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Handsome Furs - 72% match to Wolf Parade

Swan Lake - 52% match to Wolf Parade

Formed as a side-project of three key names on the Canadian experimental indie rock scene, Swan Lake displayed their collective mastery of controlled cacophony on their 2006 debut, Beast Moans. Multi-instrumentalist Spencer Krug (Penticton, British Columbia, Canada) of Wolf Parade was an occasional member of Carey Mercer’s (b. British Columbia, Canada) Frog Eyes and eve Read more

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 18% match to Wolf Parade

One of a number of post-millennial bands to use the power of the Internet to promote their music, this Brooklyn, New York, USA-based quintet emerged in 2005 as one of the most hotly-tipped ‘non-mainstream’ bands of the year. Alec Ounsworth, Lee Sargent, Robbie Guertin, Tyler Sargent and Sean Greenhalgh formed the rather clumsily titled Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Read more

Okkervil River - 18% match to Wolf Parade

Founded in 1998 by New Hampshire-based school friends Will Sheff (vocals/guitar), Zachary Thomas (bass/mandolin) and Seth Warren (drums), this US indie rock band made its recording debut later in the year with the Bedroom EP, which was quickly followed by the mini-album Stars Too Small To Use. These early releases established the Okkervil River (the name is taken from a short s Read more

Modest Mouse - 15% match to Wolf Parade

Drawing from influences such as Pavement, the Pixies, and Talking Heads, the Issaquah, Washington, USA-based art-punk unit Modest Mouse initially featured Isaac Brock (9 July 1975, Issaquah, Washington, USA; vocals/guitar), Dann Gallucci (guitar), Eric Judy (bass) and Jeremiah Green (drums). Formed in 1992, the band rehearsed and recorded demos for nearly two years, before s Read more

The New Pornographers - 15% match to Wolf Parade

This upbeat, harmony drenched indie group began to take shape when multi-instrumentalist A.C. Newman (Allan Carl Newman, 1968, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Daniel Bejar (b. 1972, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; guitar/vocals) and Neko Case (b. 8 September 1970, Alexandria, Virginia, USA; vocals) took their respective musical projects – Zumpano, Destroyer a Read more

TV On The Radio - 15% match to Wolf Parade

US experimental rock unit TV On The Radio emerged from New York City’s visual art scene to make an immediate impact with the release of their 2003 debut EP, Young Liars. The band developed out of musical experiments performed by friends and Brooklyn neighbours Tunde Adebimpe (vocals) and David Andrew Sitek (keyboards/programming). The former was already an established anim Read more

Menomena - 13% match to Wolf Parade

This eccentric Portland, Oregon, USA indie rock trio was founded in late 2000 by Brent Knopf (1978, Oregon, USA; guitar, keyboards, vocals), Justin Harris (b. 28 March 1977, Oregon, USA; guitar, saxophone) and the lofty mastermind behind Lackthereof, Danny Seim (b. 1977, Oregon, USA; drums). Their self-released 2003 debut, I Am The Fun Blame Monster!, an anagram of ‘the Read more

Spoon - 13% match to Wolf Parade

This Austin, Texas, USA-based alt rock outfit was formed in 1993 by Britt Daniel (vocals/guitar), Jim Eno (drums), Andy Maguire (bass) and Wendel Stivers (guitar). Influenced by the likes of the Pixies, Sonic Youth, and Gang Of Four, main songwriters Daniel and Eno took their band’s name from their favourite Can song (off the German experimentalists’ 1972 release, Ege Read more

Tapes 'N Tapes - 13% match to Wolf Parade

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA-based indie rock band formed in 2003 by Josh Grier (7 January 1980, Eugene, Oregon, USA; vocals/guitar), Jeremy Hanson (b. 12 August 1986, Edina, Minnesota, USA; drums), Shawn Neary (b. USA; bass) and Matt Kretzman (b. 21 May 1980, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; keyboards). Each member took a title from a word in the band’s name, so that Grier Read more

The Walkmen - 13% match to Wolf Parade

Originating from Washington, DC, USA (where all its members attended the same high school) before relocating to New York City, this indie rock quintet is comprised of former members of outfits Jonathan Fire*eater - Walter Martin (vocals/keyboards), Paul Maroon (guitar) and Matt Barrick (drums), and the Recoys - Hamilton Leithauser (vocals/guitar) and Peter Bauer (bass). By 2000 Read more