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.

   Right Back to It

   Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman

4. 4.

   Massachusetts

   Jensen McRae

5. 5.

   I'm In Love

   Slaughter Beach, Dog

6. 6.

   Cowgirl Giving

   Florry

7. 7.

   Naturally

   Sarah Gross

8. 8.

   Johnny Cash

   Sofia Wolfson

9. 9.

   Daisy

   Anna St. Louis

10. 10.

    Can't Cut Loose

    Erin Rae

11. 11.

    Country

    Sam Evian

12. 12.

    Keeps Me Running

    Esther Rose

13. 13.

    Who Did You Leave For Me

    Molly Parden

14. 14.

    Sadness As A Gift

    Adrienne Lenker

15. 15.

    It's Not A Sad Thing

    Faye Webster

16. 16.

    Motion Sickness

    Phoebe Bridgers

17. 17.

    How Quickly Your Heart Mends

    Courtney Marie Andrews

18. 18.

    My Love Mine All Mine

    Mitski

19. 19.

    Big Time

    Angel Olsen and Sturgill Simpson

20. 20.

    New Song

    Maggie Rogers and Del Water Gap

21. 21.

    Wide Open Spaces

    Soccer Mommy

22. 22.

    Cool About It

    boygenius

23. 23.

    Shampoo

    Izaak Opatz

24. 24.

    Aloe Vera

    Chris Acker

25. 25.

    Runnin

    Ohtis

26. 26.

    Suburban Outlaw

    Maggie Antone

27. 27.

    Violent Jubilee

    Fust

28. 28.

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

    Wednesday

29. 29.

    You're Still The One

    Christian Lee Hutson and Julia Jacklin

30. 30.

    Everywhere I Go

    Cat Clyde

31. 31.

    Pigeons

    Bill Callahan

32. 32.

    Big Love

    Camera Obscura

33. 33.

    Born For Loving You

    Big Thief

34. 34.

    Lucky

    Teethe

35. 35.

    i was all over her

    salvia palth

36. 36.

    Nothing on This Earth Can Make Me Smile

    Dougie Poole

37. 37.

    get clean

    vegas water taxi

38. 38.

    Lamplight

    Del Water Gap

39. 39.

    El Paso

    Howdy

40. 40.

    I Try

    Kacey Johansing

41. 41.

    Tonight

    Katy J Pearson

42. 42.

    The Light Of Day

    Kacy & Clayton

43. 43.

    Roll Back Your Clocks

    Buck Meek

44. 44.

    Tear Us Apart

    Becca Mancari

45. 45.

    Karaoke Angel

    Molly Sarlé

46. 46.

    Long Wave

    Bonny Doon

47. 47.

    One Of These Days

    Bedouine

48. 48.

    Both My Friends

    Harrison Whitford

49. 49.

    Every Once In A While

    Cut Worms

50. 50.

    Anything But Me

    MUNA

51. 51.

    Shanghai Cigarettes

    Caitlin Rose

52. 52.

    Wakin on a Pretty Day

    Kurt Vile

53. 53.

    Pressure to Party

    Julia Jacklin

54. 54.

    Let Me Get There

    Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions

55. 55.

    By Your Side

    Beachwood Sparks

56. 56.

    Fade Into You

    Mazzy Star

57. 57.

    Corner Store

    Jonatha Richman

58. 58.

    The Day I Went Down to Texas

    Orange Juice

59. 59.

    I'm Holding You

    Ween

60. 60.

    Steak For Chicken

    Moldy Peaches

61. 61.

    Older Faster

    Eugene Kelly

62. 62.

    (Do You Wanna) Come Walk with Me

    Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

63. 63.

    Checking Out

    Divorce

64. 64.

    Never Love Again

    Sentimental Family Band

65. 65.

    Fiddle

    Bad Flamingo

66. 66.

    Five and Dime

    Hazel English

67. 67.

    Valleys (My Love)

    Whitney

68. 68.

    Town

    Val Son

69. 69.

    There Was A Moon

    Magic AL and Molly Searle

70. 70.

    Smoke Signals

    Phoebe Bridgers

71. 71.

    Pretend You Love Me

    Sonny & The Sunsets

72. 72.

    Heartbreaker

    Girls

73. 73.

    Time Is Just the Same

    Isobel Campbell

74. 74.

    Cowgirl in a Ditch

    Florry

75. 75.

    Asheville Blues

    Adeem the Artist

76. 76.

    Drunk on a Plane

    Izaak Opatz

77. 77.

    TV Dinners

    MJ Lenderman

78. 78.

    Cool Dry Place

    Katy Kirby

79. 79.

    Teeth Marks

    S.G. Goodman

80. 80.

    Hot Rotten Grass Smell

    Wednesday

81. 81.

    Morning Zoo

    Ratboys

82. 82.

    Dreamer Boy

    Suckerpunch

83. 83.

    Low Sun

    Hermanos Gutiérrez

84. 84.

    Oom Sha La La

    Haley Heynderickx

85. 85.

    Broadview

    Slow Pulp

86. 86.

    Cowboy Nudes

    Geese

87. 87.

    Chevrolet Van

    The Nude Party

88. 88.

    You Can't Stay The Same

    Bonny Doon and Waxahatchee

89. 89.

    Ponies in Town

    Jess Williamson

90. 90.

    Right Side of My Neck

    Faye Webster

91. 91.

    It Must Be Someone Else's Fault

    Courtney Marie Andrews

92. 92.

    All The Good Times

    Angel Olsen

93. 93.

    If Only You Played Football As Well As You Played Girls

    Maggie Antone

94. 94.

    Betty

    Christian Lee Hutson

95. 95.

    Emmylou

    The Best Westerns

96. 96.

    Wanna Give My Love

    The Sons of Rainier

97. 97.

    Room in the City

    Kassi Valazza

98. 98.

    Fort Benton

    Caroline Keys

99. 99.

    Neon Lights

    The Lostines

100. 100.

     Groggy Morning

     Steph Green

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