10 Indie Artists To Be Obsessed With Before Everyone Else

1. Arlo Park

Vibe: Warm, poetic, queer softness you want to wrap around yourself.

A Mercury Prize winner, with lyrics that feel like reading your journal. Arlo Park’s mix of spoken-word and soul music is healing.

🎧 Listen to: “Eugene”

2. Blondshell

Vibe: 90s alt-rock angst meets Gen Z self-awareness.

Sabrina Teitelbaum’s grunge-infused tracks are loud, raw, and cathartic—like if Hole and Phoebe Bridgers had a kid.

🎧 Listen to: “Sepsis”

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3. Jean Dawson

Vibe: Genre chaos with a heart of gold.

Dawson blends punk, pop, rap, and indie in a way that makes labels feel irrelevant.

🎧 Listen to: “Three Heads”

4. Ethel Cain

Vibe: American gothic horror meets Lana Del Rey’s Southern cousin.

Her haunting concept album “Preacher’s Daughter” tells a twisted, beautiful, deeply Southern tale of loss and faith.

🎧 Listen to: “American Teenager”

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Vibe: Hyper-pop princess with a dash of metal and drama.

She can serve 2000s pop realness, tackle identity politics, and scream her head off in the same song. Icon behavior.

🎧 Listen to: “STFU!” or “This Hell”

6. Deb Never

Vibe: Lo-fi sadness for skaters and softies.

Her grunge-inspired sound hits somewhere between Nirvana and bedroom pop.

🎧 Listen to: “Disassociate”

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7. Searows

Vibe: The musical version of a late-night overthinking session.

With soft folk instrumentals and vulnerable lyrics, Searows is part of the new wave of gentle queer singer-songwriters.

🎧 Listen to: “House Song”

8. Samia

Vibe: Crying at 3 a.m. but make it cathartic and poetic.

Samia captures millennial angst in sharp lyrics and vocals that shift from whisper to scream.

🎧 Listen to: “Breathing Song”

9. Genesis Owusu

Vibe: Funk, rap, punk, performance art—all rolled into one.

This Ghanaian-Australian powerhouse is here to break genre—and expectations. He’s also an incredible live performer.

🎧 Listen to: “Don’t Need You”

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10. Glaive

Vibe: Teenage rage, auto-tuned sadness, and a dash of ADHD.

Part of the hyperpop-adjacent wave, Glaive writes chaotic anthems about growing up online.

🎧 Listen to: “Minnesota Is a Place That Exists”

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