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The Suburbs is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Semisonic, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads and Devo. Those roots explain a lot about how The Suburbs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Soft Boys, Tubeway Army, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Squeeze and Elvis Costello, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bobby Vee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Suburbs, reaching back through Semisonic and forward to Bobby Vee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Suburbs are an alternative punk rock/funk/new wave band from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Suburbs connections
The Suburbs grew out of Semisonic, Roxy Music, David Bowie and Talking Heads, shares an orbit with The Soft Boys, Tubeway Army, Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Squeeze, went on to shape Bobby Vee. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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