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Research Batch 13 imported

Oct. 5: 10 canonical artist records received reviewed research and provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Death From Above 1979 · St. Paul & The Broken Bones · Chat Pile · Ratboys · Snail Mail · The Beths · Ceremony

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Research Batch 12 imported

Oct. 5: 10 canonical artist records received reviewed research and provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Phoebe Bridgers · Beck · Devon Gilfillian · Osees · Cake · Welshly Arms

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Research Batch 11 imported

Oct. 5: 10 canonical artist records received reviewed research and provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Old 97’s · Graveyard · Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever · Sylvan Esso · Iceage · The Smashing Pumpkins · Moby · The War on Drugs

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Research Batch 10 imported

Oct. 5: 10 canonical artist records received reviewed research and provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The Spook School · Arkells · Fruit Bats · The Vaccines · Houndmouth

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Research Batch 09 imported

Oct. 5: 10 canonical artist records received reviewed research and provenance improvements.

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Research Batch 07 imported

Oct. 5: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed representation, current-cycle, routing, album, and provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The Aces · The Joy Formidable · David Byrne · Margaret Glaspy · The Head and the Heart · Kaiser Chiefs · The Avett Brothers · The Sheepdogs

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Research Batch 08 imported

Oct. 5: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed representation, current-cycle, touring, festival, provenance, and exact official-press-image updates.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Wilco · MUNA · Angel Du$t · Suede · Living Colour

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Research Batch 06 imported

Oct. 4: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed representation, current-cycle, routing, festival, and source-provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The Kooks · Yard Act · Jimmy Eat World · Pavement · Tame Impala · Briscoe · CHVRCHES · Gerry Cinnamon · Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Neal Francis

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Research Batch 05 imported

Oct. 4: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed representation, release-cycle, routing, festival, biography, and source-provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED My New Band Believe · C.O.F.F.I.N · O.A.R. · Gouge Away · Courtney Barnett · The Cure · Death Cab for Cutie · Nothing But Thieves · Amyl and the Sniffers · Momma

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Research Batch 04 imported

Oct. 4: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed management, label, release-cycle, touring, and source-provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Bleachers · Band of Horses · Francis of Delirium · Nilufer Yanya · Rainbow Kitten Surprise · Spiritual Cramp · Gary Clark Jr. · The Brook & the Bluff · Kaleo · Dawes

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Angel Du$t duplicate consolidated

Oct. 4: The misidentified Angel Dust duplicate was merged into the canonical Angel Du$t record without discarding image, source, release, touring, or historical-appearance data.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Angel Du$t

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Research Batch 03 imported

Oct. 4: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed management, label, current-activity, touring, festival, and source-provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Bartees Strange · The Happy Fits · All Time Low · Post Animal · Hamilton Leithauser · Girlpuppy · Milky Chance · The Neighbourhood · Lorde · Viagra Boys

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Research Batch 02 imported

Oct. 4: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed management, label, campaign, touring, and provenance improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Pierce the Veil · Bloc Party · The Glorious Sons · My Morning Jacket · Preservation Hall Jazz Band · Role Model · Kings of Leon · Moon Taxi · The xx · Gang of Youths

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Research Batch 01 imported

Oct. 4: Ten canonical artist records received reviewed representation, release, touring, festival, provenance, and local-image improvements.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Tove Lo · Echo & The Bunnymen · The Faint · The Prodigy · Peach Tree Rascals · Dirty Honey · Green Day · Khruangbin · The Decemberists · Joy Oladokun

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Twenty-five researched candidates added

Oct. 3: Twenty-five source-backed artists from the reviewed Round 4 package were added to the canonical library and ranked by the existing forecast model.

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Forty-nine researched candidates added

Oct. 3: Forty-nine source-backed artists from reviewed Round 2 and Round 3 packages were added to the canonical library and ranked by the existing forecast model.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Iceage

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Twenty-five researched candidates added

Oct. 3: Twenty-five source-backed artists were added to the canonical library and ranked by the existing forecast model.

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Current-activity research batch 10 imported

Oct. 3: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

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Current-activity research batch 09 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Sylvan Esso

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Current-activity research batch 08 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

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Current-activity research batch 07 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

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Current-activity research batch 06 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records and the existing canonical Snooper record received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Old 97’s · Graveyard

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Current-activity research batch 05 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

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Current-activity research batch 04 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Houndmouth

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Current-activity research batch 02 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed source-backed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Gouge Away · Courtney Barnett · The Vaccines

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Current-activity research batch 01 imported

Oct. 2: Twenty-five canonical artist records received reviewed release, touring, festival, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Band of Horses · Girlpuppy · Green Day · Khruangbin · The Glorious Sons · Bloc Party · Moon Taxi · The Decemberists · The Kooks · CHVRCHES · Gerry Cinnamon · O.A.R. · The Head and the Heart · Peach Tree Rascals · Arkells · Fruit Bats · Milky Chance

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Batch 27 artist data refreshed

Oct. 1: Nine canonical artist records received reviewed current-release, touring, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

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Batch 26 artist data refreshed

Oct. 1: Seven canonical artist records received reviewed current-release, live-activity, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Ratboys · Snail Mail · The Beths · Gouge Away

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Batch 24 artist data refreshed

Sept. 30: Eight canonical artist records received reviewed album-cycle, current live-activity, and source-provenance updates. The existing forecast model recalculated every placement.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The Spook School · MUNA · Joy Oladokun

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Batch 21 activity and forecast evidence refreshed

Sept. 29: Brand New, Fences, Field Report, Band of Skulls, and Fly Golden Eagle received reviewed active-status corrections. Applicable current release and touring evidence was evaluated through the existing model.

