’90s Indie Rock Essentials

Apple Music ’90s
Updated Thursday

Rediscover the decade's chart-toppers, classics, and lost favorites. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
Pavement
Cut Your Hair
Pavement
Quarantine the Past - The Best of Pavement (Remastered)
3:05
Sonic Youth
Kool Thing
Sonic Youth
Goo
4:06
Liz Phair
F**k and Run (Remastered)
Liz Phair
Exile In Guyville (Remastered)
3:07
The Breeders
Cannonball
The Breeders
Last Splash
3:33
The Flaming Lips
She Don't Use Jelly
The Flaming Lips
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
3:40
Bikini Kill
Rebel Girl
Bikini Kill
The Punk Singer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2:37
Guided By Voices
Game of Pricks
Guided By Voices
Alien Lanes
1:33
Archers of Loaf
Web in Front
Archers of Loaf
Icky Mettle (Remastered)
2:04
my bloody valentine
Only Shallow
my bloody valentine
Loveless
4:17
Built to Spill
The Plan
Built to Spill
Keep It Like a Secret
3:29
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Bellbottoms
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Orange
5:17
Fugazi
Merchandise
Fugazi
Repeater & 3 Songs
2:58
Dinosaur Jr.
The Wagon
Dinosaur Jr.
Green Mind
4:55
Elliott Smith
Between the Bars
Elliott Smith
Either/Or
2:21
Modest Mouse
Dramamine
Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
5:42
Silver Jews
Random Rules
Silver Jews
American Water
3:58
Yo La Tengo
Tom Courtenay
Yo La Tengo
Electr-O-Pura
3:29
Cat Power
Cross Bones Style
Cat Power
Moon Pix
4:32
Teenage Fanclub
The Concept
Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
6:07
The Lemonheads
My Drug Buddy (Remastered)
The Lemonheads
It's a Shame About Ray (Expanded Edition)
2:51
Hum
Stars
Hum
You'd Prefer an Astronaut
5:09
Sleater-Kinney
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
Sleater-Kinney
Call the Doctor (Remastered)
2:36
The Dismemberment Plan
What Do You Want Me to Say?
The Dismemberment Plan
Emergency & I
4:18
PJ Harvey
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
Rid of Me
4:28
Nirvana
Aneurysm
Nirvana
Incesticide
4:35
Sebadoh
The Freed Pig
Sebadoh
III
3:07
Royal Trux
Junkie Nurse
Royal Trux
Untitled
4:09
Mudhoney
Suck You Dry
Mudhoney
Piece of Cake
2:34
The Jesus Lizard
Boilermaker
The Jesus Lizard
Liar
2:14
Superchunk
Hyper Enough
Superchunk
Here's Where the Strings Come In (Remastered)
3:30
The Afghan Whigs
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Gentlemen (Remastered)
3:53
Palace Music
New Partner
Palace Music
Viva Last Blues
3:54
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
3:22
Helium
Pat's Trick
Helium
The Dirt of Luck
3:20
Pixies
Velouria
Pixies
Bossanova
3:40
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Marc David Chapman
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Madonna
4:10
Beck
A*****e
Beck
One Foot In the Grave (Bonus Track Version)
2:32
Mercury Rev
Chasing a Bee
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
7:08
Archers of Loaf
Wrong
Archers of Loaf
Icky Mettle (Remastered)
3:41
Girls Against Boys
Kill the Sexplayer
Girls Against Boys
Cruise Yourself
3:16
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Straight up and Down
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Retrospective
4:30
Dinosaur Jr.
Feel the Pain
Dinosaur Jr.
Without a Sound
4:19
Bikini Kill
New Radio
Bikini Kill
The Singles
1:33
Guided By Voices
Shocker In Gloomtown
Guided By Voices
The Grand Hour - EP
1:25
Bratmobile
Gimme Brains
Bratmobile
Ladies, Women and Girls
2:16
Hole
Teenage Whore
Hole
Pretty On the Inside
2:57
Chavez
Unreal Is Here
Chavez
Better Days Will Haunt You
2:31
Fugazi
Bed for the Scraping
Fugazi
Red Medicine
2:50
Built to Spill
In the Morning
Built to Spill
There's Nothing Wrong With Love
2:37
The Breeders
Drivin' On 9
The Breeders
Last Splash
3:22
Neutral Milk Hotel
Holland, 1945
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
