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Japandroids is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of The National, The Gun Club, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and The Replacements. 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, The Thermals and The Joy Formidable, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paws, DIIV and Violent Soho, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Japandroids, reaching back through The National and forward to Paws. 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 Gun Club, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, shares an orbit with The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Thermals, went on to shape Paws, DIIV and Violent Soho. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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