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7th Order 7th Order is an American rock and roll, rock & roll band whose debut extended play CD release, ''The Lake of Memory'', was issued on the Big Island Sounds label in 2007 (although 7th Order had been in existence for several years by that time). ...
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The 88 The 88 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. The group consists of Keith Slettedahl (vocals and guitar), Adam Merrin (keyboards and vocals), Anthony Zimmitti (drums and percussion), and Todd O'Keefe (bass and vocals). Meeti ...
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* A Common Year * Aberdeen City * The Academy Is... * Action Action *
Steve Adey Steve Adey (born in Great Barr, Birmingham) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. His music is characterised by slow tempos, minimalist arrangements, underpinned by piano and a rich baritone vocal. As of 2018 Adey has released three st ...
* Adorable *
The Afghan Whigs The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. The group – with core members Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), and John Cur ...
* The Ailerons *
Air Miami Air Miami was an American indie rock band from Washington, D.C. that was active from 1994 to 1996. The band was formed by Mark Robinson and Bridget Cross, both former members of Unrest, a few months later they became a quartet with the addition ...
* The Airborne Toxic Event *
Airhead An airhead is a designated area in a hostile or threatened territory which, when seized and held, allows the air landing of further teams and materiel via an airbridge (logistics), airbridge, and provides the maneuver and preparation space necess ...
* Alabama Shakes *
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Alex G Alexander Giannascoli (born February 3, 1993), better known by his stage names Alex G or, formerly, (Sandy) Alex G, is an American musician, producer, and singer-songwriter. He started his career with DIY self-releases on Bandcamp and began build ...
* The Alice Rose *
¡All-Time Quarterback! All-Time Quarterback (stylized ¡All-Time Quarterback!) was a solo side-project of Ben Gibbard, best known as the singer/guitarist for Death Cab for Cutie and as one third of the Postal Service. Gibbard started the project in the spring of 1997 ...
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Aloha ''Aloha'' ( , ) is the Hawaiian language, Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a simple greeting but has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians, for whom the term is u ...
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Alterkicks Alterkicks were a Liverpool based five-piece band. They first came to attention when DJ Zane Lowe played their demo in November 2004. They released their debut single, "Do Everything I Taught You" on Fierce Panda in 2005, and the limited r ...
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Alt-J Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbur ...
* Alvvays * The Amazing *
Amber Smith Amber Smith is an American actress and former model. Early life Amber Smith is the daughter of Carol Smith. During her 2008 and 2009 appearances on the reality television programs in which she sought treatment by Dr. Drew Pinsky for addiction, s ...
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Amber Run Amber Run is a British indie rock band from Nottingham, UK composed of Joshua "Joe" Keogh, Tom Sperring, and Henry Wyeth. The band have released three full-length albums. three mini-albums and five EPs. Initially called Amber, they later changed ...
* Ambulance LTD *
The American Analog Set The American Analog Set (sometimes referred to as AmAnSet) was an Austin-based indie rock, lo-fi band. They have released six studio albums, on the record labels Emperor Jones and Tiger Style Records, with their latest ('' Set Free'') on Arts & ...
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American Authors American Authors (formerly known as The Blue Pages) is an American rock band based in New York City, currently signed to Island Records. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Zac Barnett, bassist Dave Rublin, and drummer Matt Sanche ...
* American Standards *
Ammonia Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous was ...
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* Anamanaguchi * Anathallo *
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
* ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead *
Erika M. Anderson Erika Michelle Anderson (born January 28, 1982), better known by her stage name EMA, is an American singer and songwriter originally from South Dakota, who presently lives in Portland, Oregon. In her career beginnings, she released her debut alb ...
* Kyle Andrews *
Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. Its members consist of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). The band's work is characterized ...
* Animal Kingdom * Anni B Sweet *
The Anniversary The Anniversary is an American band formed in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1997 by Josh Berwanger, James David, Christian Jankowski, Adrianne Verhoeven and Justin Roelofs. The Anniversary was the solidification of a line-up that had been in flux for a ...
* The Antlers *
Apostle of Hustle Apostle of Hustle was a Canadian indie rock group, formed as a side project in 2001 by Andrew Whiteman, who has been in such groups as Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Que Vida and plays as the lead guitarist for the indie supergroup Broken Social Sc ...
* The Apples in Stereo *
The Appleseed Cast The Appleseed Cast is an American rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. The band was founded in the early days of emo by singer-guitarist Christopher Crisci and drummer Louie Ruiz. The Appleseed Cast has steadily evolved over the release of eight fu ...
* The Aquarium *
Arab Strap Arab Strap are a Scottish indie rock band whose core members are Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. The band were signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground, split in 2006 and reformed in 2016. The band signed to Rock Action Reco ...
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Arcade Fire Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member S ...
* Archers of Loaf * Architecture in Helsinki * Arctic Monkeys *
Arkells Arkells is a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, and have since signed with Universal Records Canada and Last Gang Records. They are managed by Last Gang Management. They have released s ...
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Art Brut Art Brut are a Berlin-based English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, '' Bang Bang Rock & Roll'', was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, ''It's a Bit Complicated'', released on 25 June 2007. Named after French painter Je ...
* As Cities Burn * Asian Kung-Fu Generation * Asobi Seksu *
Athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
* Atlas Genius * Au Revoir Simone * Augie March * Augustana *
Augustines Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...
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Austin TV Austin TV is an instrumental post-rock band formed in 2001 in Mexico City. Austin TV creates sonic landscapes with their music without lyrics. They have opened for groups like Yo La Tengo in Mexico and Café Tacuba in the U.S. leg of their 2007 ...
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The Autumn Defense The Autumn Defense is an American indie rock band composed of multi-instrumentalists John Stirratt and Pat Sansone. History The Autumn Defense began as a side project for John Stirratt, best known for his work as bassist for alt-country bands Wi ...
* The Avalanches * Avantgarde * The Avett Brothers *
Avey Tare David Michael Portner (born April 24, 1979), also known by his moniker Avey Tare, is a musician and songwriter who co-founded the American experimental pop band Animal Collective. He has released three solo albums, as well as three collaborative ...
* Avi Buffalo *
Awolnation Awolnation (stylized in all caps) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed and fronted by Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under the Influence of Giants, Home Town Hero, and Insurgence. The band is signed to Better Noise Music, formerly being s ...
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Babybird Babybird are an English rock band formed by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Jones, who has been releasing music since 1995. While Jones' early solo work was released under the "Baby Bird" name, the altered "Babybird" was first us ...
* Babyshambles * Baby Strange *
Bad Astronaut Bad Astronaut is an American indie/alternative rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a style of alternative rock, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters. The band ...
* Bad Books * Bad Suns *
The Badgeman The Badgeman were a four-piece indie rock band from Salisbury, Wiltshire formed in 1988, although music journalist Pete Frame claims in his book ''Rockin Around Britain'' that the band hailed from Melksham. The band has been variously categorise ...
* Badly Drawn Boy *
Bailter Space Bailter Space (a.k.a. Bailterspace) is a New Zealand shoegaze and noise rock band that formed in Christchurch, in 1987 as Nelsh Bailter Space; they had previously recorded as The Gordons. Its members are Alister Parker (guitar, bass), John Halvo ...
* Julien Baker * Balthazar *
Band of Horses Band of Horses is an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington. Led by singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes, the band's current line-up also includ ...
* Band of Skulls * Baptist Generals * Baryonyx * Bastille * Bat for Lashes *
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James Bay James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
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David Bazan David Bazan (; born January 22, 1976) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona who now resides in Seattle, Washington. Bazan is the lead singer and creative force behind the band Pedro the Lion and was the lead singer o ...
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Be Your Own Pet Be Your Own Pet (also known as BYOP) is a four-piece punk/garage rock group from Nashville, Tennessee. Biography The band formed in 2004, while all members were in high school at Nashville School of the Arts. Playing house shows and gigs at ...
* Beach Fossils * Beach House * Beady Eye * The Beat *
Beat Crusaders were a Japanese rock band active from 1997 to 2010. During all promotional appearances, their faces are masked by drawings resembling themselves as printed by a dot-matrix printer. History Beat Crusaders, commonly abbreviated BECR, was founded ...
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Beat Happening Beat Happening is an American indie pop band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American indie pop and lo-fi mo ...
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Beatnik Turtle Beatnik Turtle is an indie rock band from Chicago formed in 1998. Beatnik Turtle plays alternative and pop-rock "with a sense of humor." Their sound is rooted in the song-based pop-rock sound of They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne, The Saw Doc ...
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Beatsteaks The Beatsteaks are a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1995. History Peter Baumann, Stefan Hircher, Alexander Rosswaag and Bernd Kurtzke founded Beatsteaks in 1995. Shortly afterwards, Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß joined the band as singer and ...
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Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...
* Bedhead * The Bees *
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
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Bell X1 The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bel ...
* Bellini * Jon Bellion * Bello Spark *
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Brendan Benson Brendan Benson (born November 14, 1970) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released eight solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs. Recording career ''One Missi ...
* Best Coast * The Beta Band *
Bethlehem Steel The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For most of the 20th century, it was one of the world's largest steel producing and shipbuilding companies. At the height of its succe ...
* Bettie Serveert *
Between the Trees Between the Trees was an American rock band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2005. The band consisted of vocalist/guitarist Ryan Kirkland, lead guitarist Brad Kriebel, drummer Josh Butler and bassist Jeremy Butler. Between the Trees released ...
* Beulah * Beware of Darkness * The Bevis Frond * Biffy Clyro *
Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Nake ...
* Big Flame * Big Japan *
The Big Moon The Big Moon is an English indie rock band, formed in 2014 in London by frontwoman Juliette Jackson. Their debut album, ''Love in the 4th Dimension'', was released on 6 April 2017, containing a number of singles previously released on their EP, ...
* The Big Pink * The Big Sleep * Andrew Bird * Jade Bird *
Birdmonster Birdmonster is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. History Early years Peter Arcuni, a native of Connecticut and former editorial assistant at Wired, formed Birdmonster in 2004 with three other local San Francisco musicia ...
* Bishop Allen *
Bitch Magnet Bitch Magnet was an American post-hardcore band who formed in 1986 at Oberlin College in Ohio and later moved to North Carolina, United States. They released their first record in 1988. All of the band's albums were released on Communion Records ...
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Biting Elbows Biting Elbows is a Russian indie rock band that was formed in 2008 in Moscow. In 2012, they were an opening act for Guns N' Roses and Placebo's concerts in Moscow, played at Maxidrom. In 2013, they played at Park Live Festival. The band is per ...
* The Black Angels * Black Box Recorder *
Black Box Revelation Black Box Revelation (BBR, previously named The Black Box Revelation) is a Belgian garage rock band. It was formed in 2005 by vocalist and guitarist Jan Paternoster and drummer Dries Van Dijck. The band achieved great reviews with their debut '' ...
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Black Camaro Black Camaro is an American indie rock band that formed in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001. The band's founding members are guitarist and vocalist Brian Garth and keyboardist and vocalist Tom Miller (musician), Tom Miller. Career '' ...
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The Black Heart Procession The Black Heart Procession (occasionally spelled The Blackheart Procession) is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California. Biography Early years The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins (Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, Palllap ...
* Black Honey * The Black Keys * Black Kids * Black Lips * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club * Black Tie Dynasty *
Blackmail Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fa ...
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Bleached Bleached is an American pop band consisting of sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, formerly of Mika Miko. The band plays a style of rock, pop, rock and roll, and indie rock. Bleached was established in Los Angeles in 2011. The group has releas ...
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Bleachers Bleachers (North American English), or stands, are raised, tiered rows of benches found at sports fields and other spectator events. Stairways provide access to the horizontal rows of seats, often with every other step gaining access to a row ...
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Blind Pilot Blind Pilot is an American indie folk band based in Portland, Oregon, United States. They have released three albums and one EP since 2008. History On July 15, 2008, Blind Pilot released their debut CD ''3 Rounds and a Sound'' on Expunged Record ...
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Bloc Party Bloc Party are an English Rock music, rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Loui ...
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Blouse A blouse (blau̇s, 'blau̇z, ) is a loose-fitting upper garment that was worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.The Concise Oxford English Dictionary It is typically gathered at the waist or hips (by tight hem, pleats, parter ...
* Blonde Redhead *
Blood Red Shoes Blood Red Shoes are an English alternative rock duo from Brighton consisting of Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell. They have released six full-length albums, '' Box of Secrets'' (2008), '' Fire Like This'' (2010), '' In Time to Voices'' (2012), ...
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Blue October Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist M ...
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Bon Iver Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, ''For Emma, Forever Ago,'' independently in July 2007. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon ...
* Bonaparte *
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* Born Ruffians *
Boss Hog Boss Hog is an American punk blues band including the husband and wife duo of Jon Spencer (guitar) and Cristina Martinez (vocals) along with Jens Jurgensen (bass), Hollis Queens (drums) and Mickey Finn (keyboard). The band achieved some notorie ...
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Boy Kill Boy Boy Kill Boy were an English rock band based in Leytonstone, East London. The band produced two studio albums and six singles before splitting in 2008. Their highest charting single was "Suzie", which reached #17 in the UK singles chart in 2006. ...
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Boygenius Boygenius (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie rock Supergroup (music), supergroup formed in 2018 by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. Their self-titled debut EP ''boygenius (EP), boygenius'' was written and recorded at ...
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Billy Bragg Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is ...
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Brainiac Brainiac is a colloquial adjective used to describe exceptionally intelligent people. It may also refer to: Culture Fictional entities * Brainiac (character), a fictional supervillain in DC Comics, and an enemy of Superman * Brainiac (story arc), ...
* Brand New * The Bravery * The Brian Jonestown Massacre * Phoebe Bridgers * Bright Eyes *
The Bright Light Social Hour The Bright Light Social Hour is an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Jackie O'Brien on bass and vocals, Curtis Roush on guitar and vocals, Zac Catanzaro on drums, Mia Carruthers on keys and vocals, and Jua ...
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Bristeil Bristeil are an indie rock music band from Minsk, Belarus. Their music is often referred to as "intelligent rock". The group was formed in 2013 in music, 2013 by lead vocalist and guitarist Aleh Vial. They released the debut Extended play, EP '' ...
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Brite Futures Brite Futures (formerly known as Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, often shortened to NPSH) was an American indie rock/electronica band from Seattle, Washington. The group released its debut album in July 2008 and disbanded in 2012. Their former name ...
* British Sea Power *
Broken Bells Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, ...
* Broken Social Scene *
Broken Spindles Broken Spindles was a band solely consisting of Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska, who also played bass, guitar and keyboards in The Faint. The music of Broken Spindles ranged from instrumental electronic songs to sparse piano pieces to rock-infl ...
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Bromheads Jacket Bromheads (formerly Bromheads Jacket) are a two-piece British garage rock band originating from Sheffield, England. History Bromheads formed in Sheffield in 2005, following the split of a band called Fixated. Although often compared to othe ...
