| GROUP | GENRE | DATES | COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION | BEST RELEASE |
| Biff Bang Pow! | C86 | 1984-91 | England | Creation Records boss Alan McGee's jangle-folk project. | Oblivian. |
| BMX Bandits | C86 | 1986- | Scotland | Fun galore, never serious (drugs). Sorry bad pun, great song. | C86 (an LP, not a genre). |
| Bubblegum Splash | C86 | England | Pretty lo-fi for C86. Amazing noise with girl vocals. On Subway comps. | ||
| Chesterfields | C86 | 1985-87 | England | Upbeat Orange Juice style pop on Subway/Vinyl Japan. | Kettle. |
| Chin Chin | C86 | 1985-89 | Switzerland | Drum machine punk-pop. Marvelous girls sing in charming accents. | Stop! Your Crying. |
| Close Lobsters | C86 | 1987-90 | Scotland | Like a late Josef K. | Headache Rhetoric. |
| Fizzbombs | C86 | 1987-88 | Scotland | Surf music meets jangle/squall! | The Surfin' Winter. |
| Flatmates | C86 | 1985-89 | England | Pure girl group meets the Ramones sound. Amazing Bristol band. Subway. | Love & Death. |
| Groove Farm >> Girlboy Girl |
C86 | 1986-90 | England | Garage punk-pop stylings. On Subway. | |
| Jesse Garon and the Desparadoes >> Rote Kapelle |
C86 | 1986-90 | Scotland | The best thing since sliced bread! Fran has a deep sultry voice, and the songs just rock! | |
| Korova Milk Bar | C86 | England | Began on Subway, became half Jesus Jones/half shoegazer. | ||
| Legend | C86 | 1983-85 | England | Jerry Thackery, original mate of Creations creator Alan McGee, released "some of the worst singles in British history." Very lo-fi, messy, chaotic -- hard to find and occasionally quite enjoyable in a Beat Happening kind of way. | |
| Les Calamites | C86 | Switzerland | Totally fabulous indie pop! Like a sped up Ronettes, or something! | ||
| Meat Whiplash | C86 | Scotland | Taking their name from a Fire Engines song, MW were very similar to Jesus & Mary Chain. One-off only. Creation comps. | ||
| Pastels | C86 | 1982- | Scotland | Early twee standard bearers. Now working a more exp. pop vein. | Truckload of Trouble. |
| Pooh Sticks | C86 | 1987- | Wales | Yes, they're Welsh! Pop tongue-in-cheek nonsense from Hue Pooh and friends. Very "70s" powerpop influenced. Early stuff is the poppiest. | Pooh Sticks. |
| Pop Will Eat Itself | C86 | 1986- | England | Avoid the technoy later stuff. Check out great Buzzcocky tongue-in-cheek 12"s. | Poppiecock. |
| Primal Scream | C86 | 1984- | Scotland | Early PS is pure indiepop ("Velocity Girl" 12", "Sonic Flower Groove" LP). Singer Bobby Gillespie was drummer in Jesus & Mary Chain. Then went all ravey, Stonesy, southern rock, and back to political noise. | Screamadelic. |
| Primitives | C86 | 1985-91 | England | Strummy fast jangle, more quintessential indiepop! Great female vocals and psychy guitars. | Lovely. |
| Razor Cuts >> Carousel, Red Chair Fadeway, Sportique |
C86 | 1998- | England | Gods of indiepop! Byrdsy riffing perfection. Tim Vass went on to do pastoral pop in Carousel and RCF. Gregory Webster in 70s/80s mod poppers Sportique. | Black Is a Very Popular Color. |
| Rosehips | C86 | 1986-89 | England | Phenomonally off-key, Ramonesy noise-pop. Quintessential. | Rosehips. |
| Shop Assistants | C86 | 1985-90 | Scotland | Fast jangle with girl singer. Be still my indiepop heart! | Safety Net. |
| Soup Dragons | C86 | 1985-92 | England | Early stuff is straight-up indiepop. Later went all "baggy". | Lovegod |
| Talulah Gosh >> Heavenly, Marine Research | C86 | 1986-88 | England | The high girly vocals of Amelia Fletcher and fast strumming guitars. TG is classic indie pop! On 53rd & 3rd, and a K collection. | Backwash. |
| Vaselines >> Eugenius, Captain America, Suckle | C86 | 1988-90 | Scotland | The "Vaselines classics "Son of a Gun" and Molly's Lips" made famous by Nirvana's covers. Off-key synth and singing plus sexy lyrics. Eugene Kelly later did power pop while Frances McKee reappeared with the chamber folky Suckle. | The Way of the Vaselines. |