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Current-activity research refresh batch 02 evaluated

Sept. 28: Twenty-two historical Shaky Knees artists received reviewed activity, release-cycle, agency, routing, and genre evidence. Every eligible placement was recalculated by the existing forecast model.

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Current-activity research refresh batch 01 evaluated

Sept. 27: Twenty-five historical Shaky Knees artists were refreshed with reviewed activity, release-cycle, agency, routing, and genre evidence. Every eligible placement was recalculated by the existing forecast model.

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2027 album reference ingested

Sept. 27: Fifteen new artists and five existing records received documented 2027 album-cycle evidence and were evaluated through the existing forecast model.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The Spook School · Living Colour

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Gurriers added to the active forecast library

Sept. 25: Dublin post-punk five-piece Gurriers were added with a confirmed late-2026 album cycle, WME representation, current touring, a Riot Fest appearance, and Atlanta-routing context. The existing model calculated their placement.

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The Black Lips duplicate merged and current activity refreshed

Sept. 25: Duplicate Black Lips archive records were merged into the canonical The Black Lips profile. A confirmed Fire Records late-2026 release cycle and current North American activity were re-indexed through the existing model.

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Artist activity statuses corrected

Sept. 24: Kevin Morby, Metric, Miike Snow, and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever were reconciled to current official activity evidence. Historical Shaky Knees appearance records were preserved.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

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canonical artist ingestion gap resolved

Sept. 23: Nine Inch Nails and The Psychedelic Furs were added to the live library and re-indexed through the existing forecast model.

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Americana / roots final wave 07 evaluated

Sept. 23: Twenty Americana, alt-country, roots-rock, and Southern-indie records were added to the live library and re-indexed through the existing forecast model.

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shoegaze / dream-pop / alt-guitar wave 06 evaluated

Sept. 23: Twenty shoegaze, dream-pop, and alt-guitar records were added to the live library and re-indexed through the existing forecast model.

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legacy alternative / new wave / punk wave 05 evaluated

Sept. 23: Twenty legacy alternative, new wave, and punk records were added to the live library and re-indexed through the existing forecast model.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Suede

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punk / hardcore / post-punk discovery wave 04 evaluated

Sept. 23: Twenty-three punk, hardcore, and post-punk records were added to the live library and re-indexed through the existing forecast model.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Ceremony · Angel Du$t · C.O.F.F.I.N

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bigger indie / Top-100 upside wave 03 evaluated

Sept. 23: Eighteen bigger indie and alternative records were deduplicated against the live library; 14 were added and Beach House, Faye Webster, The Kooks, and The Neighbourhood were refreshed.

ARTISTS AFFECTED MUNA · The Neighbourhood · The Kooks

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2026 indie / alternative discovery wave 02 evaluated

Sept. 23: Twenty-four current-scene artists were deduplicated against the live library, indexed with the existing model, and retained in the expanded forecast library.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Gouge Away

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2026 indie / alternative discovery wave 01 evaluated

Sept. 23: Forty curated current-scene records were deduplicated against the live library; 38 were added and Gilla Band plus Julia Jacklin were refreshed. The public board remains a calculated Top 100.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Ratboys · Chat Pile · Snail Mail · The Beths · My New Band Believe

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Historical research backlog completed

Sept. 23: The final 49 historical Shaky records were evaluated, completing research coverage for all 599 imported historical performers. The public board remains a calculated Top 100.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Graveyard

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Historical research batch 11 evaluated

Sept. 23: Fifty additional 2014–2015 Shaky records were evaluated. Confirmed 2027 activity was retained for Kaiser Chiefs, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, and Dawes; the public board remains a calculated Top 100.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Kaiser Chiefs · Milky Chance · Old 97’s · Preservation Hall Jazz Band · The Avett Brothers · The Sheepdogs · Wilco · Dawes

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Historical research batch 10 evaluated

Sept. 23: Fifty additional 2015–2016 Shaky records were evaluated. Confirmed 2027 activity was retained for Kaleo, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, The Hip Abduction, Walk the Moon, and Death From Above 1979; the public board remains a calculated Top 100.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Kaleo · St. Paul & The Broken Bones · The Decemberists · The Head and the Heart · Death From Above 1979

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Historical research batch 09 evaluated

Sept. 23: Fifty historical Shaky records were evaluated. Shovels & Rope and Amythyst Kiah received verified 2027 U.S. activity; sixteen inactive or unresolved projects remain outside the active forecast.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Moon Taxi · Arkells · Fruit Bats · Hamilton Leithauser · Margaret Glaspy · Sylvan Esso · Houndmouth · Bloc Party

