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Alex G

Indie rock
Indie rock

Alex G is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Elliott Smith, Pinegrove, Pavement, Steve Monite and Speedy Ortiz. 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, Salvia Palth and sign crushes motorist, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frost Children, TTSSFU, Lowertown, They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Foo Fighters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Alex G, reaching back through Elliott Smith and forward to Frost Children. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Alex GElliott SmithPinegrovePavementSteve MoniteSpeedy OrtizJessica Lea MayfieldBuilt to SpillFrost ChildrenTTSSFULowertownThey Are Gutting a B…Foo FightersHalseyTomberlinFrank Oceanlots of handsComa CinemaBig ThiefSalvia Palthsign crushes motoristAdrianne LenkerEiafuawnTake Care

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Alex G connections

Alex G grew out of Elliott Smith, Pinegrove, Pavement and Steve Monite, shares an orbit with lots of hands, Coma Cinema, Big Thief and Salvia Palth, went on to shape Frost Children, TTSSFU, Lowertown and They Are Gutting a Body of Water. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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