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The Bright Light Social Hour

The Bright Light Social Hour is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Madonna, Aerosmith, Dr. Dog, Dave Matthews Band and The Flaming Lips. Those roots explain a lot about how The Bright Light Social Hour arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as White Denim, Elephant Stone, Black Mountain, Band of Skulls and Temples, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ray Wylie Hubbard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around The Bright Light Social Hour, reaching back through Madonna and forward to Ray Wylie Hubbard. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Bright Light Social Hour is an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Jackie O'Brien on bass and vocals, Curtis Roush on guitar and vocals, Zac Catanzaro on drums, Mia Carruthers on keys and vocals, and Juan Alfredo Ríos on percussion.

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The Bright Light Social HourMadonnaAerosmithDr. DogDave Matthews BandThe Flaming LipsGalacticThe BeatlesThe Beach BoysRay Wylie HubbardWhite DenimElephant StoneBlack MountainBand of SkullsTemplesYeasayerHeartless BastardsMeltt

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The Bright Light Social Hour connections

The Bright Light Social Hour grew out of Madonna, Aerosmith, Dr. Dog and Dave Matthews Band, shares an orbit with White Denim, Elephant Stone, Black Mountain and Band of Skulls, went on to shape Ray Wylie Hubbard. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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