Festival No. 0000066 · Est. 1989
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About the artists
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Against Me! formed in Gainesville, United States, in 1997. Plays acoustic rock, alternative punk, country rock, cowpunk, folk punk, pop punk, punk, punk rock. -
Amenra formed in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 1999. Plays doom metal, post-hardcore, post-metal, sludge metal.
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Andrew Tosh was born on 19 June 1967.
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Atari Teenage Riot formed in Berlin, Germany, in January 1992. Plays breakcore, digital hardcore, electro, electronic, electropunk, gabber, hardcore punk, hardcore techno.
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Automatic Sam formed in January 2009.
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Bandito split up on 11 June 2016.
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Baroness formed in Savannah, United States, in 2003. Plays heavy metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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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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Baxter Dury was born in Wingrave, United Kingdom, on 18 December 1971. Plays alternative pop, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, rock, synth-pop.
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Ben Klock was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1972. Plays minimal techno, techno.
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Bombino was born in Agadez, Niger, on 1 January 1980. Plays blues, desert blues, rock, singer-songwriter.
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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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Breton formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up on 4 February 2019, after 12 years.
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BRNS formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010, and split up in 2023, after 13 years. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock.
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Bulls On Parade formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2004.
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Caribou was born in Dundas, Canada, on 29 March 1978. Plays dream pop, electronic, folktronica, house, indietronica, neo-psychedelia.
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Casiokids formed in Bergen, Norway, in 2005.
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Clark was born in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, on 29 August 1979. Plays electronic, experimental, idm, techno.
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Dinosaur Jr formed in Amherst, United States, in 1984. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, new wave, noise rock, rock.
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Doomtree formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 2001. Plays hip hop.
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Dope D.O.D. formed in 2006. Plays big beat, hip hop.
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Drive Like Maria formed in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 2005.
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Dylan LeBlanc was born in Shreveport, United States, on 9 March 1990. Plays alternative country, americana.
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Elektro Guzzi formed in 2004.
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Ewert and the Two Dragons formed in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2009, and split up on 18 July 2025, after 16 years. Plays indie folk, indie rock.
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Figure was born in Evansville, United States. Plays dubstep, electronic.
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Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, dance-rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica.
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Gum Takes Tooth formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays electronic, experimental, noise rock, psychedelic rock.
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Hanni El Khatib was born on 8 June 1981.
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Honningbarna formed in 2010. Plays hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, rock.
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Jagwar Ma formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2011. Plays psychedelic pop.
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Kapitan Korsakov formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2009.
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Kurt Vile was born in Lansdowne, United States, on 3 January 1980. Plays indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, rock.
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Lefto was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1976.
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Locked Groove was born in Wilrijk, Belgium, in 1988.
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Lou Barlow was born on 17 July 1966. Plays alternative rock, hardcore punk, indie rock, lo-fi.
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Max Cooper was born in Belfast, United Kingdom, on 19 May 1980. Plays ambient, electronic, electronica, techno.
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Ministry formed in Chicago, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, electronic, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Montevideo formed in Seville, Spain, in 2002.
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Mount Kimbie formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays dubstep, electronic, minimal techno, post-dubstep.
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Mozes and the Firstborn formed in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in 2010. Plays garage rock, indie rock, power pop.
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Mumbai Science formed in Leuven, Belgium, in 2010.
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Napalm Death formed in Meriden, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays crust punk, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Orchestra of Spheres plays psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Orgel Vreten formed in 2011.
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Owiny Sigoma Band formed in 2009. Plays electronic.
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P.O.S. was born on 18 August 1981. Plays hip hop.
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Plants and Animals formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Poliça formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 2011. Plays alternative rock.
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Pomrad was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1988.
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Rats On Rafts formed in 2005.
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Red Fang formed in Portland, United States, in 2005. Plays grunge, hard rock, metal, rock, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Rone was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 20 June 1980. Plays ambient techno, downtempo, electronic, electronica, idm, minimal techno, synth-pop.
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Roots Manuva was born in Stockwell, United Kingdom, on 9 September 1972. Plays dancehall, dub, hip hop.
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Savages formed in London, United Kingdom, in October 2011. Plays art punk, gothic rock, noise rock, post-punk, rock.
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School Is Cool formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in September 2009.
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Sharon Van Etten was born in Clinton, United States, on 26 February 1981. Plays country folk, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Soothsayers formed in 1998. Plays afro-jazz, afrobeat, dub, reggae.
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Squarepusher was born on 17 January 1975. Plays drill and bass, drum and bass, electronic, electronica, experimental electronic, glitch, idm, jazz fusion.
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St. Lucia was born in Johannesburg, Germany, in 1983. Plays alternative dance.
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Steak Number Eight formed in Wevelgem, Belgium, in 2007. Plays post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
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Sun Glitters plays electronic.
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Sébastien Tellier was born in Le Plessis-Bouchard, France, on 22 February 1975. Plays ambient pop, downtempo, electronic, french house, pop.
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The Black Box Revelation formed in Dilbeek, Belgium, in 2005. Plays blues rock, garage rock.
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The Dirty Denims plays hard rock.
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The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, progressive pop, psychedelic pop.
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The Inspector Cluzo formed in Mont-de-Marsan, France, in 2008.
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The Jezabels formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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Turbowolf formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays alternative metal, hard rock.
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Twin Shadow was born on 30 March 1983. Plays chillwave, new wave.
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Ufomammut formed in Tortona, Italy, in 1999. Plays doom metal, heavy psych, psychedelic, stoner metal.
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Wallace Vanborn formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2005.
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Willow formed in 2007, and split up in 2019, after 12 years.
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Willy Moon was born in Wellington, United Kingdom, on 2 June 1989.
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Zola Jesus was born in Phoenix, United States, on 11 April 1989. Plays alternative rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, indie rock, indietronica.