Festival No. 0000101 · Est. 2007
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About the artists
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A-Trak was born in Montreal, Canada, on 30 March 1982. Plays electro house, hip hop, house, turntablism. -
alt-J formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, art pop, art rock, blues rock, electronic rock, experimental rock, folktronica, indie pop.
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Amatorski formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2007.
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Andy C was born on 7 April 1976. Plays afro house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, drum and bass, edm.
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Apocalyptica formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, instrumental, instrumental rock, metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic metal.
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Apparat was born in Quedlinburg, Germany, on 27 June 1978. Plays ambient, club, dance, deep house, dubstep, edm, electronic, electronica.
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Augustines formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2011, and split up in 2016, after 5 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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Balthazar formed in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 2004. Plays indie pop, pop rock.
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Band of Skulls formed in Southampton, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, indie rock, rock.
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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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Bed Rugs formed in 2010.
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Ben UFO plays house, post-dubstep, techno.
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Benga was born in Croydon, United Kingdom, on 28 November 1986. Plays dubstep, future house, uk garage.
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Billy Talent formed in Mississauga, Canada, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, pop punk, pop rock, punk rock.
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Björk was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 21 November 1965. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop.
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Blawan was born in Doncaster, United Kingdom, in 1987. Plays electronic, industrial techno, techno.
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Bleed From Within formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays death metal, deathcore, groove metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Bloc Party formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in August 1999. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, post-punk revival.
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Blood Red Shoes formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in September 2004. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, grunge, indie rock, post-punk, punk, punk rock.
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Bob Mould was born in Malone, United States, on 16 October 1960. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Borgore was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 20 October 1987. Plays dubstep, electronic.
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Bowerbirds formed in 2006. Plays folk rock, indie folk.
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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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Brodinski was born in Saint-Brice-Courcelles, France, on 13 June 1987. Plays hip hop, house, instrumental hip hop.
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Buraka Som Sistema formed in Amadora, Portugal, in 2006. Plays kuduro.
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Camo & Krooked formed in Vienna, Austria, in 2007. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Carl Craig was born in Detroit, United States, on 22 May 1969. Plays detroit techno, electronic, house, techno.
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Ceremony formed in Rohnert Park, United States, in 2005. Plays hardcore punk, post-punk, punk rock.
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Charles Bradley was born in Gainesville, United States, on 5 November 1948, and died on 23 September 2017, aged 68. Plays funk, soul.
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Chase & Status formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, disco, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic.
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Coem formed in Hasselt, Belgium, in 1998, and split up in 2015, after 17 years.
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Com Truise was born in Oneida, United States, in 1985. Plays chillwave, electronic, synthwave.
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Creature With the Atom Brain formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2003, and split up in 2015, after 12 years.
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Crookers formed in 2003. Plays electro hop, electro house, fidget house.
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D.I.D plays visual kei.
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Dada Life formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2006. Plays edm, electro house, progressive house.
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Daughter formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, dream pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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De Mens formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1992. Plays rock.
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Deaf Havana formed in 2005. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, metal, post-hardcore, rock, screamo, southern metal, southern rock.
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Deap Vally formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2011.
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Devil Sold His Soul formed in 2004.
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Diablo Blvd formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2005. Plays heavy metal.
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Digitalism formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 2004. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electroclash, electronic, french house, new rave, rock.
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Dillon Francis was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 5 October 1987. Plays dubstep, electro house, electronic, moombahton, progressive house, trap edm.
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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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Dizzee Rascal was born in Bow, United Kingdom, on 18 September 1984. Plays bassline, fidget house, grime, hip hop, hip house, pop rap, r&b, trance.
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Django Django formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays alternative dance, art rock, electronic, electronic rock, electronica, indie pop, indie rock, indie surf.
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Doctor P was born on 9 April 1986. Plays dubstep, edm, electronic.
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Doorly plays afro house, dance, deep house, disco, edm, electro, electronica, funky house.
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Dorian Concept was born in Vienna, Austria, on 16 September 1984. Plays ambient, breakbeat, breaks, dance, electronic, electronica, experimental, house.
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Drive Like Maria formed in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 2005.
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Dry the River formed in Stratford, United Kingdom, in 2009, and split up in 2015, after 6 years.
