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The Shins is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Vampire Weekend, Modest Mouse, Califone, Cibo Matto and Neutral Milk Hotel. Those roots explain a lot about how The Shins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Broken Bells, The New Pornographers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Coconut Records and The Postal Service, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Little Ones, Elf Power, Alberta Cross, Young the Giant and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around The Shins, reaching back through Vampire Weekend and forward to The Little Ones. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Shins connections
The Shins grew out of Vampire Weekend, Modest Mouse, Califone and Cibo Matto, shares an orbit with Broken Bells, The New Pornographers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Coconut Records, went on to shape The Little Ones, Elf Power, Alberta Cross and Young the Giant. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Shins
Sounds and acts that shaped The Shins.
- Vampire Weekendartist
- Modest Mouseartist
- Califoneartist
- Cibo Mattoartist
- Neutral Milk Hotelartist
- Lilysartist
- The Apples in Stereoartist
- Guided by Voicesartist
- The Zombiesartist
- The Beach Boysartist
- Greg Kurstinartist
- Tennisartist
- Zee Aviartist
- Mt. Joyartist
- Vetiverartist
- The Postal Serviceartist
- Pedro the Lionartist
Artists similar to The Shins
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Shins.
- Broken Bellsartist
- The New Pornographersartist
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeahartist
- Coconut Recordsartist
- The Postal Serviceartist
- Andrew Birdartist
- Iron & Wineartist
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsinartist
- Ra Ra Riotartist
- Gusterartist
- Arcade Fireartist
- The Long Wintersartist
- TV on the Radioartist
- Eelsartist
- Starsartist
- Hot Hot Heatartist
- Broken Social Sceneartist
- Grouploveartist
- Yo La Tengoartist
- Voxtrotartist
- Tokyo Police Clubartist
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