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Beirut
American band
1
Jeff Mangum
neofolk musician from the United States
2
Broadcast
British electronic music group
3
Son Lux
American three-piece experimental band
4
Animal Collective
American musical group
5
Vetiver
band that plays contemporary folk music
6
Calexico
American indie rock band
7
Cass McCombs
American singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist
8
Mark Kozelek
American musician
9
Sam Amidon
American folk artist
10
The National
American indie rock band
11
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
12
Dungen
Swedish band
13
Neutral Milk Hotel
American indie rock band
14
Bat for Lashes
English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
15
Sufjan Stevens
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
16
The Front Bottoms
American rock band
17
Mogwai
Scottish post-rock band
18
Modest Mouse
American band
19
Joanna Newsom
American musician
20
Battlefield Band
Scottish folk group
21
The Cat Empire
Australian rock band
22
The Tallest Man on Earth
Swedish musician
23
Musée Mécanique
24
Lou Barlow
American musician
25
The Fiery Furnaces
American band
26
The Walkmen
American indie rock band
27
Vashti Bunyan
English singer-songwriter
28
Leftfield
British musical group
29
Darko Rundek
Croatian rock musician
30
The Decemberists
American indie rock band
31
Icy Demons
32
Surfer Blood
American indie rock band
33
Deerhunter
American rock band
34
Nancy Elizabeth
British singer-songwriter
35
Waxahatchee
American indie singer-songwriter
36
Conor Oberst
American musician
37
Run the Jewels
hip-hop duo
38
Cat Power
American singer-songwriter and actress
39
TV on the Radio
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001
40
Klaxons
English band
41
of Montreal
American rock band from Athens, Georgia
42
Blitzen Trapper
American musical group
43
Danko Jones
Canadian rock trio
44
Beach House
U.S. dream pop duo
45
Owen Pallett
Canadian musician
46
Built to Spill
American indie rock band
47
Saturday Looks Good to Me
band that plays indie pop
48
Six Feet Under
American death metal band
49
Best Coast
American surf pop band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2009
50
Kieran Hebden
English musician and DJ
51
Wilco
American alternative rock band
52
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
American indie rock band
53
Justin Vernon
American singer-songwriter
54
The Strokes
American rock band
55
Justin Townes Earle
American musician
56
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
57
Efterklang
Danish indie rock band
58
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