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July 28, 2025

Ottawa Indie Music Scene (Shoegaze, Indie Rock and Dreampop)

Ottawa has an incredible music scene. Here you will find music by local Shoegaze, Garage Rock, Dream Pop, Noise Rock and other cool music. Good beats, good rhythms, good music. If you want to get added or if we missed you, let us know.

Alternative & Indie (570)

— Acoustic Folk (0)

— Alternative Pop (3)

— Alternative Rock (28)

— Dark Wave (90)

— Dream Pop (19)

— Electronic Rock (4)

— Emo (3)

— Garage Rock (18)

— Indie Folk (11)

— Indie Pop (91)

— Indie Rock (301)

— Lofi-Pop/Rock (3)

— Post Punk (32)

— Shoegaze (6)

— Singer Songwriter (0)

Dance (111)

— Acid House (15)

— Bass House (1)

— Beat (1)

— Bigroom (0)

— Bounce (0)

— Chicago House (0)

— Chill (5)

— Deep House (8)

— Disco (0)

— Drum & Bass (0)

— Dub (0)

— Future Bass (0)

— Hard style (0)

— House (25)

— Indie Dance (5)

— Italo Disco (0)

— Lounge (0)

— Melodic House (18)

— Melodic Techno (7)

— Minimal Techno (13)

— Nu Disco (0)

— Progressive House (1)

— Slap House (0)

— Techno (9)

— Trance (0)

— Tropical House (3)

Electronic (505)

— Ambient (14)

— Cold Wave (4)

— Cyberpunk (4)

— Downtempo (2)

— Drone (0)

— EDM (13)

— Electro (13)

— Electro Pop (9)

— Electronica (13)

— Experimental (12)

— Future Pop (1)

— Glitch (0)

— IDM (12)

— Indie Electro (10)

— Indietronica (4)

— industrial (17)

— New Wave (23)

— Synth (14)

— Synth Pop (358)

— Synthwave (13)

— Vaporwave (2)

Hip-Hop & Rap (66)

— Autotune (2)

— Boombap (1)

— Chill-Hop (5)

— Country Rap (1)

— Drill (2)

— Emo Hip-Hopp (8)

— Gangster Rap (7)

— Grime (7)

— Hip Hop (33)

— Lo-fi (25)

— Old School (10)

— Punk Rap (7)

— Rap (11)

— Trap (7)

— Trip Hop (1)

Instrumental (4)

— Instrumental (3)

— Musical (0)

— Soundtrack (1)

Jazz & Classical (7)

— Bossanova (0)

— Cinematic (0)

— Classical (0)

— Fusion (0)

— Jazz (0)

— Neo-Classical (0)

— Opera (0)

— Swing (0)

Latin (14)

— Bachata (0)

— Cumbia (0)

— Flamenco (0)

— Latin Dance (1)

— Latin Pop (13)

— Latin Rock (0)

— Reggaeton (1)

— Salsa (0)

Metal & Punk (32)

— Black Metal (16)

— Deathcore (0)

— Doom (2)

— Hard Rock (1)

— Hardcore (1)

— Metal (15)

— Metalcore (1)

— Noise (1)

— Nu Metal (1)

— Pop Punk (1)

— Post Hardcore (1)

— Punk (1)

— Ska (0)

— Stoner (0)

— Trash (0)

Other (1)

— A Cappella (0)

— Reggae (1)

Pop & Rock (46)

— Acoustic Pop (12)

— Afrobeats (1)

— Blues (2)

— Country (2)

— Funk (0)

— Hyperpop (14)

— J Pop (0)

— K Pop (0)

— Pop (12)

— Rock (4)

RnB & Soul (3)

— Bedroom RnB (0)

— Indie RnB (0)

— Neo Soul (0)

— RnB (3)

— Soul (1)