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Smog

Smog is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joanna Newsom, Jim O'Rourke, Clouds Taste Metallic, Kath Bloom and Judee Sill. Those roots explain a lot about how Smog arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bill Callahan, Palace Music, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Songs: Ohia and Stephen Malkmus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kurt Vile, Squid, Will Oldham, Joanna Newsom and Domino Recording Company, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Smog, reaching back through Joanna Newsom and forward to Kurt Vile. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

William Rahr Callahan is an American singer-songwriter, who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four-track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today.

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SmogJoanna NewsomJim O'RourkeClouds Taste MetallicKath BloomJudee SillKurt VileSquidWill OldhamJoanna NewsomDomino Recording Com…On Avery IslandArab StrapBill CallahanPalace MusicBonnie 'Prince' BillySongs: OhiaStephen MalkmusMount EerieDestroyerGreg Freeman

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Smog connections

Smog grew out of Joanna Newsom, Jim O'Rourke, Clouds Taste Metallic and Kath Bloom, shares an orbit with Bill Callahan, Palace Music, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Songs: Ohia, went on to shape Kurt Vile, Squid, Will Oldham and Joanna Newsom. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Smog

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped Smog.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Smog.

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Legacy7

Where the influence of Smog travelled next.

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