Apple Music Indie — Indie Pop Forefathers, Vol. 3

19 songs (1969–2018) — Open in iTunes

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Helping indie pop kids hit the ground running.

Todd Rundgren — Hello It's Me

Rock — 1972

Melanie — Beautiful People

Rock — 1969

Big Star — Thirteen

Rock — 1972

Janis Ian — At Seventeen (Single Version)

Pop — 1975

Electric Light Orchestra — Can't Get It out of My Head

Rock — 1974

The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner (Once) [Alternative Version]

Rock — 2003

Buzzcocks — Boredom

Punk — 1977

Subway Sect — Ambition

Alternative — 1978

Orange Juice — Consolation Prize

Alternative — 1982

The Cure — Boys Don't Cry (Single Version)

Rock — 1979

Wire — Outdoor Miner

Alternative — 2018

Television — Venus

Rock — 1977

The Clean — Tally Ho

Rock — 1986

The Only Ones — Another Girl, Another Planet

Pop — 1979

Strawberry Switchblade — Since Yesterday

Pop — 1985

Altered Images — Happy Birthday

Pop — 1981

Squeeze — Up the Junction

Pop — 1979

Television Personalities — A Picture of Dorian Gray

Rock — 1981

Violent Femmes — Good Feeling

Rock — 1983