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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.

86 SONGS • 5 HOURS AND 36 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
03:21
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
14The Bucket
The Bucket
E
Kings Of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak [Explicit]
02:56
15Sparks
Sparks
Coldplay
Parachutes
03:47
16Shut Up and Let Me Go
Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Ting Tings
We Started Nothing (Deluxe Edition)
02:51
17Hate To Say I Told You So
Hate To Say I Told You So
The Hives
Veni Vidi Vicious [Explicit]
03:20
18The Hardest Button to Button
The Hardest Button to Button
The White Stripes
Elephant
03:33
19Diamonds And Guns
Diamonds And Guns
E
Transplants
Transplants [Explicit]
04:01
20Pain
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
Pain
02:52
21The Sound of Settling
The Sound of Settling
Death Cab For Cutie
Transatlanticism
02:13
22Smile
Smile
E
Lily Allen
Alright, Still (Deluxe) [Explicit]
03:17
23Screaming Infidelities
Screaming Infidelities
Dashboard Confessional
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
03:46
24Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Editors
An End Has a Start
04:58
25Joker And The Thief
Joker And The Thief
Wolfmother
Wolfmother (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
04:41
26Slow Hands
Slow Hands
Interpol
Antics [Explicit]
03:04
27Fidelity
Fidelity
Regina Spektor
Begin to Hope
03:47
28Portions for Foxes
Portions for Foxes
Rilo Kiley
More Adventurous (U.S. Release)
04:44
29I Turn My Camera On
I Turn My Camera On
Spoon
Gimme Fiction (Deluxe Edition)
03:32
30Salute Your Solutions
Salute Your Solutions
The Raconteurs
Only The Brave (Music From And Inspired By The Film)
03:02
311234
1234
Feist
The Reminder
03:04
32Dakota
Dakota
Stereophonics
Language.Sex.Violence.Other?
04:57
33D.A.N.C.E.
D.A.N.C.E.
Justice
D.A.N.C.E. (Logic Reprise)
04:02
34Lights Out
Lights Out
Santigold
Santigold
03:13
35The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Looking for Alaska (Music from the Original Series)
05:45
36Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem [Explicit]
05:14
37They
They
Jem
Finally Woken
03:16
38Quiet Little Voices
Quiet Little Voices
We Were Promised Jetpacks
These Four Walls
04:18
39Life On a Chain
Life On a Chain
Pete Yorn
musicforthemorningafter
03:47
40New Born
New Born
Muse
Origin of Symmetry
06:02
41Sad Sad City
Sad Sad City
Ghostland Observatory
Paparazzi Lightning
03:05
42Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Arcade Fire
Funeral
05:13
43I'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
Partie Traumatic
03:37
44Daylight
Daylight
Matt and Kim
Grand
02:51
45Let's Dance to Joy Division
Let's Dance to Joy Division
The Wombats
Proudly Present... A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
03:11
46Kissing Families
Kissing Families
Silversun Pickups
Pikul
04:50
47Dark Blue
Dark Blue
Jack's Mannequin
Everything In Transit (Non-PA Release)
04:11
48Naive
Naive
The Kooks
Inside In / Inside Out
03:23
49Understanding In A Car Crash
Understanding In A Car Crash
Thursday
Full Collapse
04:24
50Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
Queens Of The Stone Age
Rated R - Deluxe Edition
02:43
51Date With The Night
Date With The Night
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered) [Explicit]
02:35
52Phantom Limb
Phantom Limb
The Shins
Wincing The Night Away
04:47
53The Adventure
The Adventure
Angels and Airwaves
The Ultimate Skate Punk Album Vol.2 [Explicit]
05:13
54Heavy Cross
Heavy Cross
Gossip
Music For Men
04:02
55United States Of Whatever
United States Of Whatever
Liam Lynch
Fake Songs
01:31
56Big Casino (Album Version)
Big Casino (Album Version)
Jimmy Eat World
Chase This Light
03:41
57Finding 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
58Anyone Else But You
Anyone Else But You
The Moldy Peaches
The Moldy Peaches [Explicit]
03:00
59New York City Cops
New York City Cops
E
The Strokes
Hard To Explain/New York City Cops [Explicit]
03:31
60Air (Album Version)
Air (Album Version)
Sparta
Wiretap Scars
03:57
61Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Stars
Set Yourself On Fire [Explicit]
04:16
62Sometime Around Midnight
Sometime Around Midnight
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition)
05:03
63The '59 Sound
The '59 Sound
The Gaslight Anthem
The '59 Sound
03:10
64Crystalised
Crystalised
The xx
xx
03:21
65Breathe Me
Breathe Me
Sia
Colour The Small One (Deluxe Edition)
04:32
66Get Free
Get Free
The Vines
Highly Evolved [Explicit]
02:07
67Sing
Sing
Travis
Sing
03:48
68Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
E
Blood Brothers
Crimes (Bonus Track Version) [Explicit]
03:15
69Shatterday (Album Version)
Shatterday (Album Version)
Vendetta Red
Between The Never And The Now Album Advance
02:39
70Misfit
Misfit
Elefant
Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
03:14
71My Alcoholic Friends
My Alcoholic Friends
The Dresden Dolls
Yes, Virginia
02:47
72Sometimes The Sun (Album Version)
Sometimes The Sun (Album Version)
The Lashes
Get It
03:17
73Foundations
Foundations
E
Kate Nash
Made of Bricks [Explicit]
04:05
743rd Planet
3rd Planet
E
Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica [Explicit]
03:58
75Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
We Are Scientists
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt [Explicit]
03:18
76Gay Bar
Gay Bar
Electric Six
Fire [Explicit]
02:21
77Nowhere Again
Nowhere Again
Secret Machines
College Rock 2K [Explicit]
04:13
782 + 2 = 5
2 + 2 = 5
Radiohead
Hail To the Thief [Explicit]
03:19
79Romantic Rights (Album Version)
Romantic Rights (Album Version)
Death From Above 1979
You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
03:15
80The Laws Have Changed
The Laws Have Changed
The New Pornographers
Electric Version [Explicit]
03:27
81A Pillar Of Salt
A Pillar Of Salt
The Thermals
The Body, The Blood, The Machine
02:57
82Galang
Galang
M.I.A.
Galang '05
03:35
83Fake Empire
Fake Empire
The National
Boxer [Explicit]
03:25
84Club Foot
Club Foot
Kasabian, Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Karloff & Tom Meighan
Kasabian/Empire
03:35
85Rock & Roll Queen
Rock & Roll Queen
The Subways
Young For Eternity
02:50
86Girl Anachronism
Girl Anachronism
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls
02:59