Car Seat Headrest
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
- Pukkelpop 2017
- Active since
- 2010
- Albums
- Teen of Denial (Joe’s Story) 2026
- The Scholars 2025
- Twin Fantasy (Heart to Heart) 2022
- 6 2021
- Making a Door Less Open 2020
- New album
- Teen of Denial (Joe’s Story) · 20/05/2026
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
egoFM 3 0,7 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 214 1,4 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 194 1,8 per week since Oct 2024 egoFM 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026 Willy 3 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 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, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teen of Denial (Joe’s Story) | 2026 | – | – | – |
| The Scholars | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Twin Fantasy (Heart to Heart) | 2022 | – | – | – |
| 6 | 2021 | – | – | – |
| Making a Door Less Open | 2020 | #91 (3 wk) | – | – |
| Death Metal | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Buried | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Teens of Denial | 2016 | #121 (10 wk) | #82 (1 wk) | – |
| Teens of Style | 2015 | #117 (2 wk) | – | – |
| How to Leave Town | 2014 | – | – | – |
| Nervous Young Man | 2013 | – | – | – |
| Monomania | 2012 | – | – | – |
| Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror) | 2011 | #43 (7 wk) | #88 (1 wk) | – |
| My Back Is Killing Me Baby | 2011 | – | – | – |
| 4 | 2010 | – | – | – |
| 3 | 2010 | – | – | – |
| 2 | 2010 | – | – | – |
| 1 | 2010 | – | – | – |
| Teenage Fag | 2010 | – | – | – |
| You Can Talk | 2010 | – | – | – |
How popular is Car Seat Headrest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2017 | – | D | 68 / 119 | 100 | – | – | 13 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2017 | Het Grote Pukkelpop 2017 Verslag Deel 3 (Met oa. Car Seat Headrest, At The Drive In en Death Grips) | Dansende Beren | 21/08/2017 | about this act |
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
- ▲Saturday, August 2017 · Pukkelpop
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales 1 |
| KEXP | United States | CCF 25 · The Catastrophe 23 · Devereaux 14 · Equals 11 · Bodys 10 |
| egoFM | Germany | The Catastrophe 1 |