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The 30 most-read indie rock artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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30 artists are tagged indie rock in Boston. The biggest move was Squirrel Flower, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Pixiesalternative rock, indie rock | 53,181 | 0 |
02 | The Breedersalternative rock, indie rock | 34,638 | 0 |
03 | Danny Woodindie rock, pop | 13,758 | 0 |
04 | Evan Dandoalternative rock, indie pop | 8,779 | 0 |
05 | Mission of Burmapost-punk, art punk | 4,666 | 0 |
06 | Squirrel Flowerindie folk, folk rock | 3,874 | +7 |
07 | American Authorspop rock, chamber pop | 3,450 | -1 |
08 | Craig Finnalternative rock, indie rock | 3,363 | -1 |
09 | Sweeping Promisesindie rock, new wave | 2,919 | +7 |
10 | Buffalo Tomindie rock, alternative rock | 2,531 | -1 |
11 | Stephen Brodskyalternative rock, indie rock | 2,211 | -3 |
12 | The Folk Implosionindie rock | 1,921 | -2 |
13 | Drop Nineteensshoegaze, dream pop | 1,893 | -1 |
14 | Slothrustindie rock, rock | 1,865 | -3 |
15 | Karateindie rock, post-rock | 1,049 | -1 |
16 | Blake Babiesindie rock | 996 | -1 |
17 | Jason Loewensteinindie rock | 693 | 0 |
18 | The Slipindie rock, jam band | 652 | 0 |
19 | Pernice Brothersindie rock | 606 | +1 |
20 | Comeindie rock, slowcore | 576 | -1 |
21 | Evan Greerindie rock, punk | 345 | 0 |
22 | Anjimileindie folk, indie rock | 335 | 0 |
23 | Somosindie rock, rock | 235 | 0 |
24 | Quiltdream pop, folk | 217 | 0 |
25 | Hallelujah the Hillsindie rock | 195 | +2 |
26 | The Wicked Farleysindie rock, math pop | 171 | 0 |
27 | Black Helicopterindie rock | 107 | -2 |
28 | The Motion Sickindie rock | 99 | +1 |
29 | Count Zeroindie rock | 85 | -1 |
30 | Francineindie rock | 35 | 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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.