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Ben Kweller is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Nils Lofgren, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Tweedy and The Wallflowers. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Kweller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ben Folds, Hamilton Leithauser, Guster, The Format and Stephen Malkmus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Ben Kweller, reaching back through Nils Lofgren and forward to Death Cab for Cutie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ben Kweller connections
Ben Kweller grew out of Nils Lofgren, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Tweedy, shares an orbit with Ben Folds, Hamilton Leithauser, Guster and The Format, went on to shape Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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