Art Rock

Restless art-rock innovators reshaping what guitar music could be.

Underground New York pioneers whose influence on indie rock is incalculable.

Symphonic prog architects whose long suites defined the genre's ambition.

Studio perfectionists fusing jazz harmony with cynical rock songcraft.

Robert Fripp's restless prog institution and a touchstone of the genre.

Keyboard-led prog supergroup of arena-scale ambition.

Montreal collective whose orchestral crescendos define apocalyptic post-rock.

NYC poet-rocker collective whose 'Horses' is punk's literary cornerstone.

Cleveland avant-rockers whose sci-fi unease built post-punk's American wing.

London art-punks whose minimalist songwriting influenced indie for decades.

Mark E. Smith's prolific Manchester institution of acerbic post-punk.

Howard Devoto's post-Buzzcocks project of cerebral post-punk.

John Lydon's post-Pistols project, a foundational post-punk band.

British synth-rockers whose 'Vienna' epitomized New Romantic ambition.

Bryan Ferry's stylish art-rockers who pre-figured post-punk and synth pop.

São Paulo Tropicália pioneers whose psychedelic strangeness is a global influence.

Christian Vander's avant-prog band whose invented language and zeuhl style remain singular.

Canterbury supergroup whose two albums are British prog touchstones.

Peter Hammill-led prog band of dense saxophones and wrenching theatre.

British prog band whose 'Snow Goose' is a melodic mid-70s gem.

British prog virtuosos of medieval polyphony and complex arrangements.

Aylesbury prog torchbearers and pioneers of fan-funded album campaigns.

Steven Wilson's Hertfordshire band, modern prog's most-cited reference.

Auckland New Wave band led by the Finn brothers, precursor to Crowded House.

Florence Welch's London band of cathedral-scale art-rock.

Leeds-formed art-pop band of choral harmonies and quirky structure.

Brighton band of skittering post-punk and Krautrock flicker.

Brooklyn art-rockers fusing post-punk, soul, and electronic experimentation.

Chester band of late-Britpop ambition and conceptual songwriting.