April 7, 2021 In the early 2000s, as the pop-punk glory days were coming to a close, a new crop of indie rock bands began to rise to prominence. For artists who happened to be Christians — not necessarily “Christian artists” — questions about faith and a sense of authenticity were more evident than traditional CCM artists who were heard in church-music circles. Here’s a look back at 10 Christian indie rock albums from the early ‘00s that still hold up. (Also, here’s a similar note we included on our extremely official, not-to-be questioned “Definitive Ranking of Bands From Christian Pop Punk’s Glory Days”: Like a lot of “Christian music” genres, some of the bands have disputed the label of being “Christian” bands. But, for the sake of our rankings, we’ve chosen artists who have put out music on Christian labels, played at Christian festivals and who have at some point been generally associated with “Christian” music).