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Jim O'Rourke

Indie rock
Indie rock

Jim O'Rourke is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Kim Gordon, John Fahey, Fast Car, KK Null and Roland Kayn. Those roots explain a lot about how Jim O'Rourke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Natural Snow Buildings, Arthur Russell, Disco Inferno, This Heat and Stereolab, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sonic Youth, Wilco, Stereolab, Superchunk and Kahimi Karie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Jim O'Rourke, reaching back through Kim Gordon and forward to Sonic Youth. 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
Jim O'RourkeKim GordonJohn FaheyFast CarKK NullRoland KaynBill FayJoanna NewsomThurston MooreSonic YouthWilcoStereolabSuperchunkKahimi KarieSmogRed KrayolaBeth OrtonNatural Snow BuildingsArthur RussellDisco InfernoThis HeatStereolabLift to ExperienceBark PsychosisJulia Holter

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Jim O'Rourke connections

Jim O'Rourke grew out of Kim Gordon, John Fahey, Fast Car and KK Null, shares an orbit with Natural Snow Buildings, Arthur Russell, Disco Inferno and This Heat, went on to shape Sonic Youth, Wilco, Stereolab and Superchunk. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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