Festival No. 0000265 · Est. 2003
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- Venue
- Noise Pop 2003
- City
- San Francisco, US
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For the record
About the artists
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Alaska (UK) formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1998. -
Built Like Alaska formed in Oakdale, United States, in 1996. -
Calexico formed in Tucson, United States, in 1996. Plays americana, country, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock. -
Camper Van Beethoven formed in Redlands, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, geek rock, rock. -
Cat Power was born in Atlanta, United States, on 21 January 1972. Plays alternative rock, art pop, avant-folk, folk, indie folk, indie rock, piano rock, pop. -
Citizens Here and Abroad formed in 2002. -
Communique formed in Oakland, United States, in December 2002. -
Creeper Lagoon formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1991. Plays rock. -
Crooked Fingers formed in Seattle, United States, in 1998. Plays indie rock. -
Dead Moon formed in Portland, United States, in 1986, and split up in 2006, after 20 years. Plays garage rock, punk rock. -
Downway formed in 1995, and split up in 2003, after 8 years. Plays punk rock, skate punk. -
Erase Errata formed in Oakland, United States, in 1999, and split up in 2015, after 16 years. Plays post-punk. -
Fast Forward formed in 1998. Plays industrial hardcore. -
Film School formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1998. Plays dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop, shoegaze. -
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Folk Implosion formed in Boston, United States, in 1993. -
Har Mar Superstar was born in Marshall, United States, on 6 February 1978. Plays indie rock, leftfield. -
Hot Rod Circuit formed in Auburn, United States, in 1997, and split up in 2007, after 10 years. -
Hudson Bell formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1989. -
Imperial Teen formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1995. Plays indie pop, indie rock, rock. -
Joanna Newsom was born in Nevada City, United States, on 18 January 1982. Plays chamber folk, contemporary folk, folk, freak folk, free folk, indie folk, progressive folk, rock. -
John Vanderslice was born in Gainesville, United States, on 22 May 1967. -
Kelley Stoltz was born in New York, United States, on 21 September 1971. -
M. Ward was born in Thousand Oaks, United States, on 4 October 1973. Plays alternative country, american primitive guitar, americana, contemporary folk, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter. -
Mia Doi Todd was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 30 June 1975. -
Milemarker formed in Chapel Hill, United States, in 1997. -
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. -
Nicolai Dunger was born in Pitea, Sweden, on 4 October 1968. -
Nik Freitas was born in Visalia, United States, in 1978. -
No Knife formed in San Diego, United States, in 1993, and split up in March 2003, after 10 years. Plays experimental rock, indie rock, math rock, post-hardcore. -
OK Go formed in Chicago, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, indie rock. -
Pattern formed in Oakland, United States, in 2000, and split up in 2004, after 4 years. -
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Rooney formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1999. Plays indie pop, indie rock, rock. -
Smog was born in Silver Spring, United States, on 3 June 1966. Plays americana, folk, indie folk. -
Starflyer 59 formed in Riverside, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, shoegaze. -
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks formed in Portland, United States, in 2000. -
Stratford 4 formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1998. -
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The Court And Spark formed in 1998, and split up in 2007, after 9 years. -
The Cuts formed in Oakland, United States, in 1997, and split up in 2007, after 10 years. -
The Dirtbombs formed in Detroit, United States, in 1996. -
The Donnas formed in Palo Alto, United States, in 1992, and split up in 2012, after 20 years. Plays rock. -
The Go formed in Detroit, United States, in 1998, and split up in 2013, after 15 years. -
The Jealous Sound formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2000. Plays emo, indie rock. -
The Librarians formed in 1999. -
The Locust formed in 1994, and split up in 2022, after 28 years. Plays electronic, experimental, grindcore, math rock, noise, noisecore, sasscore. -
The Mountain Goats formed in Claremont, United States, in 1991. Plays folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, rock, singer-songwriter. -
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The Sermon formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2000. -
The Velvet Teen formed in 2000. -
The Von Bondies formed in Detroit, United States, in 1997, and split up in 2011, after 14 years. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival. -
Time Spent Driving formed in August 1999. Plays emo. -
Tortoise formed in Chicago, United States, in 1990. Plays electronica, experimental rock, instrumental, jazz rock, post-rock. -
Trans Am formed in Bethesda, United States, in 1990. Plays post-rock. -
Tsunami Bomb formed in Petaluma, United States, in 1998. Plays pop punk, punk, punk rock. -
Tussle formed in 2001. Plays dance-punk, dance-rock, electronic rock, instrumental rock.



























