Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980
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About the artists
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3 Inches of Blood formed in Victoria, Canada, in December 1999. Plays power metal. -
AFI formed in Ukiah, United States, in November 1991. Plays alternative rock, cowboy poetry, emo, hardcore punk, pigfuck, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Alejandro Escovedo was born in San Antonio, United States, on 10 January 1951. Plays folk.
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Arj Barker was born in San Francisco, United States, on 12 August 1974.
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As I Lay Dying formed in San Diego, United States, in 2000. Plays christian metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Atmosphere formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 1994. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop.
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Aziz Ansari was born in Columbia, United States, on 23 February 1983.
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Badly Drawn Boy was born on 2 October 1969. Plays alternative rock, chamber pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Bettye LaVette was born in Muskegon, United States, on 29 January 1946. Plays americana, blues, country, funk, gospel, r&b, rock, soul.
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Blondie formed in New York, United States, in 1974. Plays disco, new wave, pop, pop rock, power pop, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Blue Scholars formed in Seattle, United States, in 2002. Plays hip hop.
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Breakestra formed in 1996.
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Brett Dennen was born in Oakdale, United States, on 28 October 1979. Plays folk, rock.
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Carl Hancock Rux was born on 24 March 1971.
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Christian Finnegan was born on 1 April 1973.
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Cloud Cult formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 1995. Plays art rock, baroque pop, experimental, indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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CocoRosie formed in Paris, United States, in 2003. Plays avant-garde pop, chamber pop, electronica, folk, folktronica, freak folk, indie pop.
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Common Market formed in 2005. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop.
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Copeland formed in Lakeland, United States, in 2000. Plays indie rock.
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Dana Gould was born on 24 August 1966.
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David Cross was born in Atlanta, United States, on 4 April 1964. Plays comedy.
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Debbie Harry was born in Miami, United States, on 1 July 1945. Plays dance, new wave, pop, pop rock, punk rock, rock.
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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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Dengue Fever formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie rock, indie surf, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Donald Byrd was born in Detroit, United States, on 9 December 1932, and died on 4 February 2013, aged 80. Plays disco, hard bop, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk, modal jazz, soul, soul jazz.
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Doug Benson was born in San Diego, United States, on 2 July 1964.
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Dumpstaphunk formed in New Orleans, United States, on 24 April 2003. Plays blues, funk, gospel, jazz, rock and roll, soul.
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Epoxies formed in 2000, and split up in 2007, after 7 years. Plays new wave, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Erase Errata formed in Oakland, United States, in 1999, and split up in 2015, after 16 years. Plays post-punk.
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Feist was born in Amherst, Canada, on 13 February 1976. Plays art pop, chamber pop, electronic, folk, indie pop.
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Gossip formed in Searcy, United States, in 1999. Plays garage punk, garage rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk.
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Great Big Sea formed in St. John's, Canada, in 1993, and split up in 2013, after 20 years. Plays celtic, celtic punk, celtic rock, folk, folk rock, irish folk, pop.
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Halou formed in 1997. Plays dream pop, electronic, trip hop.
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Hari Kondabolu was born in Queens, United States, on 21 October 1982.
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Hawthorne Heights formed in Dayton, United States, in June 2001. Plays emo, emo pop, pop screamo, post-hardcore, screamo.
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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey formed in 1994. Plays free jazz, jazz, jazz fusion.
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Jacqui Naylor was born in Saratoga, United States.
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Jamie Lidell was born on 18 September 1973. Plays electronic, soul.
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Jeremy Enigk was born in Seattle, United States, on 16 July 1974. Plays chamber pop, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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John Mulaney was born in Chicago, United States, on 26 August 1982. Plays comedy, standup comedy.
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José González was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 31 July 1978. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Kane Hodder formed in Bremerton, United States, in 2002, and split up in 2009, after 7 years.
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Kanye West was born in Atlanta, United States, on 8 June 1977. Plays art pop, chipmunk soul, christian hip hop, conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, deep house, electropop, experimental hip hop.
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Lady Sovereign was born in Brent, United Kingdom, on 19 December 1985. Plays grime, hip hop.
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Laura Veirs was born on 24 October 1973. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Lusine was born in 1975. Plays ambient, chillout, downtempo, electronic, glitch, glitch pop, idm, indietronica.
