative rock | 46 | -4 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.