2005

Acts Formed

Chairlift

Boulder, Colorado, USA
Indie Pop

Dance Gavin Dance

Sacramento, California, USA
Post-Hardcore

Foals

Oxford, England, USA
Indie Rock

Foxygen

Agoura Hills, California, USA
Baroque Pop

Imperial Triumphant

New York, New York, USA
Death Metal

Klaxons

London, England
Indie Rock

Rolo Tommasi

Sheffield, England
Mathcore

Titus Andronicus

Glen Rock, New Jersey, USA
Punk

The War on Drugs

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Indie Rock

The xx

London, England
Indie Rock

February 13th - Grammy Awards

Album of the Year: Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company

Song of the Year: John Mayer - Daughters

February 22nd

Korn's guitarist, Brian Welch, becomes a Christian and quits the band.

March 1st

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute is released.

May 17th

Kylie Minogue is diagnosed with breast cancer. She later underwent a partial mastectomy.

May 24th

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods is released.

June 13th

Michael Jackson is cleared of child molestation charges.

July 1st

Luther Vandross dies at 54 of a heart attack.

July 5th

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois is released.

September 6th - Mercury Prize

Best British Album: Antony & the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

September 13th

Sigur Rós - Takk is released.

September 27th

Gojira - From Mars to Sirius is released.

November 8th

The first Guitar Hero game is released.

November 15th

Sony BMG have to recall 15 millions copy protected CD's as they exposed customers computers to serious security threats. In an attempt to prevent copyright infringement, the company effectively installed spyware on people's devices without consent.