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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
American industrial rock band
1
Nothing
Nothing
American shoegaze band
2
Fucked Up
Fucked Up
Canadian hardcore punk band
3
Interpol
Interpol
American rock band from New York City
4
The Shins
The Shins
American indie rock band
5
Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and composer
6
Phoenix
Phoenix
French indie pop band from Versailles
7
How to Destroy Angels
How to Destroy Angels
band
8
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
American rock band
9
Health
Health
American noise rock band from Los Angeles, California
10
Give Up the Ghost
Give Up the Ghost
band
11
Matt Sweeney
Matt Sweeney
American musician
12
Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto
band
13
Ilan Rubin
Ilan Rubin
American musician
14
Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids
band
15
TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001
16
Mazzy Star
Mazzy Star
American alternative rock band
17
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
American rock group
18
Deerhunter
Deerhunter
American rock band
19
Chelsea Wolfe
Chelsea Wolfe
American singer-songwriter
20
Death Grips
Death Grips
American hip-hop industrial band
21
Dominick Fernow
Dominick Fernow
musician
22
Starflyer 59
Starflyer 59
alternative rock band from Riverside, California
23
Shearwater
Shearwater
Indie rock band from Austin, Texas
24
Ladytron
Ladytron
band
25
Grinderman
Grinderman
Australian-British musical group; rock band
26
Deafheaven
Deafheaven
American band formed in 2010
27
Youth Code
Youth Code
American electronic music group
28
¡Forward, Russia!
¡Forward, Russia!
English alternative band
29
Telefon Tel Aviv
Telefon Tel Aviv
American band
30
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Australian alternative rock band
31
Converge
Converge
American hardcore punk band
32
Iceage
Iceage
Danish band
33
The Avalanches
The Avalanches
Australian music group
34
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Canadian experimental/post-rock musical group
35
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
English electronic music duo
36
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio
37
Japandroids
Japandroids
Canadian rock band
38
Placebo
Placebo
English alternative rock band
39
KMFDM
KMFDM
German industrial band
40
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
American rock band
41
Sainthood Reps
Sainthood Reps
42
Tomahawk
Tomahawk
American supergroup
43
Erika M. Anderson
Erika M. Anderson
American signer and songwriter
44
Robin Finck
Robin Finck
American musician
45
Savages
Savages
English rock band
46
Spoon
Spoon
American band
47
M83
M83
French electronic music band (formed 2001)
48
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Canadian electronic music group
49
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
American singer-songwriter
50
Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu
American avant-garde group
51
Future Islands
Future Islands
American synthpop band
52
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
American musician
53
Best Coast
Best Coast
American surf pop band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2009
54
Attack! Attack!
Attack! Attack!
Welsh rock band
Intro
American gothic rock band
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Cold Cave is the moniker for the music of Wesley Eisold, described as a "collage of darkwave, noise, and synthpop." A number of reviewers note the affinity with early 1980s post-punk and early synthpop, in particular Joy Division and New Order.