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The Brother Kite The Brother Kite is an American alternative rock band, formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2002. The band consists of Patrick Boutwell on guitar and lead vocals; Jon Downs on guitar and vocals; Andrea Downs on bass guitar; Mark Howard on guitar ...
* The Brothers Martin *
Cary Brothers Cary Brothers (born 1974) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, Tennessee, United States. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the influential Hotel Cafe venue, Brothers first gained ...
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Ian Brown Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, re ...
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The Brunettes The Brunettes were an indie pop or twee pop group from New Zealand formed in 1998 to 2009. The band consists of core members Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield, with additional contributions from part-time members such as Ryan McPhun and Chel ...
* The Buddyrevelles * Jake Bugg * Built to Spill *
Butterglory Butterglory was an American indie rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. Contemporaries of indie rock groups like Pavement and Archers of Loaf, the band released four albums with Merge Records. History Composed of Matt Suggs and Debby Vander Wall, th ...
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Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas, by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been ...
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Cajun Dance Party Cajun Dance Party were a five-piece band based in London, England. They originally consisted of Robbie Stern, Max Bloom, Daniel Blumberg, Will Vignoles, and Vicky Freund. Blumberg and Bloom left the band in 2009 to form the band Yuck, while ot ...
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Cake Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, ...
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Calexico Calexico () is a city in southern Imperial County, California. Situated on the Mexican border, it is linked economically with the much larger city of Mexicali, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California. It is about east of San Diego ...
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Calla ''Calla'' (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arumDickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 62.) is a genus of flowering plant i ...
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Camber Camber may refer to a variety of curvatures and angles: * Camber angle, the angle made by the wheels of a vehicle * Camber beam, an upward curvature of a joist to compensate for load deflection due in buildings * Camber thrust in bike technology * ...
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Cansei de Ser Sexy ''Cansei de Ser Sexy'' is the first full-length album by Brazilian indie rock band CSS. It was released on October 9, 2005 by Trama in Brazil, where it reportedly sold 5,000 copies and failed to chart. It was released in the United States on July ...
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The Cape Race The Cape Race are an English five-piece British rock band from Manchester, England. They formed in September 2009. Member history and formation The members of The Cape Race came together from being part of different bands in the Manchester sce ...
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Cap'n Jazz Cap'n Jazz (sometimes stylised as caP'n Jazz) was an American emo band formed in Chicago in 1989 by brothers Tim and Mike Kinsella, who were joined by Sam Zurick and Victor Villarreal. After a number of name changes and the addition of guitaris ...
* The Capricorns *
Carissa's Wierd Carissa's Wierd was an American indie rock band based in Seattle that formed in 1995 and disbanded in late 2003. Their sound has been described as "chamber rock".Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as Carter USM or simply Carter) were an English indie rock band formed in 1987 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style o ...
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Car Seat Headrest Car Seat Headrest (CSH) is an American indie rock band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backing vocals) ...
* Neko Case *
Caspian Caspian can refer to: *The Caspian Sea *The Caspian Depression, surrounding the northern part of the Caspian Sea *The Caspians, the ancient people living near the Caspian Sea *Caspian languages, collection of languages and dialects of Caspian peopl ...
* Castor *
Cat Power Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( ; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a ...
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Catatonia (band) Catatonia were an alternative rock band from Wales who gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s. The band formed in 1992 after Mark Roberts met Cerys Matthews and Kirsty Kennedy. The first major lineup featured Dafydd Ieuan of Super Furry A ...
* Catfish and the Bottlemen * Catherine * Catherine Wheel * Cavetown * The Charlatans * Charlie Straight * Chavez *
Chester French Chester French was an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter David-Andrew 'D.A.' Wallach and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Maxwell Drummey. They met as college students at Harvard University, naming their band ...
* Chet Faker *
Chikita Violenta Chikita Violenta is a Mexican indie rock band from Mexico City. The band members are Luis Arce, Andrés Velasco, Esteban Suárez and Armando David. They all met in high school between 1994 and 1997. Since the beginning of the band, Chikita Violen ...
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The Chills The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band is essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who is the group's sole constant member. For a time in the 1990s, the act was billed a ...
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Chisel A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, stru ...
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Circa Survive Circa Survive is an American rock music, rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that formed in 2004. The band, led and founded by Anthony Green (musician), Anthony Green, consisted of former members from This Day Forward and Taken. Circa ...
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Circa Waves Circa Waves are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2013. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Kieran Shudall, guitarist Joe Falconer, bassist Sam Rourke, and drummer Colin Jones. History Early years (2013) Shudall met ...
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Citizens Here and Abroad Citizens Here and Abroad is an indie rock group from San Francisco, California, United States, that formed in 2002. Band history Citizens Here and Abroad was formed in 2002 when Adrienne Robillard and Dan Lowrie, following the breakup of their pr ...
* Clairo *
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (sometimes abbreviated to CYHSY) is the musical project of American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Alec Ounsworth, active since the early 2000s in and out of Philadelphia. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have rel ...
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The Clean The Clean was a New Zealand indie rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1978. They have been described as the most influential band to come from the Flying Nun label, which recorded many artists associated with the "Dunedin sound".Schmidt, Andr ...
* Clearlake * The Clientele *
Clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...
* Cloud Cult *
Cloud Nothings Cloud Nothings is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, founded by singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi. It currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Dylan Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz, bassist Noah Depew, and guitarist ...
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The Cloud Room The Cloud Room is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York, named after the Prohibition-era speakeasy at the top of the Chrysler Building. Their self-titled album was released in 2005 and contains the hit "Hey Now Now", a song that garnered th ...
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Cocteau Twins Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
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Codeine Codeine is an opiate and prodrug of morphine mainly used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea. It is also commonly used as a recreational drug. It is found naturally in the sap of the opium poppy, ''Papaver somniferum''. It is typically use ...
* Cold War Kids * Coldplay * Colony House * Paul Collins * Colossal *
Colour Revolt Colour Revolt is an American Rock music, rock band from Oxford, Mississippi. History Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy (Mississippi), Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the n ...
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The Comas The Comas were an indie rock band active from 1998 to 2008. They formed in Chapel Hill, NC, in March 1998 as a 'joke country band', a sort of counterweight to the hyped No Depression movement. Before long, however, both the "joke" and the "countr ...
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Come Come may refer to: *Comè, a city and commune in Benin *Come (Tenos), an ancient town on Tenos island, Greece Music *Come (American band), an American indie rock band formed in 1990 *Come (UK band), a British noise project founded in 1979 **Come ...
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Common Rotation Common Rotation is an American indie folk, indie folk rock band consisting of Eric Kufs, (vocals, guitar), Adam Busch (vocals, saxophone, harmonica, glockenspiel), and Jordan Katz (vocals, trumpet, banjo). The three are childhood friends from New ...
* Company of Thieves * Conan Gray * The Connells *
Consafos Consafos is a four-piece indie rock band from Los Angeles, California and Omaha, Nebraska. Made up of four veteran musicians from such bands as Topeka, Ritual of Defiance, Glasscraft, and current members of Bright Eyes and The Good Life as well a ...
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Constantines Constantines is an indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. History Constantines was formed in 1999 by vocalist and guitarist Bryan Webb, drummer Doug MacGregor and guitarist Paul Bright, all of whom had played together in the emo band Shou ...
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Jack Conte Jack Conte (; born July 12, 1984) is an American musician and co-founder and CEO of Patreon. He is one half of the band Pomplamoose, along with his wife Nataly Dawn, co-leader of the band Scary Pockets, and leader of the band Magaziine. Career C ...
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Contrived Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band."C ...
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Controlling the Famous Controlling the Famous was a Los Angeles, California-based indie rock band formed in 2001. After signing with The Militia Group, the band recorded the album ''Automatic City'', which was released on May 16, 2006. The band split up in 2007. Histor ...
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Cookie Duster Cookie Duster is a Canadian indie rock band, who were briefly active in Toronto in the late 1990s before reforming with some new members in 2012. History Originally formed in the late 1990s by Brendan Canning and Bernard Maiezza after the diss ...
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Cop Shoot Cop Cop Shoot Cop was a noise rock group founded in New York City in 1987. They disbanded in 1996. The band were frequently classified as industrial rock, but were often quite different from many bands so dubbed: having a distinctive instrumental l ...
* Copeland * The Coral * The Coral Sea *
Cornershop Cornershop are a British indie rock band best known for their single "Brimful of Asha", originally released in 1997 and, in a remixed version, topping the UK chart in 1998. The band was formed in 1991 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (singe ...
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Amy Correia Amy Correia (born September 12, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter who grew up in Lakeville, Massachusetts. Biography Correia lived in New York's Chinatown after graduating from Barnard College. She worked in advertising, writing copy ...
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Matt Costa Matthew Albert Costa (born June 16, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter from Huntington Beach, California, United States. He has 13 independent releases: 7 self-recorded EPs, 6 complete LPs, 4 of which are released via Brushfire Records. H ...
* Courteeners * Cows * Graham Coxon *
The Crabs The Crabs were a Portland, Oregon-based indie-rock band. Originally formed as a duo with Jonn Lunsford (vocals, guitar) and Lisa Jackson (vocals, drums), the pair later added keyboardist Sarah Dougher following their 1997 release ''What Were Flam ...
* The Cranberries *
Cranes Crane or cranes may refer to: Common meanings * Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird * Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting ** Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads People and fictional characters * Crane (surname), ...
* The Cribs *
Criteria Criterion, or its plural form criteria, may refer to: General * Criterion, Oregon, a historic unincorporated community in the United States * Criterion Place, a proposed skyscraper in West Yorkshire, England * Criterion Restaurant, in London, Eng ...
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Dan Croll Daniel Francis Croll (born 18 July 1990) is a British singer-songwriter. He began his career in 2011 when he was named Songwriter of the Year by the Musicians' Benevolent Fund while attending the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. His deb ...
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Crooked Fingers Crooked Fingers was an American indie rock band, led by the former Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann. A vehicle for Bachmann's songwriting, the band's lineup changed between each record. Crooked Fingers released albums on WARM Records and Merg ...
* The Crookes * Crying *
Crystal Antlers __NOTOC__ Crystal Antlers is an American band from Long Beach, California. History Origins The band started in late 2006 in Long Beach, California, as a 3-piece, Kevin Stuart (drums), Errol Davis (guitar) and Jonny Bell (bass/vocals). The three ...
* Crystal Castles *
Crystal Fighters Crystal Fighters are an English-Spanish electronic music band, formed in 2007, in London, England, and in Navarre, Spain. Their debut album, ''Star of Love'', was released in October 2010 in the UK and was released in the US through Atlantic Re ...
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Cud Cud is a portion of food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to the mouth to be chewed for the second time. More precisely, it is a bolus of semi-degraded food regurgitated from the reticulorumen of a ruminant. Cud is produced during the phy ...
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Cuff the Duke Cuff the Duke is a Canadian alt-country band from Oshawa, Ontario. They play a blend of traditional country and folk music with indie rock influences. History Cuff the Duke formed in Oshawa, drawing their name from a shirt purchased by front- ...
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Cults In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ...
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Curve In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line (geometry), line, but that does not have to be Linearity, straight. Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point (ge ...
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Cut Off Your Hands Cut Off Your Hands (COYH) was a post-punk band from New Zealand. Formed from the ashes of Auckland post-punk act Nova Echo, Cut Off Your Hands have since released a number of recordings on the labels Speak N Spell, SIXSEVENINE and French Kiss R ...
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* Lucy Dacus * The Dandy Warhols * Daphne Loves Derby * Dappled Cities * Dark Stares *
Darker My Love Darker My Love was a psychedelic rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Guitarist/vocalist Tim Presley, a former member of the hardcore punk band The Nerve Agents, formed the band in 2004 with drummer and former Nerve Agents bandmate Andy Gr ...
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Dawn of the Replicants Dawn of the Replicants are a Scottish indie rock quintet from Galashiels. Four of the 1997 line-up (Pringle, Vickers, Simian and Small) had previously worked together on the short-lived Scottish music magazine, ''Sun Zoom Spark''. Band members ...
* Dawnstar * Days Away * Deakin *
Dear and the Headlights Dear and the Headlights was an American indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2005. They released two widely known demos, recorded by future bassist Chuckie Duff, before their debut album was released. These demos included five songs r ...
* The Dears *
Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboar ...
* The Decemberists * Deer Tick *
Declan McKenna Declan Benedict McKenna (born 24 December 1998) is an English singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for winning the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015. McKenna self-released the song "Brazil", a protest son ...
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Deerhunter Deerhunter is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001. The band currently consists of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Moses Archuleta (drums, electronics, sound treatments), Lotus Plaza, Lockett Pundt (guitar, ...
* The Defog *
Dehd Dehd is an American three-piece indie rock band from Chicago formed in 2015. The band consists of members Emily Kempf (b. September 3, 1984), Jason Balla (b. March 25, 1990), and Eric McGrady (b. June 25, 1988). History The band formed in 2015. ...
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Delays Delays are an English indie rock, indie band formed in Southampton, which consisted of brothers Greg and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly until Greg Gilbert's death in 2021. The band's sound combines guitar and synths and featured Greg Gilbe ...
* Delta Spirit *
Mac Demarco MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut ''Rock and Roll Night C ...
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Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the thir ...
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The Departure The Departure was an English rock band from Northampton, formed in October 2003. Their debut album, ''Dirty Words'', was released 13 June 2005 by Parlophone. A second album, ''Inventions'', was expected to be released in early 2008, but was not ...
* Desaparecidos *
Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
* The Detachment Kit *
dEUS ''Deus'' (, ) is the Latin word for "god" or "deity". Latin ''deus'' and ''dīvus'' ("divine") are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European *'' deiwos'', "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as '' *Dyēus'', the reconstructed chief g ...
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Kevin Devine Kevin Devine (born December 19, 1979) is an American songwriter and musician from Staten Island, New York City, who is known for his introspective and political themes. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk m ...
* The Diableros * DIIV *
Dikta Dikta is an indie rock band from Iceland. They have released five albums thus far. Biography In its present incarnation, the group began in 1999. They played in the Icelandic band competition Músíktilraunir in 2000 and were finalists. Dikta's f ...
