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The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones
American band
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Oxford Collapse
Oxford Collapse
2
The Knife
The Knife
Swedish electronic music duo
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Jade Puget
Jade Puget
American musician
4
The Blood Brothers
The Blood Brothers
band
5
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Swedish rock band
6
The Flatliners
The Flatliners
Canadian punk rock band
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
American indie rock band
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Cobra Skulls
Cobra Skulls
9
Andy Bell
Andy Bell
British musician, guitar player in the bands Ride and Oasis
10
Strike Anywhere
Strike Anywhere
band
11
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
band
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Dave Hause
Dave Hause
American musician
13
Howards Alias
Howards Alias
punk band
14
Knife Party
Knife Party
Australian electronic music duo
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Anders Nyström
Anders Nyström
Swedish musician
16
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
American indie rock band
17
No Age
No Age
band
18
Per Gessle
Per Gessle
Swedish singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Roxette
Roxette
Swedish pop duo
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Chromatics
Chromatics
band
21
Brand New
Brand New
American Rock band
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Be Your Own Pet
Be Your Own Pet
band
23
Annie
Annie
Norwegian singer-songwriter and DJ
24
Karin Dreijer
Karin Dreijer
Swedish musician
25
Future Islands
Future Islands
American synthpop band
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These Are Powers
These Are Powers
band that plays art rock
27
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
band that plays punk rock
28
Burial
Burial
British electronic musician
29
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur
American singer-songwriter
30
The One AM Radio
The One AM Radio
American band
31
Clodagh Simonds
Clodagh Simonds
Irish singer
32
Beirut
Beirut
American band
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TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001
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The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee
band
35
Fucked Up
Fucked Up
Canadian hardcore punk band
36
Love Is All
Love Is All
37
Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson
American musician and singer-songwriter
38
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
band that plays alternative country
39
Dev Hynes
Dev Hynes
British musician
40
Steve DeMarchi
Steve DeMarchi
Canadian musician
41
Gregg Gillis
Gregg Gillis
American musician
42
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly
American singer-songwriter
43
Greta Salpeter
Greta Salpeter
American musician
44
Jonah Matranga
Jonah Matranga
American musician
45
Still Corners
Still Corners
English pop music duo
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Death Grips
Death Grips
American hip-hop industrial band
47
Planningtorock
Planningtorock
English musician and record producer
48
The Longcut
The Longcut
band that plays indie rock
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The American Analog Set
The American Analog Set
band
50
Mika Miko
Mika Miko
51
Air France
Air France
musical group in Sweden
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Lilys
Lilys
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The Cinematics
The Cinematics
band
54
Dan Yemin
Dan Yemin
American musician
55
Leviathan
Leviathan
American band
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Bryan Scary
Bryan Scary
American musician
57
Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo
Swedish singer and songwriter
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Randy
Randy
Swedish punk rock band
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Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson
Swedish singer
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Lykke Li
Lykke Li
Swedish singer
61
NOFX
NOFX
American punk rock band
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States
63
Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and fine artist
64
Skrillex
Skrillex
American musician, DJ, dubstep producer, singer
65
The Mae Shi
The Mae Shi
66
Eluvium
Eluvium
American songwriter
67
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
American shoegazing band
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Hot Chip
Hot Chip
British electronic music band
69
Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval
Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and novelist
Zeigeist
Swedish electronic music band formed in 2006 and split up in 2009

Zeigeist

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Swedish electronic music band formed in 2006 and split up in 2009

Zeigeist were a Swedish electronic music band and art constellation, formed 2006 and split up 2009. They started as a collective of several artists, musicians and designers and created the art'ntainment concept. Their debut album The Jade Motel was released in Sweden on 30 April 2008, reaching number fifty-three on the Swedish Albums Chart. They were by then only three members: Pearl, Princess and Mattias. Zeigeist were characterized as an electropop band with remarkable performances and shows, with a clash of music and art performance.

They made special clothes, often big haute-couture-like dresses and used effects like fake blood, make-up, confetti, and various stage designs. Among their special shows was the one at the Swedish Arvikafestivalen 2007, where they made a dystopian performance in three acts with short novel films, produced only for this show, in between the acts. They made extraordinary photo shoots, like the studio photo with Princess surrounded in feathers and Pearl with paint dripping on his chest.

They had several hits, with the best known "Tar Heart" being named as one of the smartest marketing ideas during the Myspace era, when it was erroneously tagged on an early leak of The Knife's 2006 album Silent Shout under the name "F as in Knife", and became a big mystery until it was explained that it actually was a Zeigeist song named "Tar Heart". Pitchfork Media placed the leaked demo of "Tar Heart" at number sixty on their list of "The Top 100 Tracks of 2006".

In the same time as they declared their all-of-a-sudden split-up, their final single, a cover of Roxette's debut single "Neverending Love" (1986), was released on 18 February 2009 as a digital EP containing their own song "Chasing Your Shadows All Around the World" and The Twelves remix of "Humanitarianism" as B-sides. The split up was explained, as so many other fictive and dramatic things by Zeigeist, with a "termination" on their website that they had their personal reasons to "kill her".

The musical part of Zeigeist was made by Pearl, who nowadays runs his solo project Pearl Fiction.