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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pavement, Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Paik and Beck. Those roots explain a lot about how Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stephen Malkmus, Yo La Tengo, The Halo Benders, Superchunk and Frank Black, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Speedy Ortiz and The Cribs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, reaching back through Pavement and forward to Speedy Ortiz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is an American rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus, Mike Clark, Joanna Bolme and Jake Morris. Malkmus is the main singer and songwriter behind the influential 1990s indie rock band Pavement.

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Stephen Malkmus and the JicksPavementQuasiSleater-KinneyPaikBeckRadioheadSpeedy OrtizThe CribsStephen MalkmusYo La TengoThe Halo BendersSuperchunkFrank BlackDinosaur Jr.DestroyerThe Folk Implosion

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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks connections

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks grew out of Pavement, Quasi, Sleater-Kinney and Paik, shares an orbit with Stephen Malkmus, Yo La Tengo, The Halo Benders and Superchunk, went on to shape Speedy Ortiz and The Cribs. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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