Festival No. 0000098 · Est. 2008
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About the artists
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And So I Watch You from Afar formed in Belfast, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays experimental, instrumental, instrumental rock, math rock, post-rock. -
Andrew W.K. was born on 9 May 1979. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, piano rock, pop rock, punk rock, rock.
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Archers of Loaf formed in 1991. Plays indie rock.
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B.A. Johnston was born in Hamilton, Canada.
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BadBadNotGood formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Plays hip hop, instrumental hip hop, jazz.
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Black Mastiff plays psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Black Wizard formed in New Westminster, Canada, in 2008. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, stoner rock.
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Boris formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992. Plays ambient, doom metal, drone, drone metal, experimental, j-rock, metal, noise.
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CFCF was born in Montreal, Canada. Plays ambient, electronic, house, techno.
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Chelsea Light Moving formed in 2012. Plays alternative rock.
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Chron Goblin formed in 2009.
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Collapse formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2008.
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Craig Finn was born in Boston, United States, on 22 August 1971. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk.
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Daedelus was born in Santa Monica, United States, on 31 October 1977. Plays electronic, electronica, experimental electronic, idm.
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Death By Stereo formed in Orange County, United States, in 1996. Plays hardcore punk, metalcore, punk, punk rock.
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Devon Sproule was born in Kingston, United States, on 23 April 1982. Plays folk.
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Dirty Ghosts formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2006.
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Dog Day formed in Halifax, Canada, in 2004.
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Doldrums plays electronic.
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Duchess Says formed in December 2003.
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Emma-Lee was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1983.
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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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Flosstradamus formed in Chicago, United States, in 2006. Plays festival trap, hip hop, trap, trap edm.
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Grave Babies formed in Seattle, United States, in February 2009. Plays rock.
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Hannibal Buress was born on 4 February 1983. Plays comedy.
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Hayes Carll was born in The Woodlands, United States, on 9 January 1976. Plays americana, country, folk.
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Hooded Fang formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2007. Plays indie rock, punk, punk rock, surf.
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Hot Snakes formed in San Diego, United States, in 1999, and split up in 2005, after 6 years. Plays post-hardcore.
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How to Dress Well was born in Boulder, United States, in 1984. Plays alternative r&b, ambient, electronic, pop, r&b.
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Humans formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010.
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Indian Handcrafts formed in Barrie, Canada, in 2010. Plays garage rock, metal, psychedelic, rock, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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Joe Pernice was born in 1967. Plays indie rock.
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Jolie Holland was born in Houston, United States, on 11 September 1975. Plays folk.
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Jon McKiel plays indie pop, singer-songwriter.
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K-Holes formed in New York, United States, in 2010.
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Ketamines formed in Lethbridge, Canada, in 2009.
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Ladyhawk formed in Vancouver, Canada, on 27 February 2004.
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Larry and His Flask formed in 2003. Plays bluegrass, punk.
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Les Jupes split up in 2015.
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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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Monokino formed in 2008.
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Monomyth formed in The Hague, Netherlands, in May 2011. Plays drone, instrumental, krautrock, psychedelic rock, rock, space rock, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Natasha Leggero was born in Rockford, United States, on 26 March 1974.
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Neil Hamburger was born in 1992. Plays comedy.
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Night Beats formed in Seattle, United States, in 2009. Plays alternative country, contemporary r&b, country, country blues, country soul, desert blues, desert rock, experimental.
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No Sinner plays blues rock.
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Nomeansno formed in Victoria, Canada, in 1979, and split up on 24 September 2016, after 37 years. Plays art punk, experimental rock, hardcore punk, math rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, punk, punk rock.
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Organ Thieves formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2008. Plays rock.
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Parlovr formed in 2006.
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Prince Rama formed in July 2007. Plays new age, pop, psychedelic.
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Reigning Sound formed in Memphis, United States, in 2001. Plays garage punk, indie rock, rock.
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Rococode formed in Vancouver, Canada.
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Russian Circles formed in Chicago, United States, in 2004. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, math rock, post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
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Shabazz Palaces formed in Seattle, United States, in 2009. Plays alternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop.
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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1984, and split up in 1996, after 12 years. Plays instrumental, instrumental rock, rock, surf, surf rock.
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Shotgun Jimmie plays indie rock.
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Slates formed in 2008. Plays punk.
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Snailhouse was born in Winnipeg, Canada, on 2 August 1972.
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks formed in Portland, United States, in 2000.
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Teen Daze was born in Abbotsford, Canada. Plays ambient, ambient house, ambient pop, balearic beat, bedroom pop, chillwave, house, indie pop.
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Terry Malts plays noise, pop, punk.
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The Antlers formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2006. Plays chamber pop, dream pop, indie rock, rock, slowcore.
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The Ballantynes formed in September 2011. Plays r&b, rock, soul.
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The Blind Shake formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 2005.
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The Evaporators formed in 1986. Plays garage rock, punk rock, ska.
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The Hold Steady formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, heartland rock, indie rock, rock.
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The Ruffled Feathers plays pop, rock.
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The Sadies formed in 1998. Plays alternative country.
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The Spits formed in 2000. Plays punk, punk rock.
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The Strange Boys formed in Austin, United States, in 2001, and split up in July 2012, after 11 years.
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The Zolas formed in 2009. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, progressive rock.
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Thurston Moore was born in Coral Gables, United States, on 25 July 1958. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, free improvisation, noise, noise rock, post-rock, rock.
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Tim Hecker was born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1974. Plays ambient, dark ambient, drone, electroacoustic, electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, glitch.
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Tim Heidecker was born in Allentown, United States, on 3 February 1976.
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Timber Timbre formed in 2005.
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Todd Barry was born in The Bronx, United States, on 26 March 1964.
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Trust formed in 1977. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock.
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Twin River formed in 2009.
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Urinals formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1978. Plays art punk, garage punk, punk, punk rock.
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We Are The City formed in Kelowna, Canada, in 2008, and split up on 9 October 2020, after 12 years. Plays experimental, progressive rock.
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White Poppy plays electronic.
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Willis Earl Beal plays deep soul, experimental, folk, gospel, lo-fi, soul.
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Windom Earle formed in 1996.
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Yamantaka // Sonic Titan formed in 2007.
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Young Empires formed in Toronto, Canada, in October 2009.