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Alex G is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, Pavement, Pinegrove and Steve Monite. Those roots explain a lot about how Alex G arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as lots of hands, Coma Cinema, Big Thief, Horse Jumper of Love and Salvia Palth, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lowertown, Frank Ocean, Tomberlin, Halsey and Foo Fighters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Alex G, reaching back through Elliott Smith and forward to Lowertown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Alex G connections
Alex G grew out of Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, Pavement and Pinegrove, shares an orbit with lots of hands, Coma Cinema, Big Thief and Horse Jumper of Love, went on to shape Lowertown, Frank Ocean, Tomberlin and Halsey. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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