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The Kills

Garage rock
Garage rockIndie rock

The Kills is a Garage rock and Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of MSTRKRFT, Domino Recording Company, The Greenhornes, The Bug and Steve Aoki. Those roots explain a lot about how The Kills arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Band of Skulls, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raconteurs, Eagles of Death Metal and The Raveonettes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The xx, Gliss, Dead Posey, Dorothy and Saul Williams, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around The Kills, reaching back through MSTRKRFT and forward to The xx. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The KillsMSTRKRFTDomino Recording Com…The GreenhornesThe BugSteve AokiTigaThe Von BondiesDream WifeThe xxGlissDead PoseyDorothySaul WilliamsThe Big PinkJamie TJack WhiteBand of SkullsBlack Rebel Motorcyc…The RaconteursEagles of Death MetalThe RaveonettesHanni El KhatibThe Von BondiesDan Auerbach

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The Kills connections

The Kills grew out of MSTRKRFT, Domino Recording Company, The Greenhornes and The Bug, shares an orbit with Band of Skulls, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raconteurs and Eagles of Death Metal, went on to shape The xx, Gliss, Dead Posey and Dorothy. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots13

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