Bands like alt‐Jfrom the other side of the world
alt‐J is from United Kingdom, tagged "indie rock", "indie pop", "alternative rock" and "art pop" on MusicBrainz. These nine are not the usual sound-alikes. They come from 9 countries on 6 continents (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania), listed west to east, and each one shares little or nothing with alt‐J's tags. Press play on any of them, or spin your own nine.

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