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Swapmeet (band)
Swapmeet are an Australian indie rock four-piece from Adelaide on Kaurna Country: Venus O'Broin, Joshua Doherty, Maxwell Elphick, Jack Medlyn. Formerly Soursob; EP Oxalis (2024), debut album Mount Zero (2026) on Winspear.
Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia, also abbreviated SHM, is a Swedish house trio of Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, formed 2008, first electronic act to headline Madison Square Garden, split 2013, reunited 2018, album Paradise Again (2022).
Sweeping Promises
Sweeping Promises: American post-punk duo of Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug, formed in Boston in 2019, based in Lawrence, Kansas; albums on Feel It and Sub Pop, including You Say I Romanticize (2026).
Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister are a British sophisti-pop duo (Corinne Drewery, Andy Connell; originally a trio with Martin Jackson) formed in Manchester in 1985, known for "Breakout" (UK top 5, US #6) and the 1987 chart-topping debut It's Better to Travel.
Switchfoot
Switchfoot is an American alternative rock band from San Diego, formed in 1996 by brothers Jon and Tim Foreman, best known for The Beautiful Letdown and a 2009 Grammy.
SWMRS
SWMRS ("swimmers"), formerly Emily's Army, is an Oakland punk rock band of the Becker brothers, ex-Green Day drummer's son Joey Armstrong; albums Drive North, Berkeley's on Fire, Sonic Tonic, Becker.
Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso, electropop duo of Amelia Meath (Mountain Man) and Nick Sanborn (Megafaun), formed 2013 in Durham, NC; albums Sylvan Esso (2014) through Ow ∞ (2026), two Grammy nominations, Psychic Hotline label.
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal, also called opera or orchestral metal, is a heavy metal subgenre built on orchestral, choral, and classical elements. Key acts: Therion, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica; defined against gothic and power metal.
T. Rex (band)
T. Rex, originally Tyrannosaurus Rex, is an English rock band formed in 1967 by Marc Bolan that led the glam rock movement of the early 1970s.
T.A.T.u.
T.A.T.u. (Тату) was a Russian pop duo of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova, formed in 1999, known for "All the Things She Said" and a manufactured lesbian image.
T.S.O.L.
T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), Southern California hardcore punk band formed circa 1978-1980 in Long Beach/Huntington Beach, moved from hardcore to deathrock, goth rock, and metal; known for Dance with Me, the Joe Wood name dispute, and the 1999 Grisham-Emory-Roche reunion.
T'Pau (band)
T'Pau: British pop-rock band formed 1986 in Shrewsbury by Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers, named after a Vulcan character in Star Trek. Hits: Heart and Soul (US/UK No.4) and China In Your Hand (five weeks UK No.1, 1987); debut album Bridge of Spies quadruple platinum.
Tad (band)
Tad (TAD), American grunge band from Seattle formed in 1988 by Tad Doyle with Kurt Danielson, Gary Thorstensen, and Steve Wied; Sub Pop act behind God's Balls, Salt Lick, and 8-Way Santa, disbanded 1999, distinct from Tadpole and tad.ai.
Take 5 (band)
Take 5 (Take Five), American boy band formed 1997 in Orlando under Lou Pearlman's Trans Continental Records; members Sculthorpe, Jones, Christofore, and the Goodell brothers; album Against All Odds (2000); disbanded 2001.
Take Me Home Tour (One Direction)
The Take Me Home Tour was One Direction's second headlining concert tour, supporting their 2012 album Take Me Home and running across Europe, North America, Australasia, and Asia in 2013.
Take That
Take That: Manchester-formed English pop group (Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Robbie Williams), 1990s boy band with 8 UK No.1 singles, split 1996, reunited 2006; trio releases Dreamers in 2026.
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday, Long Island rock band formed in 1999, early-2000s emo act behind Tell All Your Friends (2002) and Louder Now (No. 2, 2006); over two million records sold, current album 152 (2023).
Talk Talk
Talk Talk, English rock band formed 1981 by Mark Hollis, Lee Harris, Paul Webb, and Simon Brenner, moved from synth-pop hits to Spirit of Eden (1988) and Laughing Stock (1991), foundations of post-rock; split 1991.
Talking Heads
Talking Heads: American new wave art-rock band (David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison) formed from RISD, debuted at CBGB in 1975, recorded 1977-1988 with Brian Eno, made Stop Making Sense, inducted into the Rock Hall in 2002, no reunion tour.
Tally Hall
Tally Hall, American rock band formed December 2002 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the University of Michigan; five members with colored ties; albums Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (2005) and Good & Evil (2011); on hiatus since 2011.
Talulah Gosh
Talulah Gosh: Oxford indie pop band (1986-1988), not the later singers named Talulah or Tallulah. Amelia Fletcher and Elizabeth Price's twee-pop/C86 group on 53rd & 3rd; forerunner of Heavenly.
Tame Impala
Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, formed 2007 in Perth. Studio solo project, five-piece live band; albums Innerspeaker, Lonerism, Currents, The Slow Rush, Deadbeat.
Tame Impala discography
Tame Impala discography: Kevin Parker's five studio albums InnerSpeaker (2010), Lonerism (2012), Currents (2015), The Slow Rush (2020), Deadbeat (2025), plus Live Versions, B-sides, and singles like Dracula and Flower In A Hurricane.
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream, German electronic band founded by Edgar Froese in West Berlin in 1967, pioneer of the Berlin School sequencer style; Phaedra (1974) hit UK gold, 60+ film scores, over 100 albums, seven Grammy nominations, still active after Froese's 2015 death.
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears: English synth-pop duo Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, formed in Bath in 1981; Janov-inspired debut The Hurting (1983), multi-million-selling Songs from the Big Chair (1985), 1991 split, 2022 return with The Tipping Point.
Technical death metal
Technical death metal (tech-death) is a death metal subgenre from roughly 1989-1993 emphasizing virtuosic instrumental skill, complex riffs, polyrhythms, and unconventional time signatures, pioneered by Death, Atheist, Pestilence, Cynic, and Nocturnus and carried on by Origin, Obscura, and Archspire.
Technotronic
Technotronic was a Belgian studio-based dance music project formed around producer Jo Bogaert, best known for "Pump Up the Jam" (1989), a pioneering house hit featuring rapper Ya Kid K.
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band is an American blues-rock big band formed in 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida, led by the married guitarists and singers Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.
Teen idol
Teen idol: a young pop vocalist with a large teenage, mostly female fan base and a nonthreatening image. Classic era late 1950s to early 1960s (Pat Boone, Paul Anka, Fabian, Frankie Avalon), promoted via American Bandstand; revived as 1970s AM-pop and later boy bands.
Teen Mortgage
Teen Mortgage: Washington, D.C. garage punk duo formed 2017 by James Guile (vocals, guitar, ex-Liverpool) and Ed Barakauskas (drums), met via Craigslist; EPs Life/Death and Smoked, Roadrunner-signed debut album Devil Ultrasonic Dream (2025).