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The Dinner Is Ruined The Dinner Is Ruined is a Canadian indie rock band. the band plays an experimental and improvisational brand of blues rock. The band members are Dale Morningstar, Dave Clark and Dr. Johnny Pee. History The Dinner Is Ruined was formed in 1991 by ...
* Dinosaur Bones *
Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name. The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlow ( ...
* Dirty Pretty Things *
Dirty Projectors Dirty Projectors is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002. The band is the project of singer-songwriter David Longstreth, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The b ...
* Dishwalla *
The Dismemberment Plan The Dismemberment Plan was a Washington, D.C. based indie rock band formed on January 1, 1993. Also known as D-Plan or The Plan, the name was derived from an industry phrase used by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in the popular comedy '' Ground ...
* Dispatch *
La Dispute :''This is for the Marivaux play, for the band, see La Dispute (band).'' ''La Dispute'' is a prose comedy written by Pierre de Marivaux, shown for the first time on 19 October 1744 by the Théâtre-Italien in the Hôtel de Bourgogne. The story i ...
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The Dodos The Dodos are an American indie rock band consisting of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber. History The Dodos began playing music together in 2005, when musician Meric Long, who had been gigging steadily in San Francisco as a solo singer-songwriter, ...
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Dogs The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...
* Dogs Die in Hot Cars * Dolo Tonight *
Dom Dom or DOM may refer to: People and fictional characters * Dom (given name), including fictional characters * Dom (surname) * Dom La Nena (born 1989), stage name of Brazilian-born cellist, singer and songwriter Dominique Pinto * Dom people, an et ...
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Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
* Doves *
Dr. Dog Dr. Dog is an American rock band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its lineup consists of Toby Leaman (bass guitar), Scott McMicken (lead guitar), Frank McElroy ( rhythm guitar), Zach Miller (keyboard), Eric Slick ( drums), an ...
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The Dream Syndicate The Dream Syndicate is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1981 to 1989, and reunited since 2012. The band is associated with neo-psychedelia and the Paisley Underground music movement; of the b ...
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Dressy Bessy Dressy Bessy is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado led by songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, Tammy Ealom. The band is associated with the Elephant Six Recording Company and shares guitarist John Hill with The Apples in Stereo. Ealom for ...
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Drowners Drowners are an American-Welsh indie rock band formed in New York City in 2011 by Matthew Hitt (lead vocals, guitar), Jack Ridley III (lead guitar), Erik Lee Snyder (bass) and Daniel Jacobs (drums).
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Dry the River Dry the River were an English alternative rock band, formed in the Stratford district of East London in 2009. History They played their first headline show at the Luminaire in Kilburn, London, in April 2010. Since this time, the band have t ...
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Heather Duby Heather Duby (born July 26, 1974, in Eugene, Oregon) is an American singer-songwriter. History Heather Duby grew up in Portland, Oregon, studied at Evergreen State College, located in Olympia, Washington. She relocated to Seattle in 1994. For se ...
* The Dudes * Duotang * Dwarves *
DYGL DYGL are a four-piece indie rock band from Tokyo, Japan. Three members of the band, Akiyama, Kachi, and Kamoto, were also members of five-piece indie rock band Ykiki Beat, which officially disbanded in 2017. Band members * Nobuki Akiyama – l ...
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The Dykeenies The Dykeenies are a Scottish indie rock band from Cumbernauld, formed in 2005. The group consists of brothers Brian Henderson (vocals, synthesizers) and Andrew Henderson (bass guitar, backing vocals), along with Steven Ramsay (lead guitar, bac ...
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Los Dynamite Los Dynamite are a Mexican indie rock band based in Mexico City. Most of their songs are written in English. The band is made up of Diego Solorzano (vocals, guitar), Miguel Angel Bribiesca (bass) and Eduardo Pacheco (drums) and previously Felipe ...
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* Eagle Seagull *
Eagulls Eagulls were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Leeds in 2009. The band consisted of Mark Goldsworthy (guitar), Henry Ruddel (drums), Liam Matthews (guitar), Tom Kelly (bass), and George Mitchell (vocals). History Eagulls were formed ...
* Earlimart * The Early November * Echo and the Bunnymen * Echo Orbiter * Echobelly * Echosmith *
Edison Glass Edison Glass was an American indie rock band from Coram, Long Island, New York, consisting of Joshua Silverberg (singer/guitarist), Josh "Mountain" Morin (singer/bassist), Joe Morin (drummer), and James Usher (guitarist). The band was called ...
* Editors * The Edsel Auctioneer *
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American folk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2005. The group is led by singer Alex Ebert. The band's name is based on a story Ebert wrote in his youth, about a messianic figure named E ...
* Eels *
Efterklang Efterklang () is a Danish indie rock group from Copenhagen, formed in December 2000. The band has recorded five studio albums and are currently signed to the 4AD label, as well as their own record label Rumraket. In 2012, they released their f ...
* Eggs * Eisley * Elastica * El Azote * Elbow *
The Elected The Elected are a Los Angeles-based indie rock band. The Elected have released two albums with Sub Pop: '' Me First'' in 2004, and '' Sun, Sun, Sun'' in 2006. A third album, '' Bury Me In My Rings'', was released on 17 May 2011. Members *Blake ...
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Electrasy Electrasy are an English rock band. Formed in 1994 in Dorset, UK, the band consisted of vocalist Alisdair (Ali) McKinnell, guitarists Nigel Nisbet and Steve Atkins, bassist Alex Meadows (who joined the band before they recorded ''In Here We Fal ...
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Electric President Electric President is a Jacksonville, Florida musical group started in 2003 by Ben Cooper and Alex Kane. Both were in Helicopter Project prior to its breakup though no music from this group was ever released. Afterwards the pair decided to contin ...
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The Electric Soft Parade The Electric Soft Parade are an English psychedelic pop band from Brighton, comprising brothers Alex and Thomas White, the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians with whom they record and perform live, most recently ...
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Eleventh Dream Day Eleventh Dream Day (EDD) is an American alternative rock band from Chicago. History The band was founded by guitarists Rick Rizzo and Janet Beveridge Bean, who met at a place fondly known as 1069. This was a house/practice space/hang out in Lou ...
* Elf Power * Elle King *
Elliott Brood Elliott Brood (often stylized as Elliott BROOD) is a Canadian three-piece, alternative country band formed in 2002 in Toronto, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead vo ...
* Embrace * Empire of the Sun * The Enemy * Enon * Erase Errata * Eric's Trip * The Essex Green *
Even Even may refer to: General * Even (given name), a Norwegian male personal name * Even (surname) * Even (people), an ethnic group from Siberia and Russian Far East ** Even language, a language spoken by the Evens * Odd and Even, a solitaire game w ...
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The Evens The Evens are a Washington, D.C. indie-rock duo, formed in the fall of 2001, comprising partners Ian MacKaye (baritone guitar, vocals) (of Fugazi, formerly of Minor Threat) and Amy Farina (drums, vocals) (formerly of The Warmers). After Ian Mac ...
* Ever We Fall * Evermore *
Ewert and The Two Dragons Ewert and The Two Dragons is an Estonian indie-rock band. The line-up consists of vocalist Ewert Sundja, guitarist Erki Pärnoja, drummer Kristjan Kallas, and bassist Ivo Etti. Their debut album ''The Hills Behind The Hills'' was released in 200 ...
* Exit Clov * Explosions in the Sky *
Eyeshine The ''tapetum lucidum'' ( ; ; ) is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates and some other animals. Lying immediately behind the retina, it is a retroreflector. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light a ...
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EZ Basic EZ Basic is a guitar-pop, indie-rock project based in Budapest, Hungary formed in 2004. It started out as an experimental bedroom project in the early 00s and is noted for being one of the most eclectic bands of the Budapest indie music scene. Hi ...
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The Faint The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes, with whom T ...
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Fair to Midland Fair to Midland was an American alternative metal band based in Texas. They produced two self-released albums before signing to Serjical Strike, Serj Tankian's vanity label at Universal Republic. There, they released their only major record labe ...
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Fake Problems Fake Problems were a four-piece indie rock band from Naples, Florida. They released their first full-length album, ''How Far Our Bodies Go'', on Sabot Productions on April 27, 2007. Their second record, '' It's Great to Be Alive'', was released t ...
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Fanfarlo Fanfarlo are a London-based indie/alternative band formed in 2006 by Swedish musician Simon Balthazar. They fuse elements of folk, indie rock and post-punk using eclectic instrumentation including trumpet, violin, mandolin, musical saw, clari ...
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The Fashion The Fashion was an indie rock band hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark. Their musical style has been compared to a mix of The Rapture, Beastie Boys, Head Automatica, and LCD Soundsystem. The Fashion's debut album '' Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo'' ...
* Fastbacks * Feeble Little Horse * Feeder *
Felt Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood ...
* The Feelies * Fiction Plane *
Fields Fields may refer to: Music *Fields (band), an indie rock band formed in 2006 *Fields (progressive rock band), a progressive rock band formed in 1971 * ''Fields'' (album), an LP by Swedish-based indie rock band Junip (2010) * "Fields", a song by ...
* The Fiery Furnaces * Figurines * Film School *
Liam Finn Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand singer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band, Crowded ...
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The Fire Engines The Fire Engines were a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland. The Fire Engines were an influence on many bands that followed, including Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture, with Meat Whiplash and The Candyskins both taking their names from Fire ...
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Fitz and the Tantrums Fitz and the Tantrums are an American indie pop and neo soul band from Los Angeles, California, that formed in 2008. The band consists of Michael Fitzpatrick (lead vocals), Noelle Scaggs (co-lead vocals and percussion), James King (saxophone, ...
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Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes is an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2006. The band consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals), Ch ...
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Florence and the Machine Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and ...
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Flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...
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Foals A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal is ...
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The Folk Implosion The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. ...
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For Against For Against is an American post-punk/dream pop band from Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Despite numerous lineup shuffles and some periods of dormancy, the band has produced material steadily since 1984. History Something of an anomaly in Midw ...
* Forgive Durden * The Format *
Foster the People Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. Its members are singer Mark Foster, guitarist Sean Cimino, and keyboardist Isom Innis. Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in ...
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Fotos Fotos are a German indie rock band from Hamburg/Cologne. History Fotos' first self-titled album was released through Labels (a Record label#Sublabel, Sublabel of EMI) on 29 September 2006. Fotos can be characterised as British-ins ...
* The Frank and Walters * Frankie Cosmos * Franz Ferdinand *
The Fratellis The Fratellis are a Scottish rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom ...
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Freelance Whales Freelance Whales was an American indie rock band which formed in Queens, New York, United States, in 2008. The band consists of frontman Judah Dadone and bandmates Chuck Criss, Jacob Hyman and Kevin Read. History 2008–2011: Formation and deb ...
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French Kicks French Kicks are an American indie rock group from New York City, United States. Their sound is a mix of garage rock, post-punk, and modded pop. History Three of the original four band members, bassist Jamie Krents, vocalist/drummer Nick Stumpf, ...
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The Fresh & Onlys The Fresh & Onlys are an American rock band. They were formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 2008 by Tim Cohen of Black Fiction, bassist Shayde Sartin and guitarist Wymond Miles. A year later they recruited drummer Kyle Gibson. ...
* Freshlyground * Friendly Fires *
Frightened Rabbit Frightened Rabbit were a Scottish indie rock band from Selkirk, formed in 2003. Initially a solo project for vocalist and guitarist Scott Hutchison, the final lineup of the band consisted of Hutchison, his brother Grant (drums), Billy Kennedy ...
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Fuck ''Fuck'' is an English-language expletive. It often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to aro ...
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Fugazi Fugazi (; ) is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They are noted for their style-tr ...
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Funeral Party Funeral Party is an American alternative rock band, formed in 2005. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Chad Elliott, guitarist James Lawrence Torres, bassist Kimo Kauhola, and multi instrumentalist Tim Madrid. History The original members ...
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Funk Trek Funk Trek is a funk/jazz fusion band formed in 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska by cousins Tom Murnan and Daniel Pflug, with guitarist and friend Andrew Wahl. Funk Trek has released three studio albums, the most recent being "Quencher" released on July 10, ...
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Fur Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath. The guard hair keeps moisture from reaching the skin; the underfur acts as an insulating blanket t ...
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Further Seems Forever Further Seems Forever is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Over its initial eight-year run the band experienced several lineup changes, resulting in a different lead vocalist performing on each of their first three s ...
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The Futureheads The Futureheads are an English post-punk band from Sunderland, formed in 2000. The band consists of Ross Millard (vocals and guitar), David "Jaff" Craig (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers Barry Hyde (vocals and guitar) and Dave Hyde (drums). ...
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Galaxie Stingray Music is a Canada-based international multi-platform audio service that broadcasts continuous streaming music and other forms of audio on multiple channel feeds. The service is owned by Stingray Digital. While a song is playing on the ...
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Galaxie 500 Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums: ''Today'', '' On Fire'' and '' This Is Our Music''. The band was made up of guitarist/vocalist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon K ...
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Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...
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The Gamits The Gamits is an American pop punk Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti-suburbia the ...
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Brian Garth Brian Garth (born 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, sound engineer, producer, and teacher from Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most known for his role as a co-founder, guitarist and vocalist of Black Camaro ...
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The Gaslight Anthem The Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 2006. The band consists of Brian Fallon (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Alex Rosamilia (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Levine (bass guitar, backing vocals), ...
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General Fiasco General Fiasco are an indie rock group from Bellaghy, Northern Ireland. Since their formation in 2006, they have toured with Little Comets, Fighting With Wire, The Wombats, One Night Only, The Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy, Jet and Kids in Gl ...
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Generationals Generationals is an American indie pop duo formed in New Orleans, Louisiana. The duo, consisting of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, released their debut album, ''Con Law'', in July 2009. An Extended play, EP, ''Trust'', followed in November 2010. Th ...
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Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
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Geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...
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The Get Up Kids The Get Up Kids are an American rock band from Olathe, Kansas. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s Midwest emo scene, otherwise known as the " second wave" of emo music. Their second album ''Something to Write Home About' ...
* Jenn Ghetto * Ghostwood *
Giant Drag Giant Drag is an American indie rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2003 by singer and guitarist Annie Hardy and drummer and keyboardist Micah Calabrese. After releasing their debut EP, '' Lemona'' in 2004, the band released their de ...
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Girl in a Coma Girl In a Coma was an American indie rock band from San Antonio, Texas, United States, formerly on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records label. The band consisted of Nina (vocals/guitar), Phanie Diaz (drums) and Jenn Alva ( bass). The name is a refer ...
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Girl in Red Marie Ulven Ringheim (born 16 February 1999) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer, known for her indie pop project Girl in Red (stylized as girl in red). Her early EPs ''Chapter 1'' (2018) and ''Chapter 2'' (2019) were recorded ...
