Indie Rock loudness in the 2000s

-9.4 Median integrated LUFS
-13.9 to -6.3 Range
83 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-14 to -13 LUFS: 4 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 1 track-12 to -11 LUFS: 9 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 12 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 20 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 25 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 7 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 5 tracks -14 LUFS -10 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 2 tracks10 to 11 DR: 14 tracks11 to 12 DR: 23 tracks12 to 13 DR: 19 tracks13 to 14 DR: 13 tracks14 to 15 DR: 8 tracks15 to 16 DR: 0 tracks16 to 17 DR: 3 tracks17 to 18 DR: 1 track 9 DR 13 DR 18 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: You're So Damn Hot
-6.3 LUFS
Quietest: Fred Jones, Part 2
-13.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Ted Jensen
n=29 · median -8.6 LUFS
Noah Mintz
n=14 · median -9.2 LUFS
Mark Gregor Filip
n=13 · median -9.4 LUFS
Joao Carvalho
n=10 · median -9.1 LUFS

Other decades

← Indie Rock in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 83 measured tracks, not a survey of every Indie Rock release from the 2000s.