Wavves
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Wavves is an American rock band known for its lo-fi, surf-influenced noise pop and punk sound, formed by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wavves canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11308060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wavves Context triple: [Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, featuredArtist, Wavves]
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A.
Sheck Wes
Sheck Wes is an American rapper and songwriter best known for his breakout hit single "Mo Bamba" and his association with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label.
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B.
Toro y Moi
Toro y Moi is the stage name of American musician and producer Chaz Bear, known for pioneering the chillwave genre and blending indie pop, electronic, and R&B influences.
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C.
Ty Segall
Ty Segall is an American musician and songwriter known for his prolific, fuzz-drenched garage rock and psychedelic releases, as well as his energetic live performances.
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D.
Boys Noize
Boys Noize is a German electronic music producer and DJ known for his hard-hitting techno, electro, and house tracks as well as high-profile collaborations and remixes.
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E.
Fetty Wap
Fetty Wap is an American rapper and singer best known for his 2015 hit single "Trap Queen" and his melodic, trap-influenced style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wavves Target entity description: Wavves is an American rock band known for its lo-fi, surf-influenced noise pop and punk sound, formed by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams.
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A.
Sheck Wes
Sheck Wes is an American rapper and songwriter best known for his breakout hit single "Mo Bamba" and his association with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label.
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B.
Toro y Moi
Toro y Moi is the stage name of American musician and producer Chaz Bear, known for pioneering the chillwave genre and blending indie pop, electronic, and R&B influences.
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C.
Ty Segall
Ty Segall is an American musician and songwriter known for his prolific, fuzz-drenched garage rock and psychedelic releases, as well as his energetic live performances.
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D.
Boys Noize
Boys Noize is a German electronic music producer and DJ known for his hard-hitting techno, electro, and house tracks as well as high-profile collaborations and remixes.
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E.
Fetty Wap
Fetty Wap is an American rapper and singer best known for his 2015 hit single "Trap Queen" and his melodic, trap-influenced style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical group
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rock band ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formedBy | Nathan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
garage rock
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indie rock ⓘ lo-fi ⓘ noise pop ⓘ punk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ surf rock ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Billy Hayes
NERFINISHED
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Jacob Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Ulsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Zach Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
lo-fi music
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punk rock ⓘ surf music ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alex Gates
NERFINISHED
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Brian Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
live band
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studio project ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
alienation
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anxiety ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Demon to Lean On
NERFINISHED
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Green Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ King of the Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Is God NERFINISHED ⓘ Post Acid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Afraid of Heights (album)
NERFINISHED
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Hideaway (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ King of the Beach (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ V (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wavves (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wavvves (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ You’re Welcome (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | musician ⓘ |
| origin | San Diego, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Fat Possum Records
NERFINISHED
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Ghost Ramp NERFINISHED ⓘ Mom + Pop Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| startTime | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wavves Description of subject: Wavves is an American rock band known for its lo-fi, surf-influenced noise pop and punk sound, formed by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.