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Indie rock artists from Austin

The 28 most-read indie rock artists based in Austin, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

28 artists are tagged indie rock in Austin. The biggest move was The Wooden Birds, up 4 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Spoonindie rock, alternative rock	9,333	0
02	Shakey Gravesalternative country, alternative rock	5,320	0
03	…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Deadalternative rock, art rock	4,958	0
04	Jesse Tobiasalternative rock, indie rock	2,710	0
05	Okkervil Riverindie rock, folk rock	2,294	0
06	White Denimindie rock, psychedelic rock	2,167	0
07	Amber Coffmanindie rock	1,666	0
08	MISSIOindie rock, rock	1,075	0
09	Voxtrotindie pop, indie rock	804	0
10	The Reiversindie rock	446	0
11	I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darknessindie rock, post-punk	386	+1
12	The Gloria Recordemo, indie rock	310	+1
13	Pompeiiindie rock	264	-2
14	Pop Unknownemo, indie rock	167	0
15	Why Bonniebedroom pop, dream pop	155	0
16	Starfishindie rock	131	0
17	Quiet Companyindie pop, indie rock	121	+1
18	The Blackindie rock	105	+1
19	What Made Milwaukee Famousindie rock	97	-2
20	Brazosindie rock	82	+2
21	Ola Podridaindie rock	66	+2
22	The Wooden Birdsindie rock	64	+4
22	Sound Teamindie rock	64	-2
24	Future Clouds and Radarindie rock	58	0
24	Wiretreeindie rock, post-punk	58	-3
26	The Black and White Yearsindie rock	42	-1
27	Golden Bearindie rock	28	0
28	The Lovely Sparrowsindie rock	25	0

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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.