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Local Natives

Indie rock
Indie rock

Local Natives is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Gerry Rafferty, Sharon Van Etten, Moses Sumney, Citizen King and Nick Waterhouse. Those roots explain a lot about how Local Natives arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Broken Bells, Ra Ra Riot, Grouplove, Palace and Hippo Campus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Middle Kids and Chief, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Local Natives, reaching back through Gerry Rafferty and forward to Middle Kids. 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
Local NativesGerry RaffertySharon Van EttenMoses SumneyCitizen KingNick WaterhouseBreton10ccNina PerssonMiddle KidsChiefBroken BellsRa Ra RiotGrouplovePalaceHippo CampusSir SlyDelta SpiritYeasayer

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Local Natives connections

Local Natives grew out of Gerry Rafferty, Sharon Van Etten, Moses Sumney and Citizen King, shares an orbit with Broken Bells, Ra Ra Riot, Grouplove and Palace, went on to shape Middle Kids and Chief. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots15

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Legacy2

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