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Girls Against Boys Girls Against Boys is a post-hardcore band which formed in Washington, D.C. and subsequently relocated to New York City shortly after their formation in 1989. The band released albums on the labels Adult Swim, Touch and Go Records, Geffen Record ...
* Glass Animals * Glasvegas *
The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only constant members throughout it ...
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Go Radio Go Radio is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed by former Mayday Parade vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Jason Lancaster in April 2007. The band toured with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, A Day to Remember, as well as Mayday Para ...
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The Go! Team The Go! Team are an English six-piece band from Brighton, England. The band initially began as a solo project conceived by Ian Parton; however, after the unexpected success of The Go! Team's debut album, '' Thunder, Lightning, Strike'', Parton r ...
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also located i ...
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The Golden Dogs The Golden Dogs are a Canadian pop-rock band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Mark Daniell.T.O.'s Golden Dogs have 'Eye' on road. JAM! Music. Canadian Online Explorer. Quebecor Media. 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-16. Formed in 2001, the band is ...
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The Golden Seals The Golden Seals are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in London, Ontario and now based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Gomez * The Good Life *
Good Shoes Good Shoes were a four-piece English indie rock band, hailing from Morden, London. Biography Good Shoes was formed by lead singer Rhys Jones and guitarist Steve Leach who often wrote and played music together as a hobby. Rhys and Steve appear ...
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Goon Moon Goon Moon is an American rock band composed of Jeordie White (also known as Twiggy Ramirez) and Chris Goss. The band released the mini-LP ''I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine'' in 2005 and have since recorded a full-length album, ''Licker's Las ...
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Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, ...
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Gossip Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means ...
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Grand Archives Grand Archives was an American indie rock band that formed in Seattle. They were originally called Archives
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Green Day Green Day is an American rock band formed in the East Bay of California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, together with bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt. For most of the band's career, they have been a powe ...
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Gregory Gray Gregory Gray (20 May 1959 – 25 April 2019), born Paul Lerwill, was a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He began his career as a member of Rosetta Stone, a 1970s boy band, and became an influential cult musician who made indie music ...
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A Great Big Pile of Leaves A Great Big Pile of Leaves is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, currently signed to Topshelf Records. It was founded by guitarist/singer Pete Weiland and drummer Tyler Soucy, who began creating and recording the ...
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Grizzly Bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...
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Noah Gundersen Noah Gundersen (born May 31, 1989) is an American indie folk singer-songwriter from Seattle. Early life Born in Olympia, Washington, Gundersen is the oldest of five biological and three adopted siblings, in a family that moved to Centralia, Was ...
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Hair Peace Salon Hair Peace Salon is a power pop band from Minsk, Belarus, influenced by British rock music, British indie rock. Hair Peace Salon's music is distinguished by its use of English lyrics with emotional flow and drastic mood swings in songs. The gro ...
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Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
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Half Japanese Half Japanese is an American art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair around 1975, sometime after the family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland. Their original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playi ...
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Half Man Half Biscuit Half Man Half Biscuit are an English rock band, formed in 1984 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Known for their satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs, the band comprises lead singer and guitarist Nigel Blackwell, bassist and singer Neil Cr ...
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Half Moon Run Half Moon Run is a Canadian indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. The group is known for their heavy use of layered percussion, group vocal harmonies, and for playing multiple instruments during live performances. Career 2009–2013: Forma ...
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The Halo Benders The Halo Benders was a band formed in 1994 as a side project by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, ''God Don't Make No Junk'', in 1994. They followed up in 1996 with ''Don't T ...
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Albert Hammond, Jr. Albert Hammond Jr. (''born'' Hammond III; born April 9, 1980) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his role as rhythm and lead guitarist, as well as occasional keyboard player and backing vocalist ...
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Handsome Furs Handsome Furs was a Montreal-based indie rock duo which consisted of Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry, who were married at the time. Boeckner is best known for his time in the bands Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic. The band announced its breakup on M ...
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Hard-Fi Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band, formed in 2003 in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. The band's most recent lineup before going on hiatus consisted of Richard Archer (lead vocals and guitar), Kai Stephens (bass guitar and backing vocals) and S ...
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The Hard Lessons The Hard Lessons are a rock band from Detroit, Michigan, known for their high-energy live appearancesTaylor, Chris "Box"The Hard Lessons - Biography Allmusic. Retrieved 21 February 2013. and innovative sound. The band has toured extensively in t ...
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PJ Harvey Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined loca ...
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Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls (band), Some Girls, and The Lemonheads. She also fronted her own band, The Julia ...
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Gemma Hayes Gemma Hayes (born 11 August 1977) is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments, including the piano and the harmonica. She is also a m ...
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Headphones Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound. Headphones let a single user listen to an au ...
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Headswim Headswim are an English alternative rock band active during the 1990s, best known for their 1997 single "Tourniquet". Band members subsequently went on to projects including BlackCar, Tenebrous Liar and Mew. History The band originally forme ...
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Thee Heavenly Music Association Thee Heavenly Music Association was formed by Multi Platinum Producer and Engineer, Dave Hillis and Helen Storer. (noted for her high-profile role in London all girl punk band Fluffy) Storer is also known for performing live shows with Fireball ...
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Heavy Stereo Heavy Stereo were an English alternative rock band, who were active from 1993 to 1999. There were known for their 1970s glam rock styled sound, and their sole album, ''Déjà Voodoo''. They were also on the same record label and opened for Oas ...
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The Helio Sequence The Helio Sequence is an American indie rock duo from Beaverton, Oregon, signed to Sub Pop. The band consists of Brandon Summers on vocals and guitars and Benjamin Weikel on drums and keyboards. History Summers and Weikel formed The Helio Sequ ...
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Helium Helium (from el, ἥλιος, helios, lit=sun) is a chemical element with the symbol He and atomic number 2. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas and the first in the noble gas group in the periodic table. ...
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Her Space Holiday Her Space Holiday is the recording moniker of indietronic and indie rock artist Marc Bianchi. History Marc Bianchi began as a musician in the California hardcore scene. He was a part of Indian Summer and Mohinder before assuming the moniker "He ...
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Her's Her's were an indie rock band from Liverpool, England, composed of Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading. The band's debut full-length LP ''Invitation to Her's'' was released in August 2018, following the compilation LP ''Songs of Her's'' which ...
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Hey Rosetta! Hey Rosetta! is a Canadian seven-piece indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and led by singer/songwriter Tim Baker. Known for their energized live shows, the band created a large, layered sound by incorporating piano, viol ...
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The High Dials The High Dials are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band started out playing a brand of pop music strongly influenced by 1960s British mod styles, but their sound has broadened to incorporate power pop, psychedeli ...
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The Hiss The Hiss was an American five piece rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Career Adrian Barrera and Todd Galpin set their sights on Georgia after a lackluster music career in their home state of Florida. They soon met up with Ian Fran ...
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Hoax A hoax is a widely publicized falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions to gull its victims into pu ...
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The Hold Steady The Hold Steady is an American rock band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, now based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The band consists of Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums), ...
* Hollerado * The Holloways * The Honorary Title * The Hoosiers *
Hop Along Hop Along is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly known as Hop Along, Queen Ansleis. History Hop Along began as an acoustic freak folk solo project known as Hop Along, Queen Ansleis in 2004, during Frances Quinl ...
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An Horse An Horse is an Australian indie rock band, originally from Brisbane, Australia. The band is a duo, composed of Kate Cooper on guitar/vocals and Damon Cox on drums/backing vocals. To date, An Horse has released three full-length albums: ''Rearr ...
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Hot Chip Hot Chip are an English synthpop band formed in London in 1995. The group consists of multi-instrumentalists Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, Al Doyle, Owen Clarke, and Felix Martin. They are occasionally joined by former member Rob Smoughton for ...
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Hot Hot Heat Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, formed in 1999. The band was signed by Seattle label Sub Pop in 2001 and released its first EP, ''Knock Knock Knock'', and first full-length album, '' Make Up the Break ...
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Howlin' Maggie Howlin' Maggie was a four-piece band founded by (and fronted by) Harold "Happy" Chichester in Columbus, Ohio, in 1994. Chichester was previously the bassist for Royal Crescent Mob, and is also a founding member of The Twilight Singers with Greg ...
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Hozier Andrew John Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known professionally as Hozier ( ), is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. His music primarily draws from folk, soul and blues, often using religious and literary themes. He had his interna ...
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Hum Hum may refer to: Science * Hum (sound), a sound produced with closed lips, or by insects, or other periodic motion * Mains hum, an electric or electromagnetic phenomenon * The Hum, an acoustic phenomenon * Venous hum, a physiological sensation ...
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Human Highway ''Human Highway'' is a 1982 American comedy film starring and co-directed by Neil Young under his pseudonym Bernard Shakey. Dean Stockwell co-directed the film and acted along with Russ Tamblyn, Dennis Hopper, and the band Devo. Included is a c ...
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The Hundred in the Hands The Hundred in the Hands (sometimes abbreviated as THITH) is an American electronic music duo from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 2008. The band consists of Eleanore Everdell (vocals, keyboards) and Jason Friedman (guitar, programming). The ba ...
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The Hush Sound The Hush Sound is an American indie pop band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Initially named "The Hush," the band later changed its name to "The Hush Sound" due to the discovery of a rapper with the same name. The band consists of Bob M ...
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I Am Arrows I Am Arrows is an indie rock band founded by former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows in June 2009. Eleven days after he left Razorlight, it was revealed that Burrows had signed to Universal Records – the same record label as his ex-band. L ...
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Ida Ida or IDA may refer to: Astronomy * Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter *243 Ida, an asteroid *International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station Computing *Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a techn ...
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Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
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Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their sing ...
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Immaculate Machine Immaculate Machine was a Canadian indie pop band from Victoria, British Columbia, active from 2003 to 2011.
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In-Flight Safety In-Flight Safety is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2003. In-Flight Safety was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award for Video of the Year for "Coast Is Clear". They are currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The group consists of vocalist ...
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Les Incompétents Les Incompétents were an English indie rock band from London, England. They released a number of singles culminating in a compilation of their work, ''End of an Error (2004-2006)''. Members of Les Incompetents have gone on to form further bands ...
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Infadels Infadels were a London-based indie-electro band signed to the Wall of Sound record label. Infadels were founded in 2003 by Alex Bruford (drums), Matt Gooderson (guitar, programming) and Bnann Watts (vocals), who were joined shortly afterwards b ...
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Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...
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Iron & Wine Samuel "Sam" Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released six studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a ...
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Ivy ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and ...
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Jaguar Love Jaguar Love was an American post-punk band formed in Portland, Oregon in 2007. It was composed of former members of The Blood Brothers. History The band was formed by members of the bands Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves.Lester, Paul ...
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Jamie T Jamie Alexander Treays (born 8 January 1986), better known by his stage name Jamie T, is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, guitarist and record producer from Wimbledon, South London. Jamie T released his debut album, '' Panic Prevention'' ...
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Japandroids Japandroids are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of Brian King (guitar, vocals) and David Prowse (drums, vocals).Lindsay, Ca"No Fun City Rockers" ''Exclaim!'', May 2009 accessed November 10, 2010. Formed in 2006 ...
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Jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...
* Jeniferever * The Jesus and Mary Chain *
The Jesus Lizard The Jesus Lizard is an American rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas and based in Chicago, Illinois. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground… hoturned out a series of independent records filled with s ...
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Jet Jet, Jets, or The Jet(s) may refer to: Aerospace * Jet aircraft, an aircraft propelled by jet engines ** Jet airliner ** Jet engine ** Jet fuel * Jet Airways, an Indian airline * Wind Jet (ICAO: JET), an Italian airline * Journey to Enceladus a ...
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Jets to Brazil Jets to Brazil was an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, USA. They formed in 1997 and were active until 2003. History Jets to Brazil was founded by Blake Schwarzenbach, the former frontman of Jawbreaker, and Jeremy Chatelain, w ...
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Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They h ...
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JJ72 JJ72 were an alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland. After forming in 1996, they signed to Lakota Records in 1999 and released two albums before splitting in 2006. History Formation and early years The band was formed in 1996 by lead singer ...
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Jjamz Phases (formerly known as JJAMZ and pronounced ''juh-jamz'') is an American indie pop band from Los Angeles, California composed of Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley / Bright Eyes/ Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Plane ...
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Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
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Johnossi Johnossi is a rock duo from Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County, Sweden, consisting of songwriter, singer, guitarist John Engelbert and drummer, percussionist, singer Oskar Bonde, Oskar "Ossi" Bonde. History Engelbert and Bonde first met when they w ...
* Daniel Johnston * Jon Spencer Blues Explosion * Jonezetta * The Joy Formidable * Joy Zipper * Joyce Manor * Jukebox the Ghost * Julien-K * The June Brides * June of 44 * The Jungle Giants * Tyler Joseph *Jupiter One Back to top


