Genre in a city
The 28 most-read indie rock artists based in Austin, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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28 artists are tagged indie rock in Austin. The biggest move was What Made Milwaukee Famous, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Spoonindie rock, alternative rock | 7,228 | 0 |
02 | Shakey Gravesalternative country, alternative rock | 6,866 | +1 |
03 | …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Deadalternative rock, art rock | 4,290 | -1 |
04 | Jesse Tobiasalternative rock, indie rock | 2,603 | +1 |
05 | White Denimindie rock, psychedelic rock | 2,115 | -1 |
06 | Okkervil Riverindie rock, folk rock | 1,919 | 0 |
07 | Amber Coffmanindie rock | 1,605 | 0 |
08 | Voxtrotindie pop, indie rock | 872 | 0 |
09 | MISSIOindie rock, rock | 859 | 0 |
10 | The Reiversindie rock | 384 | 0 |
11 | The Gloria Recordemo, indie rock | 314 | 0 |
12 | I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darknessindie rock, post-punk | 261 | 0 |
13 | Pompeiiindie rock | 243 | 0 |
14 | Pop Unknownemo, indie rock | 175 | +1 |
15 | What Made Milwaukee Famousindie rock | 144 | +3 |
16 | Why Bonniebedroom pop, dream pop | 139 | -2 |
17 | Quiet Companyindie pop, indie rock | 118 | -1 |
18 | Starfishindie rock | 100 | -1 |
19 | Sound Teamindie rock | 90 | +3 |
20 | Ola Podridaindie rock | 73 | 0 |
21 | Brazosindie rock | 62 | 0 |
22 | The Wooden Birdsindie rock | 61 | -3 |
23 | Wiretreeindie rock, post-punk | 57 | +1 |
24 | Future Clouds and Radarindie rock | 56 | +3 |
25 | The Blackindie rock | 55 | -2 |
26 | The Black and White Yearsindie rock | 48 | 0 |
27 | Golden Bearindie rock | 32 | -2 |
28 | The Lovely Sparrowsindie rock | 12 | 0 |
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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.