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Modest Mouse is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Seasick Steve, Built to Spill, Matt Costa, Calvin Johnson and Drive Like Jehu. Those roots explain a lot about how Modest Mouse arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ugly Casanova, Broken Social Scene, Dinosaur Jr., Cursive and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sun Kil Moon, Horses, Grandaddy, Blow Me (One Last Kiss) and Carissa's Wierd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 67 connections around Modest Mouse, reaching back through Seasick Steve and forward to Sun Kil Moon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Modest Mouse connections
Modest Mouse grew out of Seasick Steve, Built to Spill, Matt Costa and Calvin Johnson, shares an orbit with Ugly Casanova, Broken Social Scene, Dinosaur Jr. and Cursive, went on to shape Sun Kil Moon, Horses, Grandaddy and Blow Me (One Last Kiss). 67 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Modest Mouse
Sounds and acts that shaped Modest Mouse.
- Seasick Steveartist
- Built to Spillartist
- Matt Costaartist
- Calvin Johnsonartist
- Drive Like Jehuartist
- Chutes Too Narrowartist
- Polvoartist
- Pixiesartist
- Ugly Casanovaartist
- Electronicartist
- Mason Jenningsartist
- Red Stars Theoryartist
- Morning Teleportationartist
- Man Manartist
- Cakeartist
- The Flaming Lipsartist
- Buddy Hollyartist
- De La Soulartist
- Capital Citiesartist
Artists similar to Modest Mouse
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Modest Mouse.
- Ugly Casanovaartist
- Broken Social Sceneartist
- Dinosaur Jr.artist
- Cursiveartist
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeahartist
- Yo La Tengoartist
- Arcade Fireartist
- Pixiesartist
- Interpolartist
- Heatmiserartist
- The Strokesartist
- Guided by Voicesartist
- Beckartist
- TV on the Radioartist
- Jets to Brazilartist
- Stephen Malkmusartist
- The Postal Serviceartist
- Superchunkartist
Bands Modest Mouse shaped
Where the influence of Modest Mouse travelled next.
- Sun Kil Moonartist
- Horsesartist
- Grandaddyartist
- Blow Me (One Last Kiss)artist
- Carissa's Wierdartist
- Rainbow Kitten Surpriseartist
- Au Revoir Simoneartist
- Wolf Paradeartist
- Meg & Diaartist
- Frost Childrenartist
- Dia Framptonartist
- Hippo Campusartist
- Poolsideartist
- Hackensaw Boysartist
- Robert DeLongartist
- 764-HEROartist
- Strange Rangerartist
- Cloud Cultartist
- End of Fashionartist
- The Nationalartist
- The Helio Sequenceartist
- The Cribsartist
- Man Manartist
- Weezerartist
- Pixiesartist
- The Shinsartist
- Islandsartist
- The Truth About Loveartist
- Mark Kozelekartist
- Los Campesinos!artist
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