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* Kabul Dreams * Kaiser Chiefs * KaitO * Kakkmaddafakka * Karate (band), Karate * Karkwa * The Karl Hendricks Trio * Karnivool * Kasabian * Kashmir (band), Kashmir * Katie Kim (Irish musician), Katie Kim * The KBC * Keane (band), Keane * Kent (band), Kent * Kettcar * Kids in Glass Houses * Kids of 88 * Killing Joke * The Kills * Kind of Like Spitting * King Charles (musician), King Charles * King Cobb Steelie * Kings of Convenience * Kings of Leon * * Kiss Kiss (band), Kiss Kiss * Kitchens of Distinction * Klaxons * Klimt 1918 * The Knux * Kodaline * Kongos (band), Kongos * The Kooks * Kubb (band), Kubb * Ben Kweller Back to top


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* Ladyhawk (band), Ladyhawk * Ladyhawke (musician), Ladyhawke * Land of Talk * Mark Lanegan * Larrikin Love * The La's * Last Dinosaurs * The Last Shadow Puppets * The Late B.P. Helium * The Law (Scottish band), The Law * LCD Soundsystem * Adrianne Lenker * Sondre Lerche * Letting Up Despite Great Faults * Levitation (band), Levitation * Jenny Lewis * Liars (band), Liars * The Libertines * The Like * Lilys * Little Birdy * Little Comets * Little Joy * The Little Killers * Little Man Tate (band), Little Man Tate * The Little Ones (band), The Little Ones * Local Natives * Lodger (Finnish band), Lodger * London Grammar * The Lonely Forest * The Long Blondes * The Long Winters * Longview (British band), Longview * Longwave (band), Longwave * Look Mexico * Look See Proof * Lord Huron * Lockett Pundt, Lotus Plaza * Loudspeakers (band), LOUDspeakers * Louis XIV (band), Louis XIV * Love as Laughter * Lovechild (band), Lovechild * Lovedrug * Lovejoy * LoveLikeFire * The Lovely Bad Things * The Lovely Feathers * The Lovely Sparrows * Low (band), Low * Lowtide * Low Water (band), Low Water *The Lumineers * Luna (1990s American band), Luna * Lush (band), Lush * The Luyas * Lydia (band), Lydia * Lykke Li Back to top


