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101-125 | 100 Greatest Indie Rock Guitar Riffs of All Time

Just Outside the Top 100

101. Obstacle 1 - Interpol

102. Undercover Martyn - Two Door Cinema Club

103. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

104. I Am the Resurrection - The Stone Roses

105. Malibu Love Nest - Luna

106. Son of Sam - Elliott Smith

107. Let's Go - The Feelies

108. Last Nite - The Strokes

109. Dashboard - Modest Mouse

110. Fortress - Pinback

111. Fine Young Cannibals - Wolf Parade

112. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel

113. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady

114. Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub

115. Strange - Galaxie 500

116. Zoom - Last Dinosaurs

117. Devils Haircut - Beck

118. Believe - The Bravery

119. My Valuable Hunting Knife - Guided By Voices

120. Get Over It - OK Go

121. Send His Love to Me - PJ Harvey

122. Don't You Evah - Spoon

123. Tart Tart - Happy Mondays

124. Too Young - Phoenix

125. The Headmaster Ritual - The Smiths


25 Indie Rock Deep Cuts With Notable Guitar Riffs

The Polaroid Song - Allo Darlin'

The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon - Camper Van Beethoven

Your New Twin Sized Bed - Death Cab For Cutie

The Gentry Cove - Dirty Pretty Things

Spanway Hits - Flake Music

Repair - Last Dinosaurs

Lounge (Closing Time) - Modest Mouse

Tony's Theme - Pixies

Turn It On - Sleater-Kinney

Glue Girls - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Round and Down - The Bats

Bad News - Bilk

Matchbox - The Kooks

I Get Along - The Libertines

Turn a Square - The Shins

The Cone of Silence - Yo La Tengo

Sidewinder - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Brick Is Red - Pixies

Too Many Times - The Growlers

Breakin' The Law - The New Pornographers

Get Closer - Life in Film

They Put a Body in the Bayou - The Orwells

Of Moons, Birds & Monsters - MGMT

Hearts of Oak - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Magnet's Coil - Sebadoh

For a a broader look at indie and alternative rock, be sure to check out 50 Greatest Indie and Alternative Rock Guitarists of All Time, or 100 Greatest Alternative Rock Albums of the 90s.


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