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Current conditions

#28 The Faint

Undercard • 12°TEMPERATURE

The Faint grade out well because of agency relationship, shaky genre fit, active cycle. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

WME

Last Shaky

Never

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

Dance-punk, electroclash, indie rock, and electronic rock are a strong alternative-festival fit.

Artist Bio

The Faint are an Omaha dance-punk band whose collision of synthesizers, wiry guitars, programmed textures and nervous punk energy helped define the early-2000s electroclash and indie-dance crossover. Built around vocalist Todd Fink and drummer Clark Baechle, the group broke through with Blank-Wave Arcade and Danse Macabre and became known for dark, kinetic songs such as "Agenda Suicide" and an intensely physical live show. The band remains active, with new material and a 2026 U.S. tour keeping its catalog in circulation for a new generation of dance-rock audiences.

Credit: Christopher Vasquez / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Current lineup: Todd Fink, Clark Baechle, Dapose, and Graham Ulicny.

  • Current lineup: Todd Fink, Clark Baechle, Dapose, and Graham Ulicny.
  • No verified Shaky Knees performance is present in the canonical historical archive.
  • Image held for manual rights/credit review: official site imagery has not yet yielded a verified press asset.
  • Reviewed six-artist import package verified 2026-10-02.
  • Research Batch 01 (COMPLETE): Management was corroborated and a reusable Commons live band photograph was added.
  • Research Batch 01: listed research gaps resolved.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Agency relationship+3

    WME has a meaningful recent Shaky/C3 footprint.

  • Active Cycle+2

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: release (1), festival (1).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Dance-punk, electroclash, indie rock, and electronic rock are a strong alternative-festival fit.

  • Fresh booking opportunity+2

    Never playing Shaky keeps the booking fresh without losing genre fit.

  • Southeast tour window+2

    The touring footprint lines up with the likely Shaky season.

Forecast Index: 12

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

Projector Project!

Status

2026 Album

Release

Nov 10, 2025

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

Projector Project! is a three-song original release; the 2025 Blank-Wave Arcade deluxe reissue is catalog activity.

Forecast Impact

+0 release-climate points

This profile does not currently receive any verified release-climate points.

The Faint reviewed release source
  • North American Tour (2026)Confirmed

    Active fall 2026 U.S. tour from Springfield, Missouri to Orlando, Florida, including Athens, Georgia on November 10.

  • Southeast Window (2026)Confirmed

    Athens, Georgia — 40 Watt Club, November 10, 2026.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Never playedShaky Knees

Receipts

Sources

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