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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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Every Time I Die formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1998, and split up on 17 January 2022, after 24 years. Plays hardcore punk, mathcore, metal, metalcore, post-hardcore, punk, southern metal, southern rock.
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Example was born on 20 June 1982. Plays electronic.
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Feed Me was born in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, on 22 August 1984. Plays complextro, dubstep, edm, electro house, house, midtempo bass, progressive house.
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Feist was born in Amherst, Canada, on 13 February 1976. Plays art pop, chamber pop, electronic, folk, indie pop.
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Fink was born in St Ives, United Kingdom, in 1972. Plays blues, dub, indie folk, indie rock.
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Flux Pavilion was born in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, on 19 January 1989. Plays club, dance, dub, dubstep, edm, electronic, uk garage.
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Flying Horseman formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2008.
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Flying Lotus was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 7 October 1983. Plays alternative hip hop, avant-garde jazz, downtempo, electronic, experimental, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental.
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Freaky Age formed in Ternat, Belgium, in 2003, and split up in September 2019, after 16 years.
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Geppetto & the Whales formed in Hoogstraten, Belgium, in 2010.
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Gesaffelstein was born in Lyon, France, on 13 June 1985. Plays ebm, electronic, industrial techno, midtempo bass, post-industrial, tech house.
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Ghost formed in Linkoping, Sweden, in 2008. Plays doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, occult rock, pop rock, progressive rock, psychedelic.
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Ghostpoet was born on 18 January 1983. Plays alternative rock, electronic, hip hop, pop.
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Good Riddance formed in Santa Cruz, United States, in 1986. Plays melodic hardcore, punk, punk rock.
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Goose formed in 2009.
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Gorki formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1989, and split up in 2014, after 25 years. Plays alternative rock, pop rock.
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Grandaddy formed in Modesto, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, progressive pop, space rock, space rock revival.
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Graveyard formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in November 2006. Plays blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock.
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Great Mountain Fire formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010.
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High Contrast was born in Penarth, United Kingdom, on 18 September 1979. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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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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Hudson Mohawke was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 11 February 1986. Plays electronic, hip hop.
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Isbells formed in Leuven, Belgium, in 2009.
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Jacques Lu Cont was born in Bedale, United Kingdom, on 9 September 1977.
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Jakwob was born on 28 March 1989. Plays dubstep.
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Jamie N Commons was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 22 October 1988. Plays alternative rock, americana, blues, blues rock, country, pop, roots rock.
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Jamie Woon was born on 29 March 1983. Plays contemporary r&b, dubstep, future garage, post-dubstep, r&b, soul.
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Jessie Ware was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 15 October 1984. Plays contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, electronic, electronica, neo soul, pop.
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Joy Orbison was born in Croydon, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, house, trip hop, uk funky, uk garage.
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Kap Bambino formed in Bordeaux, France, in 2001. Plays electronic, electropunk.
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Keane formed in Battle, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, downtempo, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock, pop rock.
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Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2005. Plays post-industrial, post-punk.
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Knife Party formed in July 2011. Plays complextro, drumstep, dubstep, electro house, electronic, house.
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Koan Sound formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, glitch hop, halftime, neurofunk, neurohop.
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Laurent Garnier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 1 February 1966. Plays electronic, techno.
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Len Faki was born on 22 June 1975.
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letlive formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2002, and split up on 28 April 2017, after 15 years. Plays alternative rock, emo, experimental, hardcore punk, indie rock, post-hardcore, rock, soul.
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Lianne La Havas was born in London, United Kingdom, on 23 August 1989. Plays alternative pop, folk, r&b, soul.
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Light Asylum formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008.
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Loadstar formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays drum and bass, electronic.
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Lower Dens formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2009. Plays dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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Mad About Mountains formed in Herk-De-Stad, Belgium, in 2012.
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Magnetic Man formed in Croydon, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays dubstep, electronic, uk garage.
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Major Lazer formed in Los Angeles, Jamaica, in 2008. Plays art pop, dance-pop, dancehall, downtempo, dub, edm, electro, electronic.
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Man Without Country formed in 2007.
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Marco Z was born in Hasselt, Belgium.
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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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Maxïmo Park formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays indie rock, new wave, post-punk revival.
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1995. Plays punk, punk rock.
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Miike Snow formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2007. Plays alternative dance, festival progressive house, indie pop, indietronica, progressive house, synth-pop.
