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of Montreal is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Talking Heads. Those roots explain a lot about how of Montreal arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Islands, Beulah, Miniature Tigers, The Fiery Furnaces and Animal Collective, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sidney Gish, Kishi Bashi, Sinkane, The Griswolds and Elf Power, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around of Montreal, reaching back through Led Zeppelin and forward to Sidney Gish. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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of Montreal connections
of Montreal grew out of Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Neil Young and The Flying Burrito Brothers, shares an orbit with Islands, Beulah, Miniature Tigers and The Fiery Furnaces, went on to shape Sidney Gish, Kishi Bashi, Sinkane and The Griswolds. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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