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Circa Waves
Circa Waves
British rock band
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Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice
British rock band
2
Black Honey (band)
Black Honey (band)
3
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance
American rock band
4
The 1975
The 1975
English pop and rock band
5
Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires
English band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
6
Swim Deep
Swim Deep
British indie rock band
7
Bastille
Bastille
English indie pop band
8
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Scottish band
9
Creeper
Creeper
English rock band
10
Everything Everything
Everything Everything
English rock band
11
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
English rock band
12
Daughter
Daughter
English indie folk band
13
Celeste
Celeste
American-British R&B singer
14
The Dykeenies
The Dykeenies
Scottish rock band
15
Nothing but Thieves
Nothing but Thieves
UK Rock-Band
16
Moose Blood
Moose Blood
British emo band
17
Robyn
Robyn
Swedish singer
18
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
Australian pop rock band
19
London Grammar
London Grammar
British indie pop band
20
Mystery Jets
Mystery Jets
English indie rock band
21
State Champs
State Champs
American pop punk band from Albany, New York, formed in 2010
22
Sleeper
Sleeper
British Britpop band
23
beabadoobee
beabadoobee
Filipino-British singer-songwriter
24
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Welsh alternative rock band
25
Kele Okereke
Kele Okereke
English singer/songwriter and guitarist
26
Placebo
Placebo
English alternative rock band
27
Coldplay
Coldplay
British band
28
The Wombats
The Wombats
British band
29
Frank Iero
Frank Iero
American musician
30
Marina Diamandis
Marina Diamandis
Welsh recording artist and singer-songwriter
31
Charli XCX
Charli XCX
English singer and songwriter
32
The Killers
The Killers
American rock band
33
Slowdive
Slowdive
band
34
Brandon Flowers
Brandon Flowers
American indie rock singer
35
Klaxons
Klaxons
English band
36
Mogwai
Mogwai
Scottish post-rock band
37
The Vaccines
The Vaccines
British rock band
38
Glass Animals
Glass Animals
English psychedelic pop band
39
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
British post-hardcore band
40
Emma Blackery
Emma Blackery
British singer-songwriter, YouTuber vlogger, and author
41
The Vamps
The Vamps
British musical group; pop rock band
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PVRIS
PVRIS
American pop rock band
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The Style Council
The Style Council
English band active 1983–1989
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alt-J
alt-J
British band
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James Bay
James Bay
British singer-songwriter
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James Arthur
James Arthur
English singer and musician
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The Neighbourhood
The Neighbourhood
American alternative rock band
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Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals
Welsh rock band
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Twin Atlantic
Twin Atlantic
Scottish band
50
Black Kids
Black Kids
band
51
Disclosure
Disclosure
band
52
Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things
English band
53
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Japanese-British singer-songwriter and model
54
John Grant
John Grant
American singer-songwriter
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Christine and the Queens
Christine and the Queens
French recording artist, singer, songwriter
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Elbow
Elbow
English alternative rock band
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Peace
Peace
English indie rock quartet
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Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos!
Welsh indie pop band
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Why Don't We
Why Don't We
American boy band
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Blossoms
Blossoms
British band
61
The xx
The xx
British indie pop band
62
Krept and Konan
Krept and Konan
rap duo from London
63
The Blackout
The Blackout
post-hardcore British band
64
Miles Kane
Miles Kane
British musician
65
Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon
British rock band
66
Young Guns
Young Guns
English alternative rock band from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
67
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees
English rock band

Pale Waves are an English indie rock band from Manchester, formed in 2014. It was founded originally as Creek when lead singer and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie met drummer Ciara Doran while attending university in Manchester. The band was joined by guitarist Hugo Silvani and bassist Charlie Wood, completing the lineup.

After signing a record deal with Dirty Hit in 2017, Pale Waves released their debut single "There's a Honey", followed by "Television Romance". The following year, the band were ranked fifth in the BBC Sound of 2018 poll and won the NME Under the Radar Award at the NME Awards. Pale Waves' debut EP, All the Things I Never Said, was released in February 2018. Their debut studio album My Mind Makes Noises was released on 14 September 2018 and reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart.