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The Wombats
British band
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American indie rock band
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Elliot Minor
English musical group; rock band from York
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Stars
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Canadian indie rock band
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irish rock band
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EOTO
electronic band
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Rogue Wave
Rogue Wave
U.S. American music group
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The Raveonettes
Danish rock band
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The Last Shadow Puppets
English supergroup
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Young the Giant
Young the Giant
American indie rock band
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The King Blues
The King Blues
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Battles
Battles
American experimental rock group
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Dark Star Orchestra
Dark Star Orchestra
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Julien-K
Julien-K
American band
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Marianas Trench
Marianas Trench
Canadian pop rock band
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Chris Robinson Brotherhood
American blues rock band
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Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
British post-hardcore band
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Tyketto
Tyketto
American hard rock band
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Mew
Danish band
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Garbage
Garbage
rock band from the United States
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The Bees
The Bees
British band
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Naglfar
Naglfar
Swedish melodic black metal band
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Big Talk
Big Talk
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The Feelies
The Feelies
American post-punk rock band based in New Jersey
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The Polyphonic Spree
The Polyphonic Spree
American choral rock band
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Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Berlin-based German experimental post-industrial goth-pop musical group
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Interpol
Interpol
American rock band from New York City
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Pulp
UK band
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Knifeworld
Knifeworld
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The Shins
American indie rock band
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Friends were a band from Brooklyn, New York formed in September 2010 and disbanded sometime in 2013. The band, originally named Perpetual Crush, consisted of Samantha Urbani (vocals), Lesley Hann (bass, percussion, backing vocals), Nikki Shapiro (guitar, keyboards, percussion), Matthew Molnar (keyboards, percussion, bass, and brother of Charley Molnar, former head football coach at UMass) and Oliver Duncan (drums).

The group released the singles "Friend Crush" and "I'm His Girl" in 2011. On April 10, 2012, BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens selected the band's third single, "Mind Control", as his Hottest Record in the World.

Friends were named one of NME's top 50 artists of 2011 and were nominated for the BBC's poll 'Sound of 2012'. Their music has been described as eclectic; "One moment it's indie pop, the next it's mutant funk, then disco - something that sounds only of itself, even as the echoes of the past flit through the songs."