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The Stills

The Stills is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Echo & the Bunnymen, Interpol and The Von Bondies. Those roots explain a lot about how The Stills arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hot Hot Heat, Secret Machines, White Rabbits, stellastarr* and Longwave, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stars, Kings of Leon, Priestess and k-os, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around The Stills, reaching back through Echo & the Bunnymen and forward to Stars. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Stills were a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2011.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The StillsEcho & the BunnymenInterpolThe Von BondiesStarsKings of LeonPriestessk-osHot Hot HeatSecret MachinesWhite Rabbitsstellastarr*LongwaveTokyo Police ClubStarsDoves

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The Stills connections

The Stills grew out of Echo & the Bunnymen, Interpol and The Von Bondies, shares an orbit with Hot Hot Heat, Secret Machines, White Rabbits and stellastarr*, went on to shape Stars, Kings of Leon, Priestess and k-os. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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