Meanings of base quintet in English

Up to this point, the Brighton- based quintet have seemed a solid but wholly unremarkable band.

The young London- based quintet draws on African music, especially in their powerful polyrhythmic grooves, on which they build melodic and chordal elements of jazz.

The Rolling Blackouts, or Rolling Blackouts CF, are a Melbourne- based quintet trying to breathe fresh life into the decaying corpse of contemporary indie guitar rock.

The prize, determined by a readers poll, cements the Seattle- based quintet's reputation as "one of the greatest live bands in the world," organizers said.