Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne were purveyors of a groundbreaking mix of various British indie styles and straight-up dance music. The ensemble--comprised essentially of old friends Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, with the addition of Sarah Cracknell as the permanent vocalist--formed in the early 1990s, and garnered both critical and commercial acclaim for its intelligent, witty, and highly danceable amalgamation of nearly the entire spectrum of British pop music. Over the course of its existence Saint Etienne have dabbled in everything including electronica, club sounds, '60s pop, reggae, indie-pop, and even folk.

• pop