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Ben Kweller

Indie rock
Indie rock

Ben Kweller is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Jimi Hendrix, The Hollies, Nils Lofgren, The Wallflowers and Death Cab for Cutie. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Kweller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ben Folds, Guster, The Format, Stephen Malkmus and Beulah, 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 35 connections around Ben Kweller, reaching back through Jimi Hendrix 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ben KwellerJimi HendrixThe HolliesNils LofgrenThe WallflowersDeath Cab for CutieBen FoldsRatatatDaniel RomanoDeath Cab for CutieBright EyesBen FoldsGusterThe FormatStephen MalkmusBeulahWaxahatcheePete YornKevin Morby

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Ben Kweller connections

Ben Kweller grew out of Jimi Hendrix, The Hollies, Nils Lofgren and The Wallflowers, shares an orbit with Ben Folds, Guster, The Format and Stephen Malkmus, went on to shape Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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