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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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Modestep formed in 2010. Plays alternative rock, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic rock, trap, trap edm.
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Ms. Dynamite was born in Archway, United Kingdom, on 26 April 1981. Plays hip hop, r&b.
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Mumbai Science formed in Leuven, Belgium, in 2010.
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NERO formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, electro, electronic, liquid funk.
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Netsky was born on 22 March 1989. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Oberhofer formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008. Plays indie pop.
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Of Monsters and Men formed in Keflavik, Iceland, in 2010. Plays folk, folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, rock.
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OFWGKTA formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2007. Plays hardcore hip hop, hip hop, horrorcore.
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P Money was born on 8 April 1989. Plays grime.
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Pangaea plays dubstep, edm, electronic, post-dubstep.
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Patrick Watson was born in Lancaster, Canada, on 8 October 1979. Plays chamber pop, indie rock, rock.
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Pulled Apart By Horses formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2007.
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Raving George was born in Ghent, Belgium, on 21 July 1992.
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Refused formed in Umea, Sweden, in 1992, and split up on 21 December 2025, after 33 years. Plays hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, punk rock.
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Reiziger formed in Hechtel, Belgium, in 1998.
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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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SCNTST was born in Munich, Germany, in 1993.
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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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Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
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Snoop Dogg was born in Long Beach, United States, on 20 October 1971. Plays christian hip hop, contemporary christian, g-funk, gangsta rap, hip hop, west coast hip hop.
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Social Distortion formed in Fullerton, United States, in 1978. Plays cowpunk, punk, punk rock.
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Sound of Stereo formed in 2008.
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Stay+ formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2011.
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Steak Number Eight formed in Wevelgem, Belgium, in 2007. Plays post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks formed in Portland, United States, in 2000.
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Sub Focus was born in Guildford, United Kingdom, on 13 April 1982. Plays drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic.
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Sx formed in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 2009, and split up in August 2022, after 13 years.
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The Afghan Whigs formed in 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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The Big Pink formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays electro, electronic rock, indie rock, shoegaze.
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The Black Keys formed in Akron, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, blues, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Computers formed in Exeter, United Kingdom. Plays punk, rock, rock and roll.
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The Cribs formed in Wakefield, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays garage rock, indie rock.
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The Customs plays punk.
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The Gaslight Anthem formed in New Brunswick, United States, in 2006. Plays folk punk, heartland rock, punk, punk blues, punk rock, rock.
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The Hives formed in Fagersta, Sweden, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, punk.
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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 Jezabels formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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The Jim Jones Revue formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2014, after 10 years.
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The Me in You formed in 2010.
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The Shins formed in Albuquerque, United States, in 1997. Plays folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, psychedelic pop, rock.
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The Stone Roses formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1984, and split up in 2017, after 33 years. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, indie rock, jangle pop, madchester, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, rock.
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The Tallest Man On Earth was born in Leksand, Sweden, on 30 April 1983. Plays contemporary folk, folk.
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The Van Jets formed in Oostende, Belgium, in July 2003, and split up in 2019, after 15 years. Plays rock.
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Tiga was born in Montreal, Canada, on 18 September 1974. Plays edm, electro, electroclash, electronic, house, techno, uk garage.
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Tinie Tempah was born in Plumstead, United Kingdom, on 7 November 1988. Plays grime.
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Touché Amoré formed in Burbank, United States, in 2007. Plays emo, melodic hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo.
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Trash Talk formed in Sacramento, United States, in 2005. Plays hardcore punk.
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tUnE-yArDs was born in 1979. Plays art pop, lo-fi.
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Two Door Cinema Club formed in Bangor, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, new wave, post-punk revival, rock.
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Vive La Fête formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1997. Plays electroclash, electronic, synth-pop.
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Vondelpark formed in 2010.
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Wallace Vanborn formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2005.
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White Rabbits formed in 2004.
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Wilco formed in Chicago, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Willis Earl Beal plays deep soul, experimental, folk, gospel, lo-fi, soul.
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Willy Moon was born in Wellington, United Kingdom, on 2 June 1989.
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Yashin formed in 2006, and split up in 2016, after 10 years.
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Young Guns formed in 2005. Plays alternative rock, post-hardcore.
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Zornik formed in Zonhoven, Belgium, in 1999. Plays rock.