Alternative & Indie Vinyl Records - Iconic Indie Albums, Alternative Classics & Modern Underground Sounds

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Alternative and indie vinyl records - from late-70s post-punk and 80s American underground through the 90s alt-rock breakthrough and 2000s indie reset to the contemporary records redrawing the genre today. The full collection is below.

Looking for inspiration on alt and indie vinyl? Read 32 Essential Alternative & Indie Vinyl Records, Ranked — a curator's guide to the records that built the genre.

Sub Genre : Acoustic / Alternative / Emo / Indie / Singer Songwriter

Our alternative and indie catalogue runs from the three biggest names in the genre — Radiohead, Nirvana and The Smiths — through the post-punk and 80s American underground records that produced them, with Joy Division, The Cure, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads and My Bloody Valentine setting the template the rest of the list responds to.

The 90s alt-rock breakthrough is well represented by Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, R.E.M., PJ Harvey, Pulp, Pavement and Elliott Smith. The 2000s and 2010s indie wave runs through Interpol, Bon Iver, Tame Impala and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, with the contemporary edge driven by Wolf Alice, Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Sam Fender, Fontaines D.C. and Lorde.

For a curated route through the catalogue, our guide 32 Essential Alternative & Indie Vinyl Records, Ranked covers the records that anchor the genre — from Velvet Underground and Patti Smith through The Smiths, Nirvana and Radiohead to Wolf Alice, Arctic Monkeys and the 2025 modern moment.

Browse by sub-category: Britpop, Grunge, Post-Punk, New Wave, Singer Songwriter, Industrial. Adjacent collections worth exploring: Rock for the broader rock tradition, Pop for chart-leaning indie crossovers, and Folk, Country & Americana for the indie-folk lineage. Everything in our alternative and indie collection is in stock, new and sealed, with fast UK delivery.