Kill Rock Stars
Seminal indie rock label founded in Olympia, Washington in 1991. (Deerhoof, Thao Nguyen, Sleater-Kinney, Elliot Smith) ★★★★
Arts & Crafts
Leading Canadian indie-rock label (Stars, Broken Social Scene, Feist) ★★★★
Mexican Summer
Leading indie rock label, based in Brooklyn, NY (Ariel Pink, Weyes Blood, Cate Le Bon) ★★★★
Rough Trade
Essential indie rock label founded in a record shop in London in 1976 (Parquet Courts, ANOHNI, black midi) ★★★★
Secretly Canadian
Leading indie rock label, based in Bloomington, Indiana (The War on Drugs, Ahnoni, Yoko Ono, Cherry Glazerr) ★★★★
Partisan Records
Leading NYC indie rock/avant rock label. Partners with Knitting Factory Records. (Fela Kuti, The Black Angels, Craig Finn, Mercury Rev) ★★★★
Matador
Premiere indie rock label, based in NYC (Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Kurt Vile) ★★★★
Domino
Leading indie rock label, based in London (my bloody valentine, Stephen Malkmus, Dan Deacon) ★★★★
XL Recordings
Influential British indie label releasing music across pop, rock, hip hop and r&b (FKA Twigs, Sigur Rós, Thom Yorke, The xx) ★★★★
Jagjaguwar
Leading indierock label, based in Bloomington, Indiana (Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Dinosaur Jr.) ★★★★
Anti‐
Los Angeles label releasing across genres, including indie rock, hip hop, soul, etc. (Tom Waits, Neko Case, Mavis Staples, Calexico) ★★★★
Drag City
Acclaimed Chicago indie rock label (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Ty Segall, Bill Callahan) ★★★★
Sub Pop Records
Legendary indie rock label from Seattle, WA (Nirvana, Soundgarden, J Mascis, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, mudhoney, Father John Misty, The Shins) ★★★★
Merge Records
premiere indie rock label based in Durham, NC (Magnetic Fields, Lambchop, M. Ward, Montain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel ★★★★
Barsuk Records
Seattle indie rock label 1998-present (Death Cab, Nada Surf) ★★★
Paper Bag Records
noted aughts toronto label (Stars, Broken Social Scene) ★★★
Three Lobed Recordings
Psychedlic label from Jamestown, North Carolina (Kurt Vile, Sunburned Hand of the Man) ★★★
NNA Tapes
rock/alt-pop cassette label established in Burlington, VT in 2008 (Guerrilla Toss, MatthewDavid's Mindflight, Ryan Power) ★★★
Fuzz Club Records
London label "focusing on raw, experimental rock 'n' roll" ★★★
Inner Ear
Greece's leading indie rock label ★★★
Moshi Moshi Records
London indie rock label (Lykke Li, Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Florence and the Machine, Architecture in Helsinki) ★★★
Spacebomb
Richmond, VA indie rock label (Fruit Bats, Hiss Golden Messenger, Tim Heidecker) ★★★
Damnably
London indie rock label (Shonen Knife) ★★★
Park the Van
Indie rock label from Long Beach, CA & London (Dr. Dog, Spinto Band, Of Montreal) ★★★
Constellation
Montreal Indie Rock label (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Do Make Say Think) ★★★
Northern Spy
Prominent NYC avant garde/indie rock label. (Thurston Moore, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay) ★★★
Fire Talk
Brooklyn DIY indie rock/alt-pop label ★★★
Suicide Squeeze Records
Seattle Indie Rock label (Kevin Morby, Ty Segall, Pedro The Lion) ★★★
Hardly Art
Seattle Indie rock label founded by Sub Pup in 2007. Nominated for a Genius Award from The Stranger! ★★★
Saddle Creek Records
indie rock label from Omaha, Nebraska (Adrienne Lenker, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Big Thief) ★★★
Brassland
NYC indie rock label founded by members of The National. ★★★
Fire Records
London indie rock label (Pulp, Spacemen 3, Pere Ubu, The Lemonheads) ★★★
Dangerbird Records
LA indie rock label (Silversun Pickups, Sebadoh, Minus the Bear, Grandaddy) ★★★
Temporary Residence Limited
Brooklyn indie rock label (Explosions in the Sky, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Prefuse 73) ★★★
Smalltown Supersound
Oslo label focused on avant rock, jazz and and electronic (Dungen, Neneh Cherry, Annie, Todd Rundgren) ★★★
Carpark Records
DC label releasing indie rock, synth-pop and electronic music (Dan Deacon, Beach House, Toro Y Moi) ★★★
Dance to the Radio
Indie rock label from Leeds, UK ★★★
Radicalis
Indie rock label from Basel, Switzerland ★★★
Don Giovanni Records
Label from New Brunswick, NJ releasing indie rock, jazz, punk (Moor Mother, Mitski) ★★★
Captured Tracks
Brooklyn indie pop label (DIIV, Luna) ★★★
Heavenly Recordings
Leading UK indie rock label ★★★
Cardinal Fuzz
UK label based in Yorkshire. "Garage/Sike/Kraut label and most things inbetween." Connection with the Optical Sounds fanzine. ★★★
Thrill Jockey
Noted Chicago indie rock label (Fiery Furnaces, Tortoise, Future Islands, The Sea and Cake) ★★★
Mom+Pop
NYC indie rock/electronic label (Courtney Barnett, Tycho, Sleigh Bells) ★★★
Polyvinyl
indie rock label based in Champaign, IL (STRFKR, Xiu Xiu, of Montreal) ★★★
ATO Records
NYC indie rock label (BrittanyHoward, Altin Gün, Okkervil River) ★★★
Yep Roc Records
Hillsborough, North Carolina label releasing indie rock, garage rock, blues and Americana artists (Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Lowe, Alejandro Escovedo) ★★★
Joyful Noise Recordings
avantrock label based in Indianapolis, IN (Lou Barlow, The Ophelias, SUUNS) ★★★
Dead Oceans
Leading indie rock label base in Bloomington, Indiana. Part of the Secretly Group. (Phoebe Bridgers, Khruangbin, Fenne Lilly) ★★★
Wild Honey Records
Italian garage label ★★★
Exploding In Sound Records
NYC indie rock label (Pile, Speedy Ortiz, Editrix) ★★★
Orindal Records
Chicago DIY label created by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's Greg Ashworth.
