50 Best Indie Sleaze Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Indie Sleaze Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a twitchy kind of energy that runs through indie sleaze tracks. It’s messy eyeliner at 2 a.m., sticky floors at a club that should have closed hours ago, and blurry photos that never looked good in the first place. These songs were never made to feel clean or polished. They lurch forward like they’re daring you to keep up, pulling you into that strange space where chaos feels alive. Some aren’t even literally tied to the theme, but they carry the same ragged spark that fits right into the indie sleaze atmosphere.
What makes them work for reels and stories is that they never pretend things are smoother than they are. You’ve got raw bass lines, vocals that crack, drums that feel half out of sync, yet the whole track hangs together like it’s barely holding on. The grit is the appeal. This isn’t the place for pristine pop, rock, country, and R&B songs polished for the radio. It’s for the stuff that sounds like it was recorded in a basement, with all the mistakes left in and turned up loud enough to rattle through someone’s phone speakers.
These tracks don’t glide in like background wallpaper. They stomp in, spill a drink, and keep shouting over the noise until the moment bends around them. That kind of presence is why they land so hard in short clips where everything has to hit quick. You’re not chasing perfection, you’re leaning into the crooked edges. Here are the best indie sleaze songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Indie Sleaze Instagram Songs
1. 'House of Jealous Lovers' by The Rapture
2. 'Heads Will Roll' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. 'Walking On A Dream' by Empire Of The Sun
4. 'Crimewave' by Crystal Castles
5. 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' by Arctic Monkeys
6. 'Kids' by MGMT
7. 'Wolf Like Me' by TV On The Radio
8. 'Take Me Out' by Franz Ferdinand
9. 'Somebody Told Me' by The Killers
10. 'Deceptacon' by Le Tigre
Popular Indie Sleaze Instagram Music #11 to 20
11. 'Paris Is Burning' by Ladyhawke
12. 'Let's Go Surfing' by The Drums
13. 'Electric Feel' by MGMT
14. 'In For The Kill' by La Roux
15. 'Young Folks' by Peter Bjorn and John
16. 'Young Blood' by The Naked And Famous
17. 'You Only Live Once' by The Strokes
18. 'Do You Wanna Talk' by Circa Waves
19. 'D.A.N.C.E' by Justice
20. 'Lights & Music' by Cut Copy
Famous Indie Sleaze Videos and Reels #21 to 30
21. 'Is This It' by The Strokes
22. 'Fluorescent Adolescent' by Arctic Monkeys
23. 'Bulletproof' by La Roux
24. 'Midnight City' by M83
25. 'Everything Is Embarrassing' by Sky Ferreira
26. 'Daylight' by Matt and Kim
27. 'Dog Days Are Over' by Florence + the Machine
28. 'A-Punk' by Vampire Weekend
29. 'L.E.S. Artistes' by Santigold
30. 'Dance Yrself Clean' by LCD Soundsystem
Catchy Indie Sleaze Songs and Reels #31 to 40
31. 'Feel It All Around' by Washed Out
32. 'Heartbeats' by The Knife
33. 'We Are Your Friends' by Justice vs Simian
34. 'Golden Skans' by Klaxons
35. 'Emerge' by Fischerspooner
36. 'Chelsea Dagger' by The Fratellis
37. 'Ooh La La' by Goldfrapp
38. 'Time to Pretend' by MGMT
39. 'Using You' by Mars Argo
40. 'Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above' by CSS
Best Indie Sleaze Social Media Songs #41 to 50
41. 'You Don't Know Me' by Jax Jones
42. 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A
43. 'Day 'n' Nite' by Kid Cudi
44. 'Pursuit Of Happiness' by Kid Cudi
45. 'Sometime Around Midnight' by The Airborne Toxic Event
46. 'Lights' by Ellie Goulding
47. 'Ghetto Love' by Spinnerette
48. 'Naive' by The Kooks
49. 'My Girls' by Animal Collective
50. 'When You Were Young' by The Killers
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