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Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson was born in Itta Bena, United States, on 11 April 1939, and died on 25 December 2022, aged 83.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis formed in Seattle, United States, in 2009. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Maria Bamford was born in Port Hueneme, United States, on 3 September 1970.
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Mates of State formed in Lawrence, United States, in 1997. Plays indie pop.
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Matt Costa was born in Huntington Beach, United States, on 16 June 1982. Plays folk.
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Matt Smith plays deep house, electronica, house, progressive house, techno, trance.
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Metric formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1998. Plays electronic, indie rock, new wave, pop, soft rock.
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mewithoutYou formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 2001, and split up on 20 August 2022, after 21 years. Plays indie rock, post-hardcore, rock, spoken word.
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Nick Thune was born in Seattle, United States, on 8 December 1979.
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Nomo formed in Ann Arbor, United States. Plays funk, jazz.
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Nouvelle Vague formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays bossa nova, indie folk, lounge, new wave.
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Of Montreal formed in Athens, United States, in 1996. Plays art pop, electronic, experimental, funk, funktronica, glam rock, indie pop, indie rock.
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Particle formed in 2000. Plays electronica, funktronica, jam band, livetronica, progressive rock, rock.
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Paul F. Tompkins was born in Mount Airy, United States, on 12 September 1968.
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Reggie Watts was born in Stuttgart, United States, on 23 March 1972. Plays electronic, neo soul, soul, trip hop.
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Rocky Votolato was born in Dallas, United States, on 8 March 1977. Plays alternative country, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Rogue Wave formed in Oakland, United States, in 2002. Plays folk, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica.
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Sera Cahoone was born in Denver, United States, on 4 August 1975.
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1996, and split up in 2018, after 22 years. Plays funk, soul.
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Shooter Jennings was born in Nashville, United States, on 19 May 1979. Plays alternative country, country rock, hard rock, outlaw country, psychedelic rock, southern rock.
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Sirens Sister formed in 2006.
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Slender Means formed in Seattle, United States, in 2003, and split up in 2010, after 7 years.
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Sons and Daughters formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2001, and split up on 2 November 2012, after 11 years. Plays indie rock.
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Sonya Kitchell was born in Ashfield, United States, on 1 March 1989. Plays chamber pop, folk, indie folk, jazz pop, singer-songwriter.
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Sparta formed in El Paso, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore, rock.
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Spoon formed in Austin, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, indie pop, indie rock, post-punk, rock.
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Steve Miller Band formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1967. Plays blues rock, country rock, new wave, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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The Bellrays formed in Riverside, United States, in 1991. Plays garage rock.
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The Briefs formed in 2000. Plays punk.
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The English Beat formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in March 1979. Plays 2 tone, new wave, post-punk, rock, ska.
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The Fall of Troy formed in Mukilteo, United States, in 2002. Plays emo, emo pop, experimental, mathcore, post-hardcore, progressive, progressive rock, screamo.
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The HollowPoints formed in Seattle, United States, in 2001.
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The Like formed in 2001, and split up in 2011, after 10 years. Plays indie rock.
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The Lonely Forest formed in Anacortes, United States, in 2005, and split up in May 2014, after 9 years. Plays indie rock.
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The Lonely H formed in Port Angeles, United States, in 2003.
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The New Pornographers formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 1997. Plays indie pop, indie rock, pop, power pop, rock.
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The Purrs formed in 2000.
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The Subdudes formed in New Orleans, United States, on 16 March 1987. Plays folk.
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The Thermals formed in Portland, United States, in 2002, and split up on 9 April 2018, after 16 years. Plays indie rock, rock.
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The Veronicas formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 2004. Plays alternative rock, dance-pop, electroclash, electropop, pop punk, pop rock, synth-pop.
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Todd Barry was born in The Bronx, United States, on 26 March 1964.
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Tony Rice was born in Danville, United States, on 8 June 1951, and died on 25 December 2020, aged 69. Plays bluegrass, folk.
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Vashti Bunyan was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, on 2 March 1945. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk pop, freak folk, singer-songwriter.
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Velella Velella formed in Seattle, United States, in 2003.
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Village Green formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1997, and split up in 2002, after 5 years.
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Yellowcard formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, melodic hardcore, pop punk, punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Yerba Buena formed in New York, United States. Plays hip hop, latin.
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Zach Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, United States, on 1 October 1969.
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Zero 7 formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays acid jazz, downtempo, electronic, electronica, indietronica, soul, trip hop.