Festival No. 0002726 · Est. 2013
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About the artists
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Alexandra Savior was born on 14 June 1995. Plays alternative rock, indie rock. -
Bon Iver formed in Eau Claire, United States, in 2006. Plays ambient pop, art pop, chamber folk, contemporary folk, electronic, experimental, folk, folktronica.
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Brandi Carlile was born in Ravensdale, United States, on 1 June 1981. Plays alternative country, americana, country, folk rock, singer-songwriter.
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Buffalo Tom formed in Boston, United States, in 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, jangle pop, power pop, rock.
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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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Converge formed in Salem, United States, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, atmospheric sludge metal, hardcore punk, mathcore, metalcore, post-hardcore.
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Cousin Stizz was born in Boston, United States, on 15 March 1992.
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Danny Brown was born in Detroit, United States, on 16 March 1981. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, experimental hip hop, gangsta rap, glitch hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, trap.
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Deerhoof formed in San Francisco, United States, in March 1994. Plays experimental, experimental rock, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock.
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Flatbush Zombies formed in Flatbush, United States, in 2011.
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Francis & the Lights formed in Oakland, United States, in 2007.
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Frightened Rabbit formed in Selkirk, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays acoustic rock, chamber pop, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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Hiss Golden Messenger formed in Durham, United States, in 2007. Plays americana, folk, folk rock, rock.
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Kevin Morby was born in Lubbock, United States, on 2 April 1988. Plays folk rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Lucy Dacus was born in Richmond, United States, on 2 May 1995. Plays folk, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Mac DeMarco was born in Duncan, Canada, on 30 April 1990. Plays bedroom pop, folk pop, hypnagogic pop, indie pop, indie rock, indie surf, jangle pop, psychedelic pop.
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Majid Jordan formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2011. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b.
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Major Lazer formed in Los Angeles, Jamaica, in 2008. Plays art pop, dance-pop, dancehall, downtempo, dub, edm, electro, electronic.
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Mitski was born in Mie, United States, on 27 September 1990. Plays alternative rock, art pop, folk punk, folk rock, garage rock, indie rock, j-pop, pop.
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Mumford & Sons formed in London, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, pop rock, rock, stomp and holler.
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats plays folk rock.
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Oh Wonder formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2014. Plays electronic, indie pop, pop, synth-pop.
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Piebald formed in Andover, United States, in 1994, and split up on 19 April 2008, after 14 years. Plays emo, emo pop, indie rock, pop punk, rock.
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Pup formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Plays emo, hardcore punk, indie rock, pop punk, punk, punk rock.
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Russ was born in Secaucus, United States, on 26 September 1992. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, pop rap.
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Sigur Rós formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1994. Plays ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica.
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Solange was born in Houston, United States, on 24 June 1986. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, neo soul, soul.
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Strand of Oaks was born in Goshen, United States, on 20 July 1982. Plays folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, rock.
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Sylvan Esso formed in Durham, United States, in 2012. Plays electronic, electropop, indietronica.
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Tegan and Sara formed in Calgary, Canada, in 1998. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock, synth-pop.
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The 1975 formed in Wilmslow, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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The xx formed in Wandsworth, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative r&b, alternative rock, dream pop, electronic, indie pop, indietronica.
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Tkay Maidza was born on 17 December 1995. Plays afro house, alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, club, dance-pop, electronic, hip hop, pop.
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Tool formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic, hard rock, heavy metal, math rock, metal.
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Vundabar formed on 18 June 2012.
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Weezer formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 14 February 1992. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, emo, emo pop, garage rock, geek rock, mainstream rock, pop.
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Whitney formed in 2015. Plays indie rock.
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Wolf Parade formed in Montreal, Canada, in April 2003. Plays indie rock.
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