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 2023
- Active since
- 2011
- Albums
- Blue Rev 2022
- Antisocialites 2017
- Alvvays 2013
- Concerts per year
- 2026 2
- 2025 13
- 2023 71
- 2022 42
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 6,116 times in a collection
- 4,145 on a wishlist
- 7 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Alvvays 2013 · 169
- Antisocialites 2017 · 1.049
- In Undertow 2017 · 278
- Antisocialites B-Sides 2018 · 339
- Blue Rev 2022 · 4.149
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±1.500 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,7 per week KEXP 3 0,7 per week FluxFM 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 96 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 74 0,7 per week since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 FluxFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 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, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rev | 2022 | – | – | – | 4.149 |
| Antisocialites | 2017 | – | – | – | 1.049 |
| Alvvays | 2013 | – | – | – | 169 |
Discogs: 6,116 times in a collection. 4,145 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Alvvays 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 2023 | – | C | 35 / 50 | 70 | – | – | 12 | Wikipedia, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Tot het einde goed | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2023 | 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
- ●03/07/2024 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●28/06/2024 · Middenvijver, Antwerp
- ▲Sunday, June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
- ●05/06/2023 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●07/03/2018 · Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- ●06/03/2018 · Concertzaal, Amsterdam
6 earlier dates
- ●18/09/2017 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ●17/09/2017 · Ekko, Utrecht
- ●16/09/2017 · Bar, Borgerhout
- ●03/02/2015 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●02/02/2015 · Trix, Borgerhout
- ●04/11/2014 · Concertzaal, Amsterdam
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Archie, Marry Me 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Archie, Marry Me 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Archie, Marry Me 11 · Plimsoll Punks 7 · In Undertow 6 · Dreams Tonite 3 · Tom Verlaine 3 |