90s Indie Rock Essentials

Apple Music ’90s

Nirvana’s game-changing success in the early ‘90s was more than just a boon to the Seattle grunge scene: It brought untold media exposure to the entire American indie-rock ecosystem that nurtured the group in their early days, transforming ‘80s trailblazers like Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth into Letterman-approved ‘90s icons in the process. Before long, similarly off-kilter fuzz-pop acts like Pavement and The Flaming Lips found themselves on MTV, while lo-fi auteurs like Beck and Guided by Voices proved you could make masterpieces at home on a four-track. But as much as the era was defined by a certain ramshackle, slacker-dude whimsy, the ‘90s also saw a wave of iconic women—Bikini Kill, Liz Phair, Sleater-Kinney, PJ Harvey—bringing unfiltered feminist perspectives to largely male scenes, portending indie rock’s exile from guyville. And as the decade drew to a close, singer/songwriters like Elliott Smith and Cat Power exuded a rawness that had less to do with noisy guitars than messy emotions.
Bikini Kill
Rebel Girl
Bikini Kill
The Punk Singer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Sonic Youth
Bull In the Heather
Sonic Youth
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Dinosaur Jr.
Feel the Pain
Dinosaur Jr.
Without a Sound
Guided By Voices
Game of Pricks
Guided By Voices
Alien Lanes
Archers of Loaf
Web in Front
Archers of Loaf
Icky Mettle (Remastered)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Bellbottoms
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Orange
Liz Phair
F**k and Run (Remastered)
Liz Phair
Exile In Guyville
Pavement
Cut Your Hair
Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Built to Spill
Carry the Zero
Built to Spill
Keep It Like a Secret
The Flaming Lips
She Don't Use Jelly
The Flaming Lips
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
PJ Harvey
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
Rid of Me
Sebadoh
The Freed Pig
Sebadoh
III
The Afghan Whigs
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Gentlemen (Remastered)
Sleater-Kinney
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
Sleater-Kinney
Call the Doctor (Remastered)
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Elliott Smith
Between the Bars
Elliott Smith
Either/Or
Nirvana
Aneurysm
Nirvana
Incesticide
The Breeders
Cannonball
The Breeders
Last Splash
Yo La Tengo
Tom Courtenay
Yo La Tengo
Electr-O-Pura
Teenage Fanclub
The Concept
Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
Modest Mouse
Dramamine
Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Superchunk
Hyper Enough
Superchunk
Here's Where the Strings Come In (Remastered)
Cat Power
Cross Bones Style
Cat Power
Moon Pix
The Lemonheads
It's a Shame About Ray (Remastered)
The Lemonheads
It's a Shame About Ray (Expanded Edition)
Fugazi
Merchandise
Fugazi
Repeater & 3 Songs
Ween
Push Th' Little Daisies
Ween
Pure Guava
Mercury Rev
Chasing a Bee
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
The Dismemberment Plan
What Do You Want Me to Say?