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* M83 (band), M83 * The Maccabees (band), The Maccabees * Macha (band), Macha * Math the Band * Madsen (band), Madsen * Mae * The Mae Shi * MagellanMusic * The Magic Numbers * Magneta Lane * The Magnetic Fields * Magon (musician) * Major Maker * Make-Up (American band), The Make-Up * Making April * Malajube * Male Bonding (band), Male Bonding * Pyotr Mamonov * Man Man * Manchester Orchestra * Eleni Mandell * Mando Diao * Dan Mangan * Manic Street Preachers * Aimee Mann * Mansun * Maps (band), Maps * Maps & Atlases * Marine Research * Maritime (band), Maritime * The Mark Inside * Laura Marling * The Mars Volta * Mates of State * Matmos * Matt and Kim * Matt Pond PA * Maxïmo Park * Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan * Erin McKeown * Mclusky * Andrew McMahon * Mean Red Spiders * Meg & Dia * Memphis (band), Memphis * Javiera Mena * Meneguar * Menomena * The Mercury Program * Mercury Rev * Mesh-29 * Metavari * Metric (band), Metric * Metronomy * The Metros * Meursault (band), Meursault * Mew (band), Mew * MewithoutYou * MGMT Back to top


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* Ingrid Michaelson * The Microphones * Midlake * Midnight Choir * Midnight Juggernauts * The Midway State * Milburn (band), Milburn * Amy Millan *Milky Chance * Mineral (band), Mineral * Miniature Tigers * Mint (band), The Mint * The Minus 5 * Minus the Bear * Miou Miou * The Miracle Workers * Mirah * Mission of Burma * Lisa Mitchell * Mitski Back to top


