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The 2000s: Alternative (Alternatives)

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Digging deeper into the best alternative songs from 2000 thru 2009.

92 SONGS • 5 HOURS AND 37 MINUTES

1New Slang
New Slang
The Shins
Oh, Inverted World
03:51
2C'mon C'mon
C'mon C'mon
The Von Bondies
Pawn Shoppe Heart
02:13
3Help I'm Alive
Help I'm Alive
Metric
Fantasies [Explicit]
04:46
4Strange Times
Strange Times
The Black Keys
Attack & Release
03:10
5Oxford Comma
Oxford Comma
E
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend [Explicit]
03:16
6Walking with a Ghost
Walking with a Ghost
Tegan and Sara
So Jealous
02:30
7Hang Me Up To Dry
Hang Me Up To Dry
Cold War Kids
Robbers & Cowards
03:39
8The Rat
The Rat
The Walkmen
Bows + Arrows (DMD Album)
04:22
9Helena
Helena
My Chemical Romance
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge [Explicit]
03:24
10Banquet
Banquet
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm [Explicit]
03:17
11Jerk It Out
Jerk It Out
Caesars
Jerk It Out
03:15
12The Funeral
The Funeral
Band Of Horses
Everything All The Time
05:22
13Bandages
Bandages
Hot Hot Heat
Make Up The Breakdown
03:32
14Sleepyhead
Sleepyhead
Passion Pit
Chunk of Change
02:55
15The Bucket
The Bucket
E
Kings Of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak [Explicit]
02:56
16Sparks
Sparks
Coldplay
Parachutes
03:47
17Shut Up and Let Me Go
Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Ting Tings
We Started Nothing
02:51
18Hate To Say I Told You So
Hate To Say I Told You So
The Hives
Veni Vidi Vicious
03:19
19The Hardest Button to Button
The Hardest Button to Button
The White Stripes
Elephant
03:33
20Diamonds And Guns
Diamonds And Guns
E
Transplants
Transplants [Explicit]
04:01
21Pain
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
Pain
02:52
22The Sound of Settling
The Sound of Settling
Death Cab For Cutie
Transatlanticism
02:13
23Smile
Smile
E
Lily Allen
Alright, Still (Bonus Track Version) [Explicit]
03:16
24Screaming Infidelities
Screaming Infidelities
Dashboard Confessional
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
03:46
25Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Editors
An End Has a Start
04:58
26Joker And The Thief
Joker And The Thief
Wolfmother
Wolfmother
04:41
27Slow Hands
Slow Hands
Interpol
Antics [Explicit]
03:04
28Fidelity
Fidelity
Regina Spektor
Begin to Hope
03:47
29Portions For Foxes
Portions For Foxes
Rilo Kiley
More Adventurous (U.S. Release)
04:44
30I Turn My Camera On
I Turn My Camera On
Spoon
Gimme Fiction (Deluxe Edition)
03:32
31Salute Your Solution
Salute Your Solution
The Raconteurs
Consolers of the Lonely
03:00
321234
1234
Feist
The Reminder
03:04
33Dakota (Decade In The Sun Version)
Dakota (Decade In The Sun Version)
Stereophonics
Decade In The Sun - Best of Stereophonics (Deluxe Version)
04:58
34D.A.N.C.E
D.A.N.C.E
Justice
Justice
04:02
35This Fire
This Fire
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
04:16
36Lights Out
Lights Out
Santigold
Santigold
03:12
37The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
05:43
38Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem [Explicit]
05:14
39One Armed Scissor
One Armed Scissor
At The Drive-In
Relationship Of Command
04:20
40They
They
Jem
Finally Woken
03:16
41Quiet Little Voices
Quiet Little Voices
We Were Promised Jetpacks
These Four Walls
04:18
42Life On a Chain
Life On a Chain
Pete Yorn
musicforthemorningafter
03:47
43New Born
New Born
Muse
Origin of Symmetry
06:03
44Sad Sad City
Sad Sad City
Ghostland Observatory
Paparazzi Lightning
03:05
45Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Arcade Fire
Funeral
05:13
46I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You (Album Version)
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You (Album Version)
Black Kids
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
03:40
47Daylight
Daylight
Matt and Kim
Grand
02:51
