Festival No. 0000482 · Est. 2011
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- Venue
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham
- Address
- Military Road, Dublin Dublin 8
- City
- Dublin, Ireland
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About the artists
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Andrew Bird was born in Lake Forest, United States, on 11 July 1973. Plays baroque pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Atlas Sound was born in Marietta, United States, on 15 May 1982. Plays indie rock, psychedelic rock, shoegaze.
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Austra formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2009. Plays dark wave, electronic, experimental, indie pop, indietronica.
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Autumn Owls formed in 2007.
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Bear In Heaven formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2003, and split up in 2015, after 12 years.
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Beirut formed in Santa Fe, United States, in 2006. Plays chamber pop, contemporary folk, indie folk, indie pop, pop, synth-pop.
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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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Death in Vegas formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, big beat, electronic, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, shoegaze, trip hop.
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Factory Floor formed in Hackney, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electronic rock, post-industrial.
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Field Music formed in 2004. Plays art rock, indie rock.
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Friendly Fires formed in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays indie rock, indietronica.
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Grimes was born in Vancouver, Canada, on 17 March 1988. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, chillwave, contemporary r&b, dance.
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Holy Fuck formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2004. Plays electronic, electronic rock, instrumental, post-rock.
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble formed in Chicago, United States. Plays jazz-funk.
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James Vincent McMorrow was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 14 January 1983. Plays indie pop.
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Julia Holter was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 18 December 1984. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental.
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Kool Thing formed in 2010, and split up in 2015, after 5 years.
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Leftfield formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays downtempo, dub, dub techno, electronic, electronica, house, leftfield, progressive house.
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Mazzy Star formed in Santa Monica, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, americana, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, paisley underground.
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MMOTHS was born in Newbridge, Ireland, in May 1993. Plays ambient, ambient techno, downtempo, electronic, pop, techno.
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Modeselektor formed in 1996. Plays electro, electronic, idm, techno.
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New Order formed in Salford, United Kingdom, in 1980. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance, dance-rock, electronic, electropop, house, new wave.
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Peaking Lights formed in 2006. Plays dub, psychedelic pop.
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RSAG formed on 1 December 2006.
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The Bloody Beetroots plays bass house, club, dance, dance-punk, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house.
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The Cast of Cheers formed in 2009. Plays indie rock.
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The Magician was born in Namur, Belgium. Plays electronic, future house, house, tropical house.
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The Rapture formed in 1998. Plays acid house, alternative dance, dance-punk, house, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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To Kill a King formed on 1 September 2009. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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Wilco formed in Chicago, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.