| 1 | SHAED | Trampoline | MELT (2018) |
| 2 | Panic! at the Disco | High Hopes | Pray for the Wicked (2018) |
| 3 | Marshmello feat. Bastille | Happier | Non-album Single (2018) |
| 4 | Matt Maeson | Cringe | Bank on the Funeral (2019) |
| 5 | The Lumineers | Gloria | III (2019) |
| 6 | Dominic Fike | 3 Nights | Don’t Forget About Me, Demos (2018) |
| 7 | lovelytheband | broken | finding it hard to smile (2018) |
| 8 | Lana Del Rey | Doin’ Time | Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019) |
| 9 | Cage the Elephant | Ready to Let Go | Social Cues (2019) |
| 10 | Billie Eilish | bad guy | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019) |
| 11 | Panic! at the Disco | Hey Look Ma, I Made It | Pray for the Wicked (2018) |
| 12 | Of Monsters and Men | Alligator | FEVER DREAM (2019) |
| 13 | The Head and the Heart | Missed Connection | Living Mirage (2019) |
| 14 | flora cash | You’re Somebody Else | Baby, It’s Okay (2019) |
| 15 | Highly Suspect | 16 | MCID (2019) |
| 16 | Local Natives | When Am I Gonna Lose You | Violet Street (2019) |
| 17 | White Reaper | Might Be Right | You Deserve Love (2019) |
| 18 | Tame Impala | Borderline | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on The Slow Rush (2020)] |
| 19 | AJR | 100 Bad Days | Neotheater (2019) |
| 20 | ILLENIUM feat. Jon Bellion | Good Things Fall Apart | ASCEND (2019) |
| 21 | Cage the Elephant | Social Cues | Social Cues (2019) |
| 22 | Billie Eilish | bury a friend | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019) |
| 23 | Mumford & Sons | Guiding Light | Delta (2018) |
| 24 | Oliver Tree | Hurt | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Ugly Is Beautiful (2020)] |
| 25 | twenty one pilots | The Hype | Trench (2018) |
| 26 | twenty one pilots | My Blood | Trench (2018) |
| 27 | Muse | Pressure | Simulation Theory (2018) |
| 28 | Barns Courtney | 99 | 404 (2019) |
| 29 | half•alive | still feel. | Now, Not Yet (2019) |
| 30 | Imagine Dragons | Natural | Origins (2018) |
| 31 | The 1975 | Love It If We Made It | A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) |
| 32 | The Black Keys | Go | Let’s Rock (2019) |
| 33 | Imagine Dragons | Bad Liar | Origins (2018) |
| 34 | Mumford & Sons | Beloved | Delta (2018) |
| 35 | Meg Myers | Running Up That Hill | Take Me to the Disco (Deluxe) (2018) |
| 36 | Weezer | Can’t Knock the Hustle | Weezer (Black Album) (2019) |
| 37 | morgxn feat. Walk the Moon | home | Non-album Single (2018) [Later on MERIDIAN: vol 2 (2021)] |
| 38 | Bastille | Joy | Doom Days (2019) |
| 39 | Vampire Weekend | Harmony Hall | Father of the Bride (2019) |
| 40 | DREAMERS | Die Happy | LAUNCH FLY LAND (2019) |
| 41 | I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME | Choke | 1981 Extended Play (2018) |
| 42 | Judah & the Lion | Why Did You Run? | Pep Talks (2019) |
| 43 | Absofacto | Dissolve | Thousand Peaces (2017) |
| 44 | Death Cab for Cutie | Northern Lights | Thank You for Today (2018) |
| 45 | Billie Eilish | you should see me in a crown | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019) |
| 46 | Houses | Fast Talk | Drugstore Heaven (2018) |
| 47 | Silversun Pickups | It Doesn’t Matter Why | Widow’s Weeds (2019) |
| 48 | Foster the People | Worst Nites | Non-album Single (2018) [Later on In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing (2020)] |
| 49 | Green Day | Father of All… | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Father of All Motherfuckers (2020)] |
| 50 | lovelytheband | maybe, i’m afraid | finding it hard to smile (2018) |
| 51 | The Revivalists | Change | Take Good Care (2018) |
| 52 | Judah & the Lion | Over my head | Pep Talks (2019) |
| 53 | blink-182 | Blame It on My Youth | NINE (2019) |
| 54 | K.Flay | Bad Vibes | Solutions (2019) |
| 55 | Fitz and the Tantrums | 123456 | All the Feels (2019) |
| 56 | Bear Hands feat. Ursula Rose | Blue Lips | Fake Tunes (2019) |
| 57 | Alice Merton | Funny Business | Mint (2019) |
| 58 | Just Loud feat. Debbie Harry | Soul Train | Non-album Single (2018) |
