Indie · Artists
Top indie artists
The top-rated indie artist on Riffiter is The Smiths, rated 4.1/5 by 7 listeners.
205 indie artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 54 of 1,090 indie albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1981 to 2025.
01The Smiths7 ratings

02 Arctic Monkeys
19 ratings

03 Arcade Fire
9 ratings

04 Four Tet
5 ratings

05 London Grammar
2 ratings

06 Tom Odell
1 rating

07 Of Monsters and Men
1 rating

08 The Killers
8 ratings

09 The Black Keys
7 ratings

10 Florence + the Machine
6 ratings

11 Gotye
2 ratings

12 Two Door Cinema Club
3 ratings

13 Imagine Dragons
4 ratings

14 Sia
6 ratings

15 The Strokes
18 ratings

16 The War on Drugs
1 rating

17 Interpol
7 ratings

18 Tove Lo

19 Kasabian

20 Kaiser Chiefs

21 Editors

22 Peter Bjorn and John

23 Travis

24 Birdy

25 John Mayer

26 The Kooks

27 Foals

28 MØ

29 Yeah Yeah Yeahs

30 Mother Mother

31 Casting Crowns

32 Cavetown

33 Morrissey

34 Walk Off the Earth

35 Paolo Nutini

36 Julian Casablancas

37 CocoRosie

38 AJR

39 The Vaccines

40 Daughter

41 The Libertines

42 Feist

43 Death Cab for Cutie

44 Gossip

45 The Last Shadow Puppets

46 Metric

47 Cocteau Twins

48 Babyshambles

49 Belle and Sebastian

50 Sportfreunde Stiller

51 Gavin DeGraw

52 Gabrielle Aplin

53 Imogen Heap

54 Grizzly Bear

55 Alex Clare

56 Bat for Lashes

57 Tegan and Sara

58 The Shins

59 Novo Amor

60 Ingrid Michaelson
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