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Brad Laner
Brad Laner
musician
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Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney
American rock band
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Marah
Marah
American rock band
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The Orange Peels
The Orange Peels
American band
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Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr.
American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984
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Morcheeba
Morcheeba
band
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Bear in Heaven
Bear in Heaven
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Mogwai
Mogwai
Scottish post-rock band
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Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire
British Electronic Music Group
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Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog
American rock band
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Hey Rosetta!
Hey Rosetta!
rock band
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Creed
Creed
American rock band
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Cut Copy
Cut Copy
band
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Ash
Ash
Northern Irish alternative rock band
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The Clean
The Clean
New Zealand indie rock band
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The Waterboys
The Waterboys
Scottish-Irish folk rock band
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Novillero
Novillero
band
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No-Man
No-Man
English art-pop duo
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Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
American indie rock band
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Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Scottish rock band
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Crass
Crass
Art collective and punk band
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Face to Face
Face to Face
American punk rock band formed in 1991
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Azalia Snail
Azalia Snail
Musician, singer-songwriter, filmmaker
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Spoon
Spoon
American band
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The Black Keys
The Black Keys
American rock band
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Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven
American rock band from Redlands, California
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States
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Steve Reich
Steve Reich
American composer
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Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
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Banco de Gaia
Banco de Gaia
UK electronic music project
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VAST
VAST
American alternative rock band
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The Supernaturals
The Supernaturals
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Lilys
Lilys
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Yukon Blonde
Yukon Blonde
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Sloan
Sloan
Canadian rock band
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Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms
American alternative rock band
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Tim Hodgkinson
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
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R. Stevie Moore
R. Stevie Moore
American musician
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Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
American rock band
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Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
American alternative rock band
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Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse
American musician, songwriter and producer
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eleventyseven
eleventyseven
American band
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Floater
Floater
American rock band
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The Band
The Band
rock band from Toronto
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Hauschka
Hauschka
German composer and pianist
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Dead Milkmen
Dead Milkmen
American satirical punk rock band
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The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Canadian band
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No Doubt
No Doubt
rock band from the United States
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Diamond Head
Diamond Head
British heavy metal band
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Discharge
Discharge
British hardcore punk band
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Handsome Furs
Handsome Furs
former Montreal-based indie rock duo
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Gnarls Barkley
Gnarls Barkley
American band
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Japanther
Japanther
band
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Little Birdy
Little Birdy
Australian indie rock band
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
American rock band
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Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World
American rock band
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Pedicab
Pedicab
Filipino alternative rock band
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Therapy?
Therapy?
Northern Irish rock band
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The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks
American country and rock band
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Big Star
Big Star
American rock band
Pattern Is Movement
American indie rock band

Pattern Is Movement

Intro
American indie rock band

Pattern Is Movement (often stylized as Pattern is Movement) is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that established in 2001. They have been categorized by some reviewers as a math rock group and compared to groups such as Don Caballero, Sunny Day Real Estate and Pinback. However, as the band moved from a five piece to a two piece, their sound moved away from the angular sound of previous records and closer to a more melodic heavy composition structure with sing-a-long choruses. The current two-piece sound can be attributed to influences such as Dirty Projectors, Beirut and Grizzly Bear. In an interview with Baeble Music, Ward coined the band with the term "indie cabaret".

In 2006, producer and engineer Scott Solter (who has worked with John Vanderslice and the Mountain Goats) remixed the 2005 album Stowaway, which he had also recorded. This remix was considered unique due to its exclusivity to analog processes. Solter is credited on the album with "machines, razors, tape."

Since 2008, Pattern Is Movement have been performing as a two-piece. On the January 2008, issue of Philadelphia Weekly they were featured in a cover story citing "Four indie bands that can expect a big year". The band emerged with a new album, All Together, documenting the lineup in the spring of 2008, also recorded with Solter. In his favorable review, Pitchfork Media writer Joe Tangari described it as "an accessible album that nonetheless sounds unlike what any other band is doing".

In April 2009 they became one of Limewire's Featured Artists.

In 2015, after releasing their self-titled fourth album, Pattern Is Movement announced their farewell tour.