Festival No. 0000065 · Est. 1999
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About the artists
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120 Days formed in Kristiansund, Norway, in 2001, and split up in September 2012, after 11 years. Plays rock. -
A-Trak was born in Montreal, Canada, on 30 March 1982. Plays electro house, hip hop, house, turntablism.
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Above & Beyond formed in 2000. Plays ambient, ambient trance, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, downtempo.
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Adam Freeland was born in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, on 7 August 1973. Plays breakbeat, electronic, nu skool breaks.
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Aesop Rock was born in Syosset, United States, on 5 June 1976. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop.
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Akron/Family formed in Williamsburg, United States, in 2002. Plays folk rock, freak folk, psychedelic folk.
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American Bang formed in Nashville, United States, in 2005, and split up in 2011, after 6 years. Plays rock.
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Animal Collective formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2000. Plays avant-folk, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental, freak folk, neo-psychedelia, noise.
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Annuals formed in Raleigh, United States, in 2003.
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Aphex Twin was born on 18 August 1971. Plays acid breaks, acid techno, ambient, ambient techno, bleep techno, breakbeat, breakcore, drill and bass.
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Architecture in Helsinki formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2000. Plays chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, pop, twee pop.
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Austin TV formed in 2001. Plays experimental rock, instrumental, instrumental rock, post-rock.
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Autolux formed in 2000. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, noise pop, pop, shoegaze.
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Battles formed in New York, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
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Black Kids formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 2006. Plays indie pop.
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Black Lips formed in Atlanta, United States, in 1999. Plays garage punk, garage rock.
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Black Mountain formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2004. Plays indie rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Bonde do Rolê formed in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2005. Plays funk carioca, indietronica.
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Booka Shade plays dance, electronic, house, techno.
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Boys Noize was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 22 August 1982. Plays acid techno, ebm, electro, electro house, electronic, electronica, french electro, midtempo bass.
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Brett Dennen was born in Oakdale, United States, on 28 October 1979. Plays folk, rock.
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Busy P was born in Paris, France, on 21 April 1975. Plays electro house, electronic, french electro, hip hop, hip house.
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Café Tacvba formed in Ciudad Satélite, Mexico, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, latin, rock.
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Calvin Harris was born in Dumfries, United Kingdom, on 17 January 1984. Plays club, complextro, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, edm, electro house.
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Carbon/Silicon formed in 2002. Plays rock.
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Chromeo formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2001. Plays dance-pop, electro-disco, electro-funk, electropop, funktronica, nu disco, synth funk, synth-pop.
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Cold War Kids formed in Fullerton, United States, in 2004. Plays blue-eyed soul, blues rock, indie rock, rock.
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Curses! was born in New York, Germany. Plays ebm, electronic.
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Cut Copy formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2001. Plays electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Dan Deacon was born in West Babylon, United States, on 28 August 1981. Plays electronic, experimental electronic, glitch, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, post-minimalism, progressive electronic.
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dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip formed in Stanford-Le-Hope, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in September 2014, after 7 years. Plays electronic, spoken word.
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Danny Tenaglia was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 7 March 1961. Plays progressive house, techno, tribal house.
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Datarock formed in Bergen, Norway, in 2000. Plays electronic, rock.
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deadmau5 was born in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 5 January 1981. Plays ambient, bass house, breakbeat, club, complextro, dance, deep house, dubstep.
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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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DeVotchKa formed in 1997.
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Dimitri from Paris was born in Istanbul, France, on 1 October 1963. Plays downtempo, electronica, house, lounge, shibuya-kei.
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Diplo was born in Tupelo, United States, on 10 November 1978. Plays afro house, bass house, club, country, dance, disco, edm, electronic.
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Does It Offend You, Yeah? formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 25 April 2012, after 6 years. Plays dance-punk.
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Dredg formed in 1993. Plays crossover prog, experimental rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
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Duffy was born in Bangor, United Kingdom, on 23 June 1984. Plays blues, pop, soft rock, soul.
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Dwight Yoakam was born in Pikeville, United States, on 23 October 1956. Plays country, singer-songwriter.
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Electric Touch formed in Austin, United States.