3:12
The Lemonheads
Confetti (Remastered)
The Lemonheads
It's a Shame About Ray (Expanded Edition)
2:44
Drive Like Jehu
Here Come the Rome Plows
Drive Like Jehu
Yank Crime (Bonus Track Version)
5:44
Mogwai
Helicon 1
Mogwai
Beautiful Boy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5:57
The Juliana Hatfield Three
My Sister
The Juliana Hatfield Three
Become What You Are
3:23
The Magnetic Fields
Strange Powers
The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
2:41
Galaxie 500
Fourth of July
Galaxie 500
This Is Our Music
5:36
The Flaming Lips
Bad Days (Aurally Excited Version)
The Flaming Lips
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Edition)
4:38
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Wail
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Now I Got Worry
3:08
Tortoise
Glass Museum
Tortoise
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
5:27
my bloody valentine
Sometimes
my bloody valentine
Loveless
5:19
Grandaddy
A.M. 180
Grandaddy
Under the Western Freeway
3:20
Swervedriver
Duel
Swervedriver
Mezcal Head
6:19
PJ Harvey
Sheela-Na-Gig
PJ Harvey
Dry
3:10
Slint
Nosferatu Man
Slint
Spiderland
5:34
Yo La Tengo
Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
5:18
Modest Mouse
Heart Cooks Brain
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
4:02
Sonic Youth
Bull In the Heather
Sonic Youth
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
3:05
The White Stripes
The Big Three Killed My Baby
The White Stripes
The White Stripes
2:29
Liz Phair
Never Said (Remastered)
Liz Phair
Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set
3:16
Pavement
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted
3:16
Sloan
Underwhelmed
Sloan
Smeared
4:45
Cat Power
Nude As the News
Cat Power
What Would the Community Think
4:23
Sebadoh
Magnet's Coil
Sebadoh
Bakesale (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]
2:27
Elliott Smith
Division Day
Elliott Smith
Division Day - Single
3:09
L7
Pretend We're Dead
L7
Bricks Are Heavy
3:55
Silkworm
Couldn't You Wait?
Silkworm
Libertine
3:45
Polvo
Thermal Treasure
Polvo
Today's Active Lifestyles
4:32
The Sea and Cake
Sporting Life
The Sea and Cake
The Fawn
4:54
Death Cab for Cutie
Your Bruise
Death Cab for Cutie
Something About Airplanes
4:19
Teenage Fanclub
What You Do to Me
Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
2:00
Sleater-Kinney
Little Babies
Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out (Remastered)
2:23
Ween
Pork Roll Egg and Cheese
Ween
The Pod
3:00
Grifters
Maps of the Sun
Grifters
Crappin' You Negative
3:52
Superchunk
Seed Toss
Superchunk
No Pocky for Kitty (Remastered)
2:59
The Afghan Whigs
Conjure Me
The Afghan Whigs
Congregation
4:03
Spoon
Utilitarian
Spoon
A Series of Sneaks
1:51
Brainiac
V1nc3nt Com3 On Down
Brainiac
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
2:34
Shudder to Think
X-French Tee Shirt
Shudder to Think
Pony Express Record
4:03
Pinback
Loro
Pinback
Pinback
3:33
The Wedding Present
Dalliance
The Wedding Present
Seamonsters
4:25
Smog
Bathysphere
Smog
Wild Love
4:50
The Olivia Tremor Control
Jumping Fences
The Olivia Tremor Control
Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle
1:52
Beat Happening
Teenage Caveman
Beat Happening
You Turn Me On
4:35
Sunny Day Real Estate
In Circles (Remastered)
Sunny Day Real Estate
Diary (Remastered) [Bonus Track Version]
4:58
Luna
23 Minutes In Brussels
Luna
Penthouse
6:40
Unrest
Make Out Club
Unrest
Perfect Teeth
4:19
Railroad Jerk
Bang the Drum
Railroad Jerk
One Track Mind
2:46
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
I See a Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Now Here's My Plan - EP
2:49
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Moya
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
10:51

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