8 ALBUMS THAT CHANGED INDIE MUSIC

The records that moved the genre forward

Indie music has never been one sound.

It began as an attitude, a way of making music outside the traditional machinery of the mainstream, but over time it became something much larger. Guitar music became more experimental. Bedroom recordings became cultural landmarks. Small independent scenes became global movements. Bands that once existed on the edges of popular music eventually influenced the center of it.

The albums on this list…