List of dream pop artists
This is a list of dream pop artists. Individuals are alphabetized by their surname.
A–M
- Air[1]
- All About Eve[2]
- Alvvays[3]
- A.R. Kane[4][5]
- Atlas Sound[5]
- Au Revoir Simone[6]
- The Autumns[7][8]
- Azure Ray[9]
- Basement Revolver[10]
- Bat for Lashes[11]
- Beach Fossils[12]
- Beach House[5][13]
- Bell Hollow[14]
- Belly[15]
- Blonde Redhead[5]
- The Boo Radleys[16][17]
- Braids[5]
- Broadcast[18]
- Candidate[19]
- Candy Claws[20]
- Catherine Wheel[21]
- Chapterhouse[16]
- Chromatics[22]
- Cigarettes After Sex[23]
- Cocteau Twins[5][24]
- Cranes[25]
- Julee Cruise[26]
- Crumb[27]
- Cults[28][29]
- Curve[30]
- The Depreciation Guild[31]
- Devics[32]
- DIIV[33]
- Echo Lake[5]
- Elysian Fields[34]
- Engineers[35]
- Eskobar[36]
- Ethel Cain[37]
- Fear of Men[38]
- Field Mouse[39]
- Fishmans[40]
- For Against[41]
- For Tracy Hyde[42]
- Galaxie 500[24][43]
- Kenneth James Gibson[44]
- Girl in Red[45]
- Grimes[46][47][48]
- Hatchie[49]
- Her's[50]
- High Highs[51]
- The High Violets[52]
- The Hundred in the Hands[53]
- I Break Horses[5]
- The Innocence Mission[54]
- It Hugs Back[55]
- Japanese Breakfast[56]
- Jay Som[57]
- Jadu[58]
- jj[59]
- The Joy Formidable[60]
- Kitchens of Distinction[61]
- Lab Partners[62]
- Landing[63]
- Lana Del Rey[64][65]
- Letting Up Despite Great Faults[66]
- Lykke Li[67]
- Little Dragon[68]
- London Grammar[69]
- Lorde[70]
- Lovesliescrushing[71]
- Lower Dens[72]
- Lush[16][30]
- M83[73]
- Magic Wands[74]
- Mahogany[75]
- Mazzy Star[76]
- Medicine[77]
- Men I Trust[78][79][80]
- Mira[81]
- Mr Twin Sister[5]
- My Bloody Valentine[24][82][83][30]
N–Z
- The Nightblooms[84]
- The Ocean Blue[85]
- The One AM Radio[86]
- Pale Saints[16]
- Palm Ghosts[87]
- Papercuts[88]
- Parannoul[89]
- Parekh & Singh[90]
- Parker and Lily[91]
- Plastic Flowers[92]
- Porcelain Raft[5]
- Purity Ring[5]
- The Raveonettes[93]
- Ride[16]
- Sarah P.[94]
- Alexandra Savior[95]
- Say Lou Lou[96]
- School of Seven Bells[97]
- Secret Shine[98]
- Seely[99]
- Sigur Rós[5]
- Troye Sivan[100]
- Slowdive[16]
- Snakadaktal[101]
- Snow & Voices[102]
- Soundpool[103]
- Spirea X[104]
- Spotlight Kid[105]
- SRSQ[106]
- Still Corners[107]
- Stripmall Architecture[108]
- Sugar Plant[109]
- The Sundays[110]
- Sweet Trip[111]
- Tanukichan[112]
- The Telescopes[113]
- Them Are Us Too[114]
- This Mortal Coil[5][115]
- Trance to the Sun[116]
- Turnover[117]
- Vansire[118]
- Venus Hum[119]
- Vision Eternel[120][121]
- Vivian Girls[122]
- Warpaint[123]
- Washed Out[124]
- Wet[125]
- White Violet[126]
- Wild Nothing[5]
- The xx[127]
- Your Friend[128]
- The Zephyrs[129]
See also
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