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Enter Shikari formed in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, electronicore, nintendocore, post-hardcore, rave, screamo.
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Erol Alkan was born in London, United Kingdom, on 30 May 1974.
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Fatboy Slim was born in Bromley, United Kingdom, on 31 July 1963. Plays big beat, electronic.
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Flogging Molly formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1997. Plays celtic punk, folk, folk punk, folk rock, punk, punk rock.
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Gogol Bordello formed in New York, United States, in 1999. Plays dub, folk punk, folk rock, gypsy punk, latin rock, polka, punk, punk rock.
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Goldfrapp formed in Bath, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, chamber pop, dance, downtempo, dream pop.
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Grand Ole Party formed in San Diego, United States, in 2006, and split up in 2009, after 3 years.
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Holy Fuck formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2004. Plays electronic, electronic rock, instrumental, post-rock.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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I'm From Barcelona formed in Jönköping, Sweden, on 21 May 2005. Plays indie pop.
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Islands formed in 2005.
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Jack Johnson was born on 18 May 1975. Plays blues rock, folk, folk rock, indie pop, pop, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
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James Zabiela was born in Southampton, United Kingdom, on 7 August 1979.
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Jamie T was born on 8 January 1986. Plays hip hop, indie pop, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Jens Lekman was born in Angered, Sweden, on 6 February 1981. Plays indie pop, lo-fi.
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John Digweed was born in Hastings, United Kingdom, on 1 January 1967. Plays electronic, house, progressive house, techno.
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Junkie Xl was born in Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands, on 8 December 1967. Plays big beat, breakbeat, electroclash, electronic.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Kate Nash was born in Harrow, United Kingdom, on 6 July 1987. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter.
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Kavinsky was born in Paris, France, on 31 July 1975, and died on 28 July 2026, aged 50. Plays electro house, electronic, french electro, french house, italo house, synth-pop, synthwave.
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Kid Sister was born in Markham, United States, on 3 July 1980. Plays hip hop, neo soul.
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Kraftwerk formed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1970. Plays electro, electronic, industrial, krautrock, neue deutsche welle, progressive electronic, synth-pop, techno.
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Les Savy Fav formed in Providence, United States, in 1995. Plays indie rock, math rock, post-punk.
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Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in Chapelton, United Kingdom, on 24 August 1952. Plays dub, dub poetry, reggae.
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Little Brother formed in Durham, United States, in 2003, and split up in 2010, after 7 years. Plays hip hop.
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Love and Rockets formed in Northampton, United Kingdom, in 1984, and split up in 1999, after 15 years.
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Luckyiam plays hip hop.
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M.I.A was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom, on 18 July 1975. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, christian hip hop, contemporary christian, dance, dancehall, edm, electronic.
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Madness formed in Camden Town, United Kingdom, in 1976, and split up in 1988, after 12 years. Plays 2 tone, new age, new wave, pop, pop rock, psychedelic pop, punk, rock.
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Man Man formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Manchester Orchestra formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, emo, indie rock, post-hardcore, progressive rock, rock, slowcore.
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Mark Ronson was born in St John's Wood, United Kingdom, on 4 September 1975. Plays alternative rock, club, dance, dance-pop, electropop, funk, hip hop, jazz pop.
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Metric formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1998. Plays electronic, indie rock, new wave, pop, soft rock.
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MGMT formed in Middletown, United States, in December 2002. Plays hypnagogic pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new wave, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Midnight Juggernauts formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Plays electronica, electropop.
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Minus the Bear formed in Seattle, United States, in 2001, and split up on 16 December 2018, after 17 years. Plays alternative rock, experimental, indie rock, math rock.
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Modeselektor formed in 1996. Plays electro, electronic, idm, techno.
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Murs was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 16 March 1978. Plays hip hop, west coast hip hop.
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My Morning Jacket formed in Louisville, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Múm formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1997. Plays electronic, electronica, glitch, glitch pop, idm, indietronica, pop, post-rock.
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New Young Pony Club formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays electropop, indie pop, synth-pop.
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Orgasmic was born in Versailles, France, in 1978.
