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The Belgian rock group Arid includes vocalist/guitarist Jasper Steverlinck, guitarist David Du Pré, bassist Filip Ros, and drummer Steven Van Havere. The group’s emotive choice rock and roll sound was spawned in 1996 when Steverlinck started collaborating with Du Pre while these were both involved with other rings. After departing …

German indie folk trio AnnenMayKantereit began their profession in 2011 busking in the roads of Cologne. Utilizing their surnames to comprise the band’s moniker, guitarist Christopher Annen, vocalist/pianist Henning May, and percussionist Severin Kantereit mix streetwise indie folk with rhythm-heavy rock and roll, peppering their distinct sound with extra equipment …

Influenced by famous brands Arcade Fire as well as the Pixies, College Is Cool certainly are a Belgian Baroque pop strap offering Johannes Genard (lead vocals), Toon Van Baelen (bass), Andrew Van Ostade (glockenspiel), Matthias Dillen (drums), and Nele Paelinck (keyboards). Shaped in Antwerp in ’09 2009, the music group …

Maarten Devoldere, Jinte Deprez, Patricia Vanneste, Joachim Quartier, and Koen Verfaillie (the second option two of whom were later on replaced by Simon Casier and Christophe Claeys) formed Balthazar, among Belgium’s most promising indie rock and roll clothes, in Kortrijk in 2004. After earning several local skill contests and carrying …