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Historical research batch 08 evaluated

Sept. 23: Fifty historical Shaky records were evaluated. David Byrne received confirmed Latitude Festival 2027 evidence; ten inactive or unresolved projects remain outside the active forecast.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Welshly Arms · All Time Low · Cake · David Byrne · Post Animal · Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

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Historical research batch 07 evaluated

Sept. 23: Fifty historical Shaky records were evaluated. The Aces and Osees received verified 2027 activity; six inactive or unresolved archival records remain outside the active forecast.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The Aces · The Brook & the Bluff · Gary Clark Jr. · The Joy Formidable · Beck · Devon Gilfillian · Osees

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Historical research batch 06 evaluated

Sept. 23: Fifty historical Shaky records were evaluated. Tennis and black midi remain unavailable; Frankie and the Witch Fingers’ confirmed 2027 availability was recorded without converting it into a festival booking.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Spiritual Cramp · The Glorious Sons · The Happy Fits · Bartees Strange · Joy Oladokun · Neal Francis · O.A.R. · Peach Tree Rascals

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Historical research batch 05 evaluated

Sept. 22: Fifty additional historical Shaky records were indexed through the existing model. Confirmed My Morning Jacket and Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2027 fronts were recorded without scoring unverified leads.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Band of Horses · My Morning Jacket · Rainbow Kitten Surprise · Briscoe · CHVRCHES · Francis of Delirium · Gang of Youths · Gerry Cinnamon · Girlpuppy · Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Green Day · Khruangbin · Nilufer Yanya

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Historical research batch 04 evaluated

Sept. 22: Fifty additional historical Shaky records were indexed through the existing model. Verified 2027 activity and explicit festival fronts were recorded without weakening recency rules or inventing conflicts.

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Historical research batch 02 evaluated

Sept. 22: Fifty additional historical Shaky records were indexed through the existing model. The complete forecast library was then re-sorted while the public board remained a calculated Top 100.

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Historical research batch 01 evaluated

Sept. 22: Fifty historical Shaky records received packaged research. Forty-nine conventional artists were indexed through the existing model; Songs for Kids remains excluded as community programming.

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Historical performer library expanded

Sept. 22: 599 documented Shaky Knees performers were added to the research-only candidate library. They remain outside scoring and the public Top 100 until current evidence is researched.

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Shaky Knees history audit completed

Sept. 22: Every tracked artist was reconciled against the documented 2013–2026 Shaky Knees performer archive. Historical indexes and ranks were then recalculated from the corrected records.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Tame Impala · Death Cab for Cutie · The Vaccines · Pavement · Jimmy Eat World · Phoebe Bridgers

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Artist library expanded with 12 new candidates

Sept. 22: Twelve research-supported artists were added to the full forecast library and indexed using the existing model. The published board remains a index-sorted Top 100.

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Angine de Poitrine entered the Top 100

Sept. 22: Angine de Poitrine was released from the one-time #101 placement and entered the published forecast at its normal index-based position. Franz Ferdinand now sits just outside the public Top 100.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Angine de Poitrine

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Festival fronts: Rock Werchter and Hurricane 2027

Sept. 22: Rock Werchter announced Tame Impala as its first 2027 headliner, while the official Hurricane 2027 roster added confirmed activity evidence for 11 tracked forecast artists.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Tame Impala · Phoebe Bridgers · Pierce the Veil · Angine de Poitrine

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Angine de Poitrine added at #101

Sept. 22: Angine de Poitrine entered the forecast at #101 with confirmed Hurricane and Southside Festival 2027 appearances, a current 2026 release cycle, and verified Roam Agency representation.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Angine de Poitrine

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Top 100 candidate-pool expansion

Sept. 21: SHAKY FORECAST 27 expanded from 71 to 100 unique, fully indexed candidates. Weather-cancellation exceptions and Death Cab for Cutie’s Atlanta-market conflict were incorporated before the full re-sort.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Dirty Honey · The Prodigy · Pavement · Jimmy Eat World · Pierce the Veil · Death Cab for Cutie

CANDIDATE ADDED

Pierce the Veil fully scored

Sept. 20: Pierce the Veil added and fully indexed from CAA representation, direct unfulfilled Shaky 2026 booking evidence, and confirmed 2027 festival activity.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Pierce the Veil

RELEASE SIGNAL

Album-cycle update

Album-cycle update: King Gizzard and Yard Act strengthened by new 2026 studio releases. Amyl and the Sniffers logged a new live release with no scoring change.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Yard Act · Amyl and the Sniffers

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Album-cycle scoring added

The full candidate pool was recalculated after reviewing active 2026-27 release climate across the forecast desk.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Living Colour · Nothing But Thieves · Role Model

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SHAKY // 27 Forecast launched

The first public forecast seeded 70 candidates and published the initial Top 50.

ARTISTS AFFECTED The xx · Nothing But Thieves · Momma

RELEASE SIGNAL

Album-cycle pass added to the seed board

Late-2026 album timing helped sort the first wave of movers in the middle of the list.

ARTISTS AFFECTED Nothing But Thieves