Ribbon Music
LA based label affiliated with Domino (Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, John Maus)
In the Red Records
Los Angeles-based Garage label (Ty Segall, Jon Spencer)
Go Down Records
Italian rock label
Bright Antenna
Northern California indie rock label (Wombats, OMD)
Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
Brooklyn psych label
Blackheart Records
Joan Jett's record label (L7)
kranky
Chicago indie/experimental/ambient label (Low, Deerhunter, Godspeed, You Black Emperor)
Come Play With Me
Leeds, UK indie label (The Wedding Present)
Post Present Medium
LA indie rock label founded by Dean Allen Spunt from No Age
Lovers & Lollypops
psych/experimental label from Portugal. Creators of Milhões de Festa festival
Guided by Voices Inc.
Guided by Voices label 100+ GBV/Robert Pollard releases
Sonido Muchacho
Spanish indie rock label
Howlin Banana Records
French Garage/Pop/Psych label
Arrowhawk Records
Indie rock label from Athens, GA
Wallace Records
rock label from Milam, Italy
Speedy Wunderground
London indie rock label
True Panther Sounds
NY indie label owned by Matador Records (King Krule, Girls)
Dog Knights Productions
UK rock label
No Name
Russian cross-genre rock label
Unday Records
indie rock label from Ghent, Belgium.
Venn Records
UK rock label
The Sign Records
Swedish hard rock label
Modular Recordings
Australian rock label (Tame Impala, Cut Copy, Wolfmother)
FatCat Records
Brighton, UK indie rock label (Besnard Lakes, Frightened Rabbit)
Clue Records
Leeds indie rock label (The Wedding Present)
Ba Da Bing!
Brooklyn indie rock label (Sharon Van Etten, Beirut)
Discipline Global Mobile
Robert Fripp's label, also King Crimson's reissues.
Full Time Hobby
London indie rock label (Besnard Lakes, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady
Two Gentlemen
Swiss indie rock label
Father/Daughter Records
San Francisco indie rock label
Свет и Тени
Russian indie rock label
Trouble in Mind
Chicago indie rock label (Doug Tuttle)
Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Brooklyn indie rock label (King Khan, Built To Spill)
Big Scary Monsters Recording Company
Indie rock on the louder side from UK label (Minus The Bear, Andrew WK)
Modern Sky UK
Liverpool indie rock label
Deathbomb Arc
cross-genre LA label (R Stevie Moore, AIDS Wolf, Abe Vigoda)
Lauren Records
Southern California indie rock/indie pop label
Sargent House
LA indie rock label
South American Sludge Records
"RECORD LABEL FROM ARGENTINA. HEAVY, PSYCH, SLUDGE, METAL, DOOM, FOLK, DRONE."
Spinefarm Records
Finnish metal label (Death From Above 1979, Killing Joke)
El Paraiso Records
Danish psych label
Specialist Subject Records
indie rock label from Bristol, UK
Aumega Project
"German Netlabel! We present you artists beyond the mainstream, with a penchant for any kind of psychedelic sounds and strong atmospheres!"
Mystic Production
Polish indie label founded in 1995 releasing Polish-language punk, indie rock and pop music
Wharf Cat Records
Brooklyn indie rock label
Dine Alone Records
Toronto indie rock label (Tokyo Police Club)
Run For Cover Records
Boston indierock label
Castle Face Records
California record label started by Osees aka Thee Oh Sees. Releasing garage rock and psych music (Ty Segall, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard)
Asthmatic Kitty Records
Sufjan Steven's label, releasing mostly his work, but also others.
Ipecac Recordings
California label founded by Greg Werckman, formerly of Alternative Tentacles, and Mike Patton from Faith No More (Mr. Bungle, The Melvins, Neil Hamburger)
PNKSLM Recordings
Stockholm indie rock label
Rocket Recordings
UK psych label (Gnod, goat)