| 1 | Portugal. The Man | Feel It Still | Woodstock (2017) |
| 2 | The Revivalists | Wish I Knew You | Men Amongst Mountains (2015) |
| 3 | Imagine Dragons | Believer | Evolve (2017) |
| 4 | Judah & the Lion | Take It All Back | Folk Hop n’ Roll (2016) |
| 5 | The Lumineers | Ophelia | Cleopatra (2016) |
| 6 | Cage the Elephant | Cold Cold Cold | Tell Me I’m Pretty (2015) |
| 7 | Rag’n’Bone Man | Human | Human (2017) |
| 8 | Green Day | Still Breathing | Revolution Radio (2016) |
| 9 | KALEO | Way Down We Go | A/B (2016) |
| 10 | twenty one pilots | Heavydirtysoul | Blurryface (2015) |
| 11 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Walk on Water | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 12 | The Killers | Run for Cover | Wonderful Wonderful (2017) |
| 13 | Alice Merton | No Roots | No Roots EP (2017) |
| 14 | Joywave | It’s a Trip! | Content (2017) |
| 15 | The Aces | Stuck | I Don’t Like Being Honest EP (2017) |
| 16 | AJR feat. Rivers Cuomo | Sober Up | The Click (2017) |
| 17 | The Record Company | Rita Mae Young | Give It Back to You (2016) |
| 18 | Dirty Heads | Vacation | SWIM TEAM (2017) |
| 19 | Milky Chance | Cocoon | Blossom (2017) |
| 20 | Marian Hill | Down | ACT ONE (2017) |
| 21 | Welshly Arms | Legendary | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 22 | J. Roddy Walston & The Business | The Wanting | Destroyers of the Soft Life (2017) |
| 23 | Sleeping With Sirens | Legends | Gossip (2017) |
| 24 | The Struts | One Night Only | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 25 | Bleeker | Highway | Erase You (2016) |
| 26 | The Unlikely Candidates | Ringer | Bed of Liars (2017) |
| 27 | Capital Cities | Vowels | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 28 | AWOLNATION | Passion | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 29 | LP | Lost on You | Lost on You (2016) |
| 30 | Sundara Karma | She Said | Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect (2017) |
| 31 | Glass Animals | Pork Soda | How to Be a Human Being (2016) |
| 32 | Cold War Kids | Love Is Mystical | L.A. Divine (2017) |
| 33 | The Chainsmokers & Coldplay | Something Just Like This | Memories…Do Not Open (2017) |
| 34 | Lorde | Green Light | Melodrama (2017) |
| 35 | Kings of Leon | Waste a Moment | WALLS (2016) |
| 36 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Dark Necessities | The Getaway (2016) |
| 37 | The Killers | The Man | Wonderful Wonderful (2017) |
| 38 | The Head and the Heart | All We Ever Knew | Signs of Light (2016) |
| 39 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Fire Escape | Non-album Single (2016) |
| 40 | Cold War Kids | First | Hold My Home (2014) |
| 41 | Muse | Dig Down | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 42 | The 1975 | Somebody Else | I Like It When You Sleep… (2016) |
| 43 | Green Day | Bang Bang | Revolution Radio (2016) |
| 44 | Bastille | Good Grief | Wild World (2016) |
| 45 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Go Robot | The Getaway (2016) |
| 46 | Bleachers | Don’t Take the Money | Gone Now (2017) |
| 47 | Cage the Elephant | Trouble | Tell Me I’m Pretty (2015) |
| 48 | The Griswolds | Beware the Dog | High Times for Low Lives (2016) |
| 49 | The Strumbellas | Spirits | Hope (2016) |
| 50 | Linkin Park | One More Light | One More Light (2017) |
| 51 | Vance Joy | Lay It on Me | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 52 | Imagine Dragons | Thunder | Evolve (2017) |
| 53 | COIN | Talk Too Much | How Will You Know If You Never Try (2017) |
| 54 | The Lumineers | Angela | Cleopatra (2016) |
| 55 | DREAMERS | Sweet Disaster | This Album Does Not Exist (2016) |
| 56 | Blink-182 | Home Is Such a Lonely Place | California (Deluxe Edition) (2017) |
