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Built to Spill

Indie rock
Indie rock

Built to Spill is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Treepeople, Neil Young, The Gladiators, The Halo Benders and Calvin Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Built to Spill arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Halo Benders, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, Ugly Casanova and Stephen Malkmus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Prids, The Slip, Real Estate, Los Campesinos! and Alex G, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Built to Spill, reaching back through Treepeople and forward to The Prids. 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
Built to SpillTreepeopleNeil YoungThe GladiatorsThe Halo BendersCalvin JohnsonDaniel JohnstonChutes Too NarrowDusterThe PridsThe SlipReal EstateLos Campesinos!Alex GModest MouseDeath Cab for CutieOvlovThe Halo BendersDinosaur Jr.Yo La TengoUgly CasanovaStephen MalkmusHeatmiserSuperchunkBroken Social Scene

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Built to Spill connections

Built to Spill grew out of Treepeople, Neil Young, The Gladiators and The Halo Benders, shares an orbit with The Halo Benders, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo and Ugly Casanova, went on to shape The Prids, The Slip, Real Estate and Los Campesinos!. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Built to Spill

Roots12

Sounds and acts that shaped Built to Spill.

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