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* The Moaners * Modest Mouse * The Moggs * Mogwai * The Moldy Peaches * Moneen * The Moog * Moonbabies (band), Moonbabies * Thurston Moore * Moose (band), Moose * The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band * Moped (band), Moped * Moptop (band), Moptop * POP ETC, The Morning Benders * Morning Parade * Morning Runner * Morningwood * Morphine (band), Morphine * Morrissey * Mortimer Nova * Mor ve Ötesi * Mother Mother * Motion City Soundtrack * Motocade * Motorama * Bob Mould * Mount Eerie * The Mountain Goats * Moving Mountains (band), Moving Mountains * Moving Units * Mr Hudson, Mr Hudson & the Library * MS MR * múm * Mumford & Sons * Mumm-Ra (band), Mumm-Ra * Murder by Death (band), Murder by Death * Alexi Murdoch *Muse (band), Muse * Mutemath * My American Heart * My Bloody Valentine (band), My Bloody Valentine * My Brightest Diamond * My Dad Is Dead * My Federation * My Morning Jacket * Mya Rose * The Myriad * Myslovitz * Mystery Jets Back to top


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* Nada Surf * Name Taken * The Naked and Famous * Brite Futures, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head * The Nation of Ulysses * The National (band), The National * The Neighbourhood * The Nein * Neon Horse * Neon Indian * Neon Neon * Neon Trees * The Nerves * The Nervous Return * Neutral Milk Hotel * Neva Dinova * The New Electric Sound * New Order (band), New Order * The New Pornographers * The New Year (band), The New Year * NYPC, New Young Pony Club * A. C. Newman * Joanna Newsom * The Night Marchers * Nightmare of You * Nine Black Alps * No Motiv * Noah and the Whale * Noisettes * A Northern Chorus * Nothing But Thieves * The Notwist * Nova Social * The Novembers (band), The Novembers * Novillero * Now It's Overhead * Now, Now * Nude (band), Nude * Number Girl * Number One Cup * Nunatak (band), Nunatak Back to top


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* Ó (band), Ó * Oasis (band), Oasis * Oberhofer * Ocean Colour Scene * Of Monsters and Men * of Montreal * Office (band), Office * Ogre You Asshole * OK Go * Okkervil River * The Olivia Tremor Control * One for the Team * One Night Only (band), One Night Only * OneRepublic * Tara Jane O'Neil * Operahouse * Oranger * The Others (band), The Others * Owls (band), Owls * The Oxfam Glamour Models * Oxford Collapse Back to top


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* P:ano * P.K. 14 * Pacific UV, pacificUV * The Paddingtons * Page France * The Pains of Being Pure at Heart * Pale Saints * Panda Bear (musician), Panda Bear * Sharon Knight, Pandemonaeon * The Paper Hearts * Paper Lions * Papercuts (band), Papercuts * The Parlotones * Passion Pit * The Pastels * Pato Fu * Paulson (band), Paulson * Pavement (band), Pavement * Pearl Jam * Pedro the Lion * Jack Peñate * People in Planes * The Perishers (band), The Perishers * Pernice Brothers * Peter Bjorn and John * Liz Phair * Phantogram (band), Phantogram * The Phantom Band * Phantom Planet * Grant-Lee Phillips * Phoenix (band), Phoenix * The Phoenix Foundation * Phofo * Piano Magic * Piebald (band), Piebald * The Pigeon Detectives * The Pillows * Pilot Speed * Pinback * The Pink Spiders * Pixies (band), Pixies * Placebo (band), Placebo * Los Planetas * Plastiscines * Plants and Animals * Joel Plaskett * Plastilina Mosh Back to top


Pn–Pz

* Pele (English band), Pele * Pocket Symphonies * Poets of the Fall * Robert Pollard * Polvo * The Polyphonic Spree * Pomplamoose * Pony Pony Run Run * Pony Up * The Ponys (band), The Ponys * The Popguns * Portastatic * Portugal. The Man * The Posies * Robert Post (musician), Robert Post * The Postal Service * Powerspace * Pram (band), Pram * Pretty Girls Make Graves * Primal Scream * The Primitives * Prolapse (band), Prolapse * The Promise Ring * Protein (band), Protein * The Protomen * Prototypes (band), Prototypes * Matt Pryor (musician), Matt Pryor * Psapp * Pull Tiger Tail * Pulp (band), Pulp * Punchline (band), Punchline * Purity Ring (band), Purity Ring * Pussy Galore (band), Pussy Galore * PVRIS * Josh Pyke Back to top


Q

* Quasi Back to top


R

* R.E.M. * Ra Ra Riot * Rachel's * The Raconteurs * Rademacher (band), Rademacher * Radio 4 (band), Radio 4 * The Radio Dept. * Radioactive Sago Project * Radiohead * Railroad Jerk * Rainbow Arabia * Rainer Maria * Raining Pleasure * Raised by Swans * The Rakes * Lee Ranaldo * The Rapture (band), The Rapture * The Rascals (English band), The Rascals * Ratatat * The Raveonettes * Razorcuts * Razorlight * Real Estate (band), Real Estate * The Real Tuesday Weld * Red Animal War * Red House Painters * The Red Paintings * Red Sparowes * Red Stars Theory * The Redwalls * Fionn Regan * Reigning Sound * Ike Reilly * The Reindeer Section * Relient K * Corrina Repp * The Republic Tigers * The Reputation * Reverend and The Makers * Rheostatics * Damien Rice * The Ridges * The Rifles (band), The Rifles * Right Away, Great Captain! * Rilo Kiley * Ringo Deathstarr * Ringside (band), Ringside * Rio en Medio * Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter), Sam Roberts * The Robot Ate Me * The Rock*A*Teens * Rocket from the Crypt * The Rocket Summer * A Rocket to the Moon * Rodan (band), Rodan * Rodrigo y Gabriela * Rogue Wave (band), Rogue Wave * Rollerskate Skinny * Rooney (band), Rooney * The Rosebuds * Lukas Rossi * Royal Blood (band), Royal Blood * Royal City (band), Royal City * The Royal Concept * Royal Trux * The Rumble Strips * Russian Circles * The Russian Futurists * Russian Red * Röövel Ööbik Back to top