| 57 | Jimmy Eat World | Sure and Certain | Integrity Blues (2016) |
| 58 | The xx | I Dare You | I See You (2017) |
| 59 | Night Riots | Contagious | Love Gloom (2016) |
| 60 | Lord Huron | The Night We Met | Strange Trails (2015) |
| 61 | New Politics | One of Us | Lost in Translation (2017) |
| 62 | Incubus | Nimble Bastard | 8 (2017) |
| 63 | Paramore | Hard Times | After Laughter (2017) |
| 64 | Rise Against | The Violence | Wolves (2017) |
| 65 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | Twice | The Ride (2016) |
| 66 | Sir Sly | High | Don’t You Worry, Honey (2017) |
| 67 | Foster the People | Doing It for the Money | Sacred Hearts Club (2017) |
| 68 | The Chainsmokers | Paris | Memories…Do Not Open (2017) |
| 69 | Fitz and the Tantrums | Fool | Fitz and the Tantrums (2016) |
| 70 | Spoon | Hot Thoughts | Hot Thoughts (2017) |
| 71 | MISSIO | Middle Fingers | Loner (2017) |
| 72 | Phoenix | J-Boy | Ti Amo (2017) |
| 73 | Colony House | You & I | Only the Lonely (2017) |
| 74 | AFI | Snow Cats | AFI (The Blood Album) (2017) |
| 75 | CRX | Ways to Fake It | New Skin (2016) |
| 76 | Phantogram | You Don’t Get Me High Anymore | Three (2016) |
| 77 | The Shins | Name for You | Heartworms (2017) |
| 78 | Mondo Cozmo | Shine | Plastic Soul (2017) |
| 79 | Bishop Briggs | The Way I Do | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 80 | K.Flay | High Enough | Every Where Is Some Where (2017) |
| 81 | DREAMCAR | Kill for Candy | DREAMCAR (2017) |
| 82 | Smallpools | Million Bucks | The Science of Letting Go (2017) |
| 83 | Biffy Clyro | Howl | Ellipsis (2016) |
| 84 | alt-J | In Cold Blood | Relaxer (2017) |
| 85 | Manchester Orchestra | The Gold | A Black Mile to the Surface (2017) |
| 86 | Arcade Fire | Everything Now | Everything Now (2017) |
| 87 | Sir Sly | Altar | Don’t You Worry, Honey (2017) |
| 88 | Foster the People | Sit Next to Me | Sacred Hearts Club (2017) |
| 89 | Beck | Up All Night | Colors (2017) |
| 90 | The War on Drugs | Holding On | A Deeper Understanding (2017) |
| 91 | Foo Fighters | Run | Concrete and Gold (2017) |
| 92 | LCD Soundsystem | Call the Police | American Dream (2017) |
| 93 | Royal Blood | I Only Lie When I Love You | How Did We Get So Dark? (2017) |
| 94 | The National | The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness | Sleep Well Beast (2017) |
| 95 | Grouplove | Remember That Night | Big Mess (2016) |
| 96 | Weezer | Feels Like Summer | Pacific Daydream (2017) |
| 97 | Barns Courtney | Golden Dandelions | The Attractions of Youth (2017) |
| 98 | Nothing But Thieves | Sorry | Broken Machine (2017) |
| 99 | X Ambassadors | Ahead of Myself | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 100 | 311 | Too Much to Think | Mosaic (2017) |
| 101 | Fall Out Boy | Young and Menace | Non-album Single (2017) |
| 102 | Walk the Moon | One Foot | What If Nothing (2017) |
| 103 | Cold War Kids | So Tied Up | L.A. Divine (2017) |
| 104 | Paramore | Told You So | After Laughter (2017) |
| 105 | The Glorious Sons | Everything Is Alright | Young Beauties and Fools (2017) |
| 106 | Queens of the Stone Age | The Way You Used to Do | Villains (2017) |
About 2017
In 2017, KROQ’s airwaves buzzed with a vibrant mix of indie anthems, pop-punk revivals, and electro-infused rock. Portugal. The Man’s infectious “Feel It Still” and The Revivalists’ soulful “Wish I Knew You” dominated festivals like Coachella, while Cage the Elephant and Green Day brought gritty energy to SoCal’s mosh pits. The Chainsmokers’ crossover pop and Lorde’s introspective “Green Light” added mainstream flair, electrifying clubs and radio dials across Los Angeles. This curated list of 106 songs, compiled from various sources including Billboard airplay data, reflects KROQ’s eclectic playlist, ranked by 2017 alternative airplay.