| 59 | Portugal. The Man | Tidal Wave | Woodstock (2017) |
| 60 | Coldplay | Orphans | Everyday Life (2019) |
| 61 | Tool | Fear Inoculum | Fear Inoculum (2019) |
| 62 | grandson | Apologize | a modern tragedy vol. 2 (2019) |
| 63 | Angels & Airwaves | Rebel Girl | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Lifeforms (2021)] |
| 64 | SWMRS | April in Houston | Berkeley’s on Fire (2019) |
| 65 | DREAMERS | SCREWS | LAUNCH (2018) |
| 66 | Max Frost | Good Morning | Gold Rush (2018) |
| 67 | The Raconteurs | Now That You’re Gone | Help Us Stranger (2019) |
| 68 | The 1975 | People | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Notes on a Conditional Form (2020)] |
| 69 | The Lumineers | Life in the City | III (2019) |
| 70 | MISSIO | I See You | The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man (2019) |
| 71 | K.Flay | Sister | Solutions (2019) |
| 72 | The Glorious Sons | Panic Attack | A War on Everything (2019) |
| 73 | LANY | Thru These Tears | Malibu Nights (2018) |
| 74 | The Blue Stones | Black Holes (Solid Ground) | Black Holes (2018) |
| 75 | PVRIS | Hallucinations | Hallucinations (2019) |
| 76 | Sub Urban | Cradles | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Thrill Seeker (2020)] |
| 77 | Bishop Briggs | Baby | CHAMPION (2019) |
| 78 | Badflower | Promise Me | OK, I’M SICK (2019) |
| 79 | YUNGBLUD feat. Dan Reynolds | original me | the underrated youth (2019) |
| 80 | X Ambassadors | HOLD YOU DOWN | ORION (2019) |
| 81 | MØ feat. Foster the People | Blur | Forever Neverland (Deluxe Edition) (2018) |
| 82 | Blue October | King | I Hope You’re Happy (2018) |
| 83 | Of Monsters and Men | Wars | FEVER DREAM (2019) |
| 84 | Sublime with Rome | Wicked Heart | Blessings (2019) |
| 85 | Winnetka Bowling League | Kombucha | Cloudy with a Chance of Sun (2019) |
| 86 | The Strumbellas | I’ll Wait | Rattlesnake (2019) |
| 87 | Post Malone | Allergic | Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019) |
| 88 | 311 | Good Feeling | Voyager (2019) |
| 89 | Mumford & Sons | Blind Leading the Blind | Non-album Single (2019) |
| 90 | Robert DeLong | First Person on Earth | See You in the Future (2018) |
| 91 | Foals | The Runner | Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 (2019) |
| 92 | Cold War Kids | Complainer | New Age Norms 1 (2019) |
| 93 | Vampire Weekend | This Life | Father of the Bride (2019) |
| 94 | Hozier | Almost (Sweet Music) | Wasteland, Baby! (2019) |
| 95 | Maggie Rogers | Light On | Heard It in a Past Life (2019) |
| 96 | The Strumbellas | Salvation | Rattlesnake (2019) |
| 97 | Florence + the Machine | Moderation | Non-album Single (2019) |
| 98 | The Raconteurs | Help Me Stranger | Help Us Stranger (2019) |
| 99 | Badflower | Ghost | OK, I’M SICK (2019) |
| 100 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | Longshot | The Balance (2019) |
| 101 | twenty one pilots | Chlorine | Trench (2018) |
| 102 | Young the Giant | Heat of the Summer | Mirror Master (2018) |
| 103 | lovelytheband | These Are My Friends | finding it hard to smile (2018) |
| 104 | Halsey | Without Me | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Manic (2020)] |
| 105 | Billie Eilish | all the good girls go to hell | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019) |
| 106 | Halsey | Graveyard | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Manic (2020)] |
About 2019
In 2019, KROQ’s airwaves crackled with a vibrant mix of alt-pop, indie rock, and anthemic energy. SHAED’s mesmerizing “Trampoline” led the pack, while Panic! at the Disco’s soaring “High Hopes” and Billie Eilish’s bold “bad guy” set the tone. The Lumineers’ soulful “Gloria,” Cage the Elephant’s raw “Ready to Let Go,” and Lana Del Rey’s dreamy “Doin’ Time” kept Southern California’s radio buzzing with emotion and groove. This curated list of 106 songs, compiled from various sources including Billboard airplay data, reflects KROQ’s eclectic playlist, ranked by 2019 alternative airplay.