The Dismemberment Plan
Emergency & I
Hum
Stars
Hum
You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Silver Jews
Random Rules
Silver Jews
American Water
Mudhoney
Suck You Dry
Mudhoney
Piece of Cake
The Sea and Cake
Sporting Life
The Sea and Cake
The Fawn
L7
Pretend We're Dead
L7
Bricks Are Heavy
Galaxie 500
Fourth of July
Galaxie 500
This Is Our Music
my bloody valentine
Only Shallow
my bloody valentine
Loveless
The Jesus Lizard
Boilermaker
The Jesus Lizard
Liar
Royal Trux
Junkie Nurse
Royal Trux
Untitled
The White Stripes
The Big Three Killed My Baby
The White Stripes
The White Stripes
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Marc David Chapman
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Madonna
Helium
Pat's Trick
Helium
The Dirt of Luck
Jawbox
Savory
Jawbox
For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Beck
A*****e
Beck
One Foot In the Grave (Bonus Track Version)
Girls Against Boys
Kill the Sexplayer
Girls Against Boys
Cruise Yourself
Pixies
Velouria
Pixies
Bossanova
The Afghan Whigs
Debonair
The Afghan Whigs
Gentlemen (Remastered)
Death Cab for Cutie
Your Bruise
Death Cab for Cutie
Something About Airplanes
Grandaddy
A.M. 180
Grandaddy
Under the Western Freeway
Dirty Three
Sirena
Dirty Three
Ocean Songs
The Juliana Hatfield Three
My Sister
The Juliana Hatfield Three
Become What You Are
Brainiac
V1nc3nt Com3 On Down
Brainiac
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
Fugazi
Bed for the Scraping
Fugazi
Red Medicine
Built to Spill
The Plan
Built to Spill
Keep It Like a Secret
Sonic Youth
Kool Thing
Sonic Youth
Goo
Neutral Milk Hotel
Holland, 1945
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Wail
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Now I Got Worry
Elliott Smith
Division Day
Elliott Smith
Division Day - Single
Grifters
Maps of the Sun
Grifters
Crappin' You Negative
PJ Harvey
Sheela-Na-Gig
PJ Harvey
Dry
The Flaming Lips
Bad Days (Aurally Excited Version)
The Flaming Lips
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Edition)
Slint
Nosferatu Man
Slint
Spiderland
Pavement
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted
The Lemonheads
My Drug Buddy (Remastered)
The Lemonheads
It's a Shame About Ray (Expanded Edition)
Tortoise
Glass Museum
Tortoise
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Guided By Voices
The Official Ironmen Rally Song
Guided By Voices
Under the Bushes Under the Stars
Spoon
Utilitarian
Spoon
A Series of Sneaks
Dinosaur Jr.
The Wagon
Dinosaur Jr.
Green Mind
Sleater-Kinney
Little Babies
Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out (Remastered)
Mogwai
Helicon 1
Mogwai
Beautiful Boy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Sebadoh
Magnet's Coil
Sebadoh
Bakesale (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]
Ween
Pork Roll Egg and Cheese
Ween
The Pod
Palace Music
New Partner
Palace Music
Viva Last Blues
Yo La Tengo
Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Hole
Teenage Whore
Hole
Pretty On the Inside
Smog
Bathysphere
Smog
Wild Love
Modest Mouse
Heart Cooks Brain
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
Bikini Kill
New Radio
Bikini Kill
The Singles
Sloan
Underwhelmed
Sloan
Smeared
Liz Phair
Never Said (Remastered)
Liz Phair
Exile In Guyville
Cat Power
Nude As the News
Cat Power
What Would the Community Think
Teenage Fanclub
Star Sign
Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
my bloody valentine
Sometimes
my bloody valentine
Loveless
Silkworm
Couldn't You Wait?
Silkworm
Libertine
Polvo
Thermal Treasure
Polvo
Today's Active Lifestyles
Superchunk
Seed Toss
Superchunk
No Pocky for Kitty (Remastered)
The Breeders
Drivin' On 9
The Breeders
Last Splash
Drive Like Jehu
Here Come the Rome Plows
Drive Like Jehu
Yank Crime (Bonus Track Version)
Railroad Jerk
Bang the Drum
Railroad Jerk
One Track Mind
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
I See a Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Now Here's My Plan - EP
The Wedding Present
Dalliance
The Wedding Present
Seamonsters
Pinback
Loro
Pinback
Pinback
Unrest
Make Out Club
Unrest
Perfect Teeth
Swervedriver
Duel
Swervedriver
Mezcal Head
Bratmobile
Gimme Brains
Bratmobile
Ladies, Women and Girls
The Magnetic Fields
Strange Powers
The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
The Olivia Tremor Control
Jumping Fences
The Olivia Tremor Control
Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle
Beat Happening
Teenage Caveman
Beat Happening
You Turn Me On
Sunny Day Real Estate
In Circles (Remastered)
Sunny Day Real Estate
Diary (Remastered) [Bonus Track Version]
Archers of Loaf
Wrong
Archers of Loaf
Icky Mettle (Remastered)
Shudder to Think
X-French Tee Shirt
Shudder to Think
Pony Express Record
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Moya
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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