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Japandroids is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of The National, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, The Sonics and Fugazi. Those roots explain a lot about how Japandroids arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Tokyo Police Club and The Thermals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Violent Soho, DIIV and Paws, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Japandroids, reaching back through The National and forward to Violent Soho. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Japandroids connections
Japandroids grew out of The National, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü and The Sonics, shares an orbit with The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Tokyo Police Club, went on to shape Violent Soho, DIIV and Paws. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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