Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980
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Somewhere in Seattle
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Seattle Center
- Address
- 305 Harrison St. 98109
- City
- Seattle, US
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Atlas Genius formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 2009. Plays indietronica. -
Billy Idol was born in Stanmore, United Kingdom, on 30 November 1955. Plays alternative dance, classic rock, electronic, hard rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, punk.
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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears formed in Austin, United States, in 2007.
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Cashmere Cat was born in Halden, Norway, on 29 November 1987. Plays alternative r&b, edm, electronic, future bass.
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Death Cab for Cutie formed in Bellingham, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, emo, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, midwest emo, rock.
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Deep Sea Diver formed in 2007. Plays dream pop, pop, pop rock, rock.
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Escondido formed in Nashville, United States, in 2011.
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Explosions in the Sky formed in Austin, United States, on 4 July 1999. Plays ambient, instrumental, post-rock.
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Father John Misty was born in Rockville, United States, on 3 May 1981. Plays experimental rock, folk rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Joywave formed in Rochester, United States, in 2010. Plays indie rock.
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Liquid Stranger was born on 13 November 1978. Plays ambient dub, brostep, chillout, downtempo, drum and bass, dub, dubstep, electronic.
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Maiah Manser was born in Oregon, United States.
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Naked Giants formed in 2014.
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Porter Robinson was born in Chapel Hill, United States, on 15 July 1992. Plays complextro, edm, electronic, electropop, funk, pop, progressive house, synth-pop.
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Pretty Lights formed in Fort Collins, United States, on 18 June 2004. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, glitch hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, soul.
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Radiation City formed in Portland, United States, in 2010, and split up in November 2016, after 6 years.
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Tame Impala was born in Sydney, Australia, on 20 January 1986. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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The Motet formed in Boulder, United States, in 1998. Plays afrobeat, funk, jazz, rock.
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Zeds Dead formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2009. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic.
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