48Let's Dance To Joy Division
Let's Dance To Joy Division
The Wombats
Proudly Present... A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
03:11
49Kissing Families
Kissing Families
Silversun Pickups
Pikul
04:50
50Dark Blue
Dark Blue
Jack's Mannequin
Everything In Transit (Non-PA Release)
04:11
51Naive
Naive
The Kooks
Inside In / Inside Out
03:24
52Understanding In A Car Crash
Understanding In A Car Crash
Thursday
Full Collapse
04:24
53Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
Queens Of The Stone Age
Rated R [Explicit]
02:44
54Date With The Night
Date With The Night
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered) [Explicit]
02:35
55Phantom Limb
Phantom Limb
The Shins
Wincing The Night Away
04:47
56The Adventure
The Adventure
Angels and Airwaves
We Don't Need To Whisper
05:13
57Heavy Cross
Heavy Cross
Gossip
Music For Men
04:02
58United States Of Whatever
United States Of Whatever
Liam Lynch
Fake Songs
01:31
59Big Casino (Album Version)
Big Casino (Album Version)
Jimmy Eat World
Chase This Light
03:41
60Finding out True Love Is Blind (Album/EP Version)
Finding out True Love Is Blind (Album/EP Version)
Louis XIV, Jason Hill & Brian Karscig
The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
04:14
61Anyone Else But You
Anyone Else But You
The Moldy Peaches
The Moldy Peaches [Explicit]
03:00
62New York City Cops
New York City Cops
E
The Strokes
Hard To Explain/New York City Cops [Explicit]
03:31
63Air (Album Version)
Air (Album Version)
Sparta
Wiretap Scars
03:57
64Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Stars
Set Yourself On Fire [Explicit]
04:16
65Sometime Around Midnight
Sometime Around Midnight
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition)
05:03
66The '59 Sound
The '59 Sound
The Gaslight Anthem
The '59 Sound
03:10
67Crystalised
Crystalised
The xx
xx
03:22
68Breathe Me
Breathe Me
Sia
Breathe Me
04:36
69Get Free
Get Free
The Vines
Best Of The Vines [Explicit]
02:05
70Sing
Sing
Travis
Sing
03:48
71Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
E
Blood Brothers
Crimes (Bonus Track Version) [Explicit]
03:15
72Shatterday (Album Version)
Shatterday (Album Version)
Vendetta Red
Between The Never And The Now Album Advance
02:39
73Misfit
Misfit
Elefant
Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
03:14
74My Alcoholic Friends
My Alcoholic Friends
The Dresden Dolls
Yes, Virginia
02:47
75Sometimes The Sun (Album Version)
Sometimes The Sun (Album Version)
The Lashes
Sometimes The Sun
03:17
76Foundations
Foundations
E
Kate Nash
Made of Bricks [Explicit]
04:05
773rd Planet
3rd Planet
E
Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica [Explicit]
03:58
78Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
We Are Scientists
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt [Explicit]
03:18
79Caterwaul
Caterwaul
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Worlds Apart [Explicit]
04:53
80Gay Bar
Gay Bar
Electric Six
Fire [Explicit]
02:21
81Nowhere Again
Nowhere Again
Secret Machines
Now Here Is Nowhere (DMD Album)
04:13
82Sometimes (Album Version)
Sometimes (Album Version)
Ours
Distorted Lullabies
03:53
832 + 2 = 5
2 + 2 = 5
Radiohead
Hail To the Thief [Explicit]
03:19
84Romantic Rights
Romantic Rights
Death From Above 1979
You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
03:15
85The Laws Have Changed
The Laws Have Changed
The New Pornographers
Electric Version [Explicit]
03:27
86Always Love
Always Love
Nada Surf
The Weight Is a Gift
03:19
87A Pillar Of Salt
A Pillar Of Salt
The Thermals
The Body, The Blood, The Machine
02:57
88Galang
Galang
M.I.A.
Galang '05
03:35
89Fake Empire
Fake Empire
The National
Boxer [Explicit]
03:25
90Club Foot
Club Foot
Kasabian, Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Karloff & Tom Meighan
Kasabian
03:34
91Rock & Roll Queen
Rock & Roll Queen
The Subways
Young For Eternity
02:50
92Girl Anachronism
Girl Anachronism
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls
02:59