The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2018
- Active since
- 2001
- Albums
- Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? 2019
- Double Dream of Spring 2018
- Fading Frontier 2015
- Monomania 2013
- Halcyon Digest 2010
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 3 0,7 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 121 0,8 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 41 0,4 per week since Oct 2024 KINK 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? | 2019 | #62 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Double Dream of Spring | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Fading Frontier | 2015 | #75 (4 wk) | #54 (1 wk) | – |
| Monomania | 2013 | #84 (4 wk) | #79 (1 wk) | – |
| Halcyon Digest | 2010 | #73 (1 wk) | #99 (1 wk) | – |
| Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. | 2008 | – | – | – |
| Cryptograms | 2007 | – | – | – |
| Turn It Up Faggot | 2005 | – | – | – |
| Carve Your Initials Into the Wall of the Night | 2005 | – | – | – |
| Unrequited Narcissist | 2005 | – | – | – |
How popular is Deerhunter compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | 12 | C | 25 / 55 | 100 | – | 13 | 16 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | Best Kept Secret 2018: Festivaldag 1 | Dansende Beren | 09/06/2018 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Friday, June 2018 · Best Kept Secret
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| KEXP | United States | Desire Lines 12 · Nothing Ever Happened 10 · Helicopter 6 · He Would Have Laughed 5 · Revival 2 |