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LCD Soundsystem

Punk rock
Punk rock

LCD Soundsystem is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Tiga, Franz Ferdinand, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Manuel Göttsching and John Cale. Those roots explain a lot about how LCD Soundsystem arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Rapture, The Postal Service, Stereolab, Caribou and Fujiya & Miyagi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eskimo Joe, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Hundredth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 58 connections around LCD Soundsystem, reaching back through Tiga and forward to Eskimo Joe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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LCD SoundsystemTigaFranz FerdinandSiouxsie and the Ban…Manuel GöttschingJohn CaleJoy DivisionArcade FireAlan VegaEskimo JoeBrigitte Calls Me BabyHundredthYeah Yeah YeahsKiss All the Time. D…Big DataBeen StellarWhoMadeWhoThe RaptureThe Postal ServiceStereolabCaribouFujiya & MiyagiJusticeDaft PunkDeerhunter

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LCD Soundsystem connections

LCD Soundsystem grew out of Tiga, Franz Ferdinand, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Manuel Göttsching, shares an orbit with The Rapture, The Postal Service, Stereolab and Caribou, went on to shape Eskimo Joe, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Hundredth and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 58 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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