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Para One was born in Orleans, France, on 2 April 1979. Plays electronic.
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Pendulum formed in Perth, Australia, in 2002. Plays alternative metal, dancefloor drum and bass, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic, electronic rock.
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Perry Farrell was born on 29 March 1959.
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Plastiscines formed in 2004, and split up in 2015, after 11 years. Plays rock.
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Portishead formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays acid jazz, alternative rock, dark jazz, downtempo, electro-industrial, electronic, electronica, experimental rock.
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Prince was born in Minneapolis, United States, on 7 June 1958, and died on 21 April 2016, aged 57. Plays afro house, club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, dance-rock, deep house, disco.
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Professor Murder formed in New York, United States.
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Redd Kross formed in Hawthorne, United States, in 1980. Plays alternative rock, pop punk, power pop, punk, punk rock.
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Reverend and The Makers formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays indie rock.
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Rilo Kiley formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1998, and split up in 2011, after 13 years. Plays indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Roger Waters was born in Great Bookham, United Kingdom, on 6 September 1943. Plays art rock, blues rock, crossover prog, folk rock, opera, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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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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Sandra Collins plays electronic, progressive house, techno, trance.
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Santigold was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 25 September 1976. Plays electronic, hip hop, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Sasha was born in Bangor, United Kingdom, on 4 September 1969. Plays breakbeat, breaks, electro house, electronic, progressive house.
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Sasha And John Digweed formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1993.
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Scars On Broadway formed on 20 January 2006. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, metal, rock.
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SebastiAn was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 3 February 1981. Plays electro house, electropop, french electro, progressive electronic, synthwave.
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Serj Tankian was born on 21 August 1967. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, folk, hard rock, industrial rock, metal.
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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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Shout Out Louds formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2001. Plays indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Sia was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 18 December 1975. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, pop.
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Simian Mobile Disco formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electro, electro house, electronic, tech house, techno.
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Slightly Stoopid formed in San Diego, United States, in 1995. Plays dub, funk, hip hop, psychedelic rock, punk rock, reggae, reggae rock.
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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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Spank Rock formed in Baltimore, United States, and split up in 2007.
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Spiritualized formed in Rugby, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays art rock, chamber pop, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, psychedelic rock, shoegaze.
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St. Vincent was born in Tulsa, United States, on 28 September 1982. Plays art pop, electronic, indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Stars formed in 2000. Plays dream pop, indie pop, indie rock.
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks formed in Portland, United States, in 2000.
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Surkin was born in 1985.
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Swervedriver formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock, shoegaze.
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Teenagers formed in 1965, and split up in 1970, after 5 years.
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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 Bird and the Bee formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2006. Plays christmas music, dream pop, electropop, indie pop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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The Breeders formed in Boston, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, noise pop.
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The Cinematic Orchestra formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays chillout, contemporary jazz, downtempo, electronic, jazz, nu jazz.
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The Cool Kids formed in Chicago, United States, in 2007. Plays hip hop.
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The Field plays ambient techno, electronic, minimal techno.
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The Horrors formed in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electronic, garage punk, garage rock revival, gothic rock, horror punk, indie rock, indietronica, industrial rock.
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The National formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, americana, chamber pop, indie rock, piano rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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The Streets was born in Barnet, United Kingdom, on 27 November 1978. Plays hip hop, uk garage.
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The Swell Season formed in 2005.
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The Verve formed in Wigan, United Kingdom, in 1989, and split up in 2009, after 20 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, post-britpop, rock, shoegaze.
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Turbonegro formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1988. Plays garage punk, glam punk, hard rock, hardcore punk, noise rock, punk, punk rock.
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Uffie was born in Miami, United States, on 9 December 1987. Plays hip hop.
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Vampire Weekend formed in New York, United States, on 6 February 2006. Plays afrobeat, alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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VHS or Beta formed in 1997. Plays rock.
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Yelle formed in 2005. Plays electropop, pop.
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Yo Majesty formed in Tampa, United States, in 2000. Plays electronic, hip hop, jazz rap, pop.
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Yoav was born in Tel Aviv, South Africa, on 15 October 1979.