The Best Country Indie Songs

It seems like every time an English indie guitar band goes over to SXSW these days they come back home wearing a cowboy hat extolling the joys of two-stepping and telling anyone who’ll listen about Townes Van Zandt, but the tradition of indie bands soaking up the influences of country and americana goes back to a time long before that.

Jonathan Richman made a whole album of country songs, Orange Juice added a little red dirt twang to their Scottish indie pop sound on Texas Fever back in the early '80s and Eugene Kelly from The Vaselines and Isobel Campbell from Belle & Sebastian discovered their hidden country sides after going solo.

More recently, Jess Williamson and Waxahatchee recorded one of the most quintessential country records of recent years when they got together to form Plains. Phoebe Bridgers and boygenius have never shied away from the influence that Taylor Swift and The Chicks had on them, while indie artists like Faye Webster, Florry and Fust have all got a country edge to their cool slacker pop.

We’ve put together our favourites in our Holler playlist of The Best Country Indie Songs for those of you who like a little bit of slap, crackle, and twang with your indie pop.

See the full tracklist below:

1. 1.

   Abilene

   Plains

2. 2.

   Time Ain't Accidental

   Jess Williamson

3. 3.

   Outlaw

   Clover County

4. 4.

   Joker Lips

   MJ Lenderman

5. 5.

   Right Back to It

   Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman

6. 6.

   Massachusetts

   Jensen McRae

7. 7.

   I'm In Love

   Slaughter Beach, Dog

8. 8.

   Cowgirl Giving

   Florry

9. 9.

   Naturally

   Sarah Gross

10. 10.

    Johnny Cash

    Sofia Wolfson

11. 11.

    Paradise

    Anna St. Louis

12. 12.

    Can't Cut Loose

    Erin Rae

13. 13.

    Country

    Sam Evian

14. 14.

    Keeps Me Running

    Esther Rose

15. 15.

    Who Did You Leave For Me

    Molly Parden

16. 16.

    Sadness As A Gift

    Adrienne Lenker

17. 17.

    It's Not A Sad Thing

    Faye Webster

18. 18.

    Motion Sickness

    Phoebe Bridgers

19. 19.

    How Quickly Your Heart Mends

    Courtney Marie Andrews

20. 20.

    My Love Mine All Mine

    Mitski

21. 21.

    Big Time

    Angel Olsen and Sturgill Simpson

22. 22.

    New Song

    Maggie Rogers and Del Water Gap

23. 23.

    Wide Open Spaces

    Soccer Mommy

24. 24.

    Cool About It

    boygenius

25. 25.

    Shampoo

    Izaak Opatz

26. 26.

    Aloe Vera

    Chris Acker

27. 27.

    Runnin

    Ohtis

28. 28.

    One Too Many

    Maggie Antone

29. 29.

    Tequila or Whiskey

    Willow Avalon

30. 30.

    Violent Jubilee

    Fust

31. 31.

    She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Double)

    Wednesday

32. 32.

    You're Still The One

    Christian Lee Hutson and Julia Jacklin

33. 33.

    Everywhere I Go

    Cat Clyde

34. 34.

    Pigeons

    Bill Callahan

35. 35.

    Big Love

    Camera Obscura

36. 36.

    Born For Loving You

    Big Thief

37. 37.

    Lucky

    Teethe

38. 38.

    i was all over her

    salvia palth

39. 39.

    Nothing on This Earth Can Make Me Smile

    Dougie Poole

40. 40.

    get clean

    vegas water taxi

41. 41.

    Lamplight

    Del Water Gap

42. 42.

    El Paso

    Howdy

43. 43.

    I Try

    Kacey Johansing

44. 44.

    Tonight

    Katy J Pearson

45. 45.

    The Light Of Day

    Kacy & Clayton

46. 46.

    Roll Back Your Clocks

    Buck Meek

47. 47.

    Tear Us Apart

    Becca Mancari

48. 48.

    Karaoke Angel

    Molly Sarlé

49. 49.

    Long Wave

    Bonny Doon

50. 50.

    One Of These Days

    Bedouine

51. 51.

    Both My Friends

    Harrison Whitford

52. 52.

    Every Once In A While

    Cut Worms

53. 53.

    Anything But Me

    MUNA

54. 54.

    Shanghai Cigarettes

    Caitlin Rose

55. 55.

    Wakin on a Pretty Day

    Kurt Vile

56. 56.

    Pressure to Party

    Julia Jacklin

57. 57.

    Let Me Get There

    Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions

58. 58.

    By Your Side

    Beachwood Sparks

59. 59.

    Fade Into You

    Mazzy Star

60. 60.

    Corner Store

    Jonatha Richman

61. 61.

    The Day I Went Down to Texas

    Orange Juice

62. 62.

    I'm Holding You

    Ween

63. 63.

    Steak For Chicken

    Moldy Peaches

64. 64.

    Older Faster

    Eugene Kelly

65. 65.

    (Do You Wanna) Come Walk with Me

    Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

66. 66.

    Checking Out

    Divorce

67. 67.

    Never Love Again

    Sentimental Family Band

68. 68.

    Fiddle

    Bad Flamingo

69. 69.

    Electric Lizard

    Angela Autumn

70. 70.

    Valleys (My Love)

    Whitney

71. 71.

    Town

    Val Son

72. 72.

    There Was A Moon

    Magic AL and Molly Searle

73. 73.

    Smoke Signals

    Phoebe Bridgers

74. 74.

    Pretend You Love Me

    Sonny & The Sunsets

75. 75.

    Heartbreaker

    Girls

76. 76.

    Time Is Just the Same

    Isobel Campbell

77. 77.

    Cowgirl in a Ditch

    Florry

78. 78.

    Asheville Blues

    Adeem the Artist

79. 79.

    Drunk on a Plane

    Izaak Opatz

80. 80.

    TV Dinners

    MJ Lenderman

81. 81.

    Cool Dry Place

    Katy Kirby

82. 82.

    Teeth Marks

    S.G. Goodman

83. 83.

    Hot Rotten Grass Smell

    Wednesday

84. 84.

    Morning Zoo

    Ratboys

85. 85.

    Dreamer Boy

    Suckerpunch

86. 86.

    Low Sun

    Hermanos Gutiérrez

87. 87.

    Oom Sha La La

    Haley Heynderickx

88. 88.

    Chevrolet Van

    The Nude Party

89. 89.

    You Can't Stay The Same

    Bonny Doon and Waxahatchee

90. 90.

    Ponies in Town

    Jess Williamson

91. 91.

    Right Side of My Neck

    Faye Webster

92. 92.

    It Must Be Someone Else's Fault

    Courtney Marie Andrews

93. 93.

    All The Good Times

    Angel Olsen

94. 94.

    If Only You Played Football As Well As You Played Girls

    Maggie Antone

95. 95.

    Betty

    Christian Lee Hutson

96. 96.

    Emmylou

    The Best Westerns

97. 97.

    Wanna Give My Love

    The Sons of Rainier

98. 98.

    Room in the City

    Kassi Valazza

99. 99.

    Fort Benton

    Caroline Keys

100. 100.

     Groggy Morning

     Steph Green

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