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Louis XIV is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Josh Homme, Alicia Keys, Queen and Oasis. Those roots explain a lot about how Louis XIV arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hot Hot Heat, The Bravery, The Kills, We Are Scientists and Hard-Fi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Killers and Anya Marina, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Louis XIV, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to The Killers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Louis XIV is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band released four EPs between 2003 and 2007, and three albums between 2003 and 2008, the latter two of which were distributed by Atlantic Records. The band broke up in 2009, but in 2013, in an interview with The Reno Dispatch, Jason Hill confirmed that the band had decided to reunite. The band broke up later that year. They reunited again in 2020 and released the single "Playtime," their first new song in 12 years. They then continued touring, playing shows in small clubs throughout the early-mid 2020s. In March 2026, they released the single "STATUES."
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Louis XIV connections
Louis XIV grew out of David Bowie, Josh Homme, Alicia Keys and Queen, shares an orbit with Hot Hot Heat, The Bravery, The Kills and We Are Scientists, went on to shape The Killers and Anya Marina. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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