S


Sa–Sg

* Sad Day for Puppets * Said the Whale * Saint Motel * Sajama Cut * Sakanaction * Salem Hill (band), Salem Hill * Salt (band), Salt * The Salteens * Sam Fender * Sammy (band), Sammy * San Cisco * Saosin * Sarge (band), Sarge * Satellite Stories * Saucy Monky * Saves the Day * Les Savy Fav * Say Anything (band), Say Anything * Say Hi * Scanners (band), Scanners * Scarling. * School of Seven Bells * Scrawl * The Sea and Cake * Sea Girls * Sea Wolf (band), Sea Wolf * The Sea Urchins * Sebadoh * Secret Machines * Seigmen * Self (band), Self * Sally Seltmann * Seneca Hawk * The Sequins * Serena-Maneesh * The Servants * Servotron Back to top


Sh–Sm

* She & Him * She Wants Revenge * Shed Seven * Shellac (band), Shellac * Sherwood (band), Sherwood * Davetta Sherwood * The Shins * Shiny Toy Guns * Shipping News * Shitdisco * The Shondes * The Shot Heard 'Round the World * Shotty * Shout Out Louds * Shout Out Out Out Out * Shrag * Shudder to Think * Guy Sigsworth * Sigur Rós * Silent Old Mtns * Silkworm (band), Silkworm * Silver Jews * Silversun Pickups * Simple Kid * Chris Singleton (musician), Chris Singleton * Six Going On Seven * The Six Parts Seven * Sky Larkin * Skydiggers * Sleater-Kinney * Sleeper (band), Sleeper * Sleigh Bells (band), Sleigh Bells * Slint * The Slip (band), The Slip * Sloan (band), Sloan * Slowdive * Small Factory * Elliott Smith * The Smiths * Bill Callahan (musician), Smog * Smoosh * Smudge (band), Smudge * The Smugglers (band), The Smugglers Back to top


Sn–Sr

* Snail Mail (musician), Snail Mail * The Snake the Cross the Crown * Snow Patrol * Snowden (band), Snowden * Soccer Mommy * Sodagreen * The Softies * Soltero (musician), Soltero * Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin * Sonic Youth * Sons and Daughters (band), Sons and Daughters * Soul-Junk * Sound Team * The Sounds * South (band), South * Space (English band), Space * Spacemen 3 * Spain (band), Spain * Sparklehorse * Spearmint (band), Spearmint * Spector (band), Spector * Regina Spektor * The Spinanes * The Spinto Band * Spiritualized * Splendora * Spoon (band), Spoon Back to top


Ss–Sz

* St. Lucia (musician), St. Lucia * Standard Fare * Starfish (band), Starfish * Starflyer 59 * Starfucker * Starlight Mints * Stars (Canadian band), Stars * Starsailor (band), Starsailor * State Radio * The Static Jacks * Steadman (band), Steadman * Steel Pole Bath Tub * Stef Chura * Stellastarr * Stereo Total * Stereolab * Stereophonics * Steriogram * Marnie Stern * Joanna Sternberg * Sufjan Stevens * The Stills * The Stone Roses * The Strumbellas * Stornoway (band), Stornoway * The Strange Death of Liberal England (band), The Strange Death of Liberal England * The Strapping Fieldhands * Straylight Run * The Strokes * Stuck in the Sound * Steve Lacy (saxophonist), Steve Lacy * The Submarines * For Squirrels, Subrosa * Subtle (band), Subtle * The Subways * Sugar (American band), Sugar * Suit of Lights * Sugarmonkey * Sunday Jones * The Sundays * Sunday's Best * Sun Kil Moon * Sunny Day Real Estate * Sunset Rubdown * Sunset Sons * Sunset Valley * The Sunshine Fix * The Sunshine Underground * Super Furry Animals * Supercar (band), Supercar * Superchunk * Superdrag * Supergrass * Supreme Dicks * Surf Curse * Surfer Blood * Surferosa * Swervedriver * Swim Deep * Swimclub * Swirlies * Swiss Lips * Syrup16g Back to top


T


Ta–Tm

* Tahiti 80 * Taken by Cars * Taking Back Sunday * Talkdemonic * Tall Ships (band), Tall Ships * The Tallest Man on Earth * Tally Hall (band), Tally Hall * Tame Impala * Tammany Hall NYC * Tangiers (band), Tangiers * Tapes 'n Tapes * Tav Falco's Panther Burns * Maria Taylor (musician), Maria Taylor * Ted Leo and the Pharmacists * Teenage Fanclub * Tegan and Sara * Telekinesis (band), Telekinesis * Telenovela Star * The Temper Trap * Tender Trap * Terminal (American band), Terminal * Test Icicles * Thao & The Get Down Stay Down * That Dog * theaudience * Thee Oh Sees * The Thermals * These Are Powers * These Arms Are Snakes * They Might Be Giants * They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (band), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? * Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 * This Day and Age * This Mortal Coil * This Providence * This Will Destroy You * Those Dancing Days * Thousand Yard Stare * Three Mile Pilot * The Thrills * Thriving Ivory * Throw Me the Statue * Throwing Muses * Thrush Hermit * Thunderbirds Are Now! * Thursday (band), Thursday * Tickle Me Pink * Tiger Trap * Tigers Jaw * Tilly and the Wall * Tim & Jean * Timber Timbre * The Ting Tings * The Tiny * Tiny Vipers * Titus Andronicus (band), Titus Andronicus * Tops (band) * The Trousers (band) * The 1975 * Twin Peaks (band) Back to top


Tn–Tz

* Toad the Wet Sprocket * Shugo Tokumaru * Tokyo Police Club * Tokyo Rose (band), Tokyo Rose * Tomte (band), Tomte * Torres (musician), Torres * Tortoise (band), Tortoise * Trans Am (band), Trans Am * Travis (band), Travis * Treepeople * Trembling Blue Stars * Trespassers William * Tsarina * Tsunami (band), Tsunami * Corin Tucker * Tullycraft * Turn (band), Turn * TV on the Radio * Twenty One Pilots * The Twilight Sad * The Twilight Singers * Twisted Wheel (band), Twisted Wheel * Two Door Cinema Club * Two Hours Traffic * Twothirtyeight Back to top


U

* Ugly Casanova * Uh Huh Her (band), Uh Huh Her * Ultra Vivid Scene * The Unicorns * Unkle Bob Back to top


V

* The Vaccines * Vagabon * Vampire Weekend *Vance Joy * Sharon Van Etten * John Vanderslice * Chad VanGaalen * The Vaselines * Velocity Girl * The Velvet Teen * Versus (band), Versus * The Verve * The Very Hush Hush * Veto (band), Veto * VHS or Beta * The View (band), The View * Kurt Vile * The Violet Lights * The Virgins * Viva Voce (band), Viva Voce * Vivian Girls * The Von Bondies * The Vox Jaguars * Voxtrot * Viva Machine * Vundabar Back to top


W

* Wallows * Walk the Moon * Walk Off the Earth * The Walkabouts * The Walkmen * The War on Drugs (band), The War on Drugs * M. Ward * Jeremy Warmsley * Warpaint (band), Warpaint * Washed Out * Patrick Watson (musician), Patrick Watson * The Wave Pictures * Wavves * We Are Scientists * We Are Wolves * We Know, Plato! * We Were Promised Jetpacks * The Weakerthans * The Wedding Present * Ween * Weezer * Wet Confetti * What Made Milwaukee Famous (band), What Made Milwaukee Famous * Wheat (band), Wheat * Wheatus * White Denim * White Flight (band), White Flight * White Hills (band), White Hills * White Lies (band), White Lies * White Rabbits (band), White Rabbits * The White Stripes * The Whitest Boy Alive * Why? (American band), WHY? * Wilco * Wild Flag * Wild Nothing * Wildlife Control (band), Wildlife Control * Winter Gloves * WinterKids * Wintersleep * Denison Witmer * Wolf Alice * Wolf Gang * Wolf Parade * Nat & Alex Wolff * The Wombats * The Woodentops * Woods (band), Woods * The Woodsheep * Hawksley Workman * The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die * The Wrens * WU LYF * Wye Oak (band), Wye Oak Back to top


X

* Xiu Xiu * The xx * X Ambassadors Back to top


Y

* Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Yellow Ostrich * Yeti (band), Yeti * Yo La Tengo * You Me at Six * You Say Party * Young the Giant * Young Knives * Young Rival * The Young Veins * Youngblood Hawke (band), Youngblood Hawke * Youth Group * Yuck (band), Yuck * Yukon Blonde * Yves Klein Blue Back to top


Z

* Zoé (band), Zoé * Zoro (band), Zoro * Zulu Winter * The Zutons Back to top


See also

* List of indie pop artists


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Indie Rock Indie rock musicians, Lists of rock musicians by subgenre