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Voxtrot is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Blur, The Smiths and Spoon. Those roots explain a lot about how Voxtrot arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Miniature Tigers, Mates of State, The New Pornographers, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's and Stars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Belle and Sebastian and Au Revoir Simone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Voxtrot, reaching back through Blur and forward to Belle and Sebastian. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Voxtrot is an American indie pop band formed in Austin, Texas, in 2003. Their first recordings were released in 2003, and their debut EP, Raised by Wolves, was released in 2005 to critical acclaim, garnering attention from music bloggers as well as major publications such as Pitchfork and Spin. The band gained popularity online during the rise of the early online music blogosphere, particularly among MP3 blogs, leading them to be regarded as a defining act of the blog rock era.
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Voxtrot connections
Voxtrot grew out of Blur, The Smiths and Spoon, shares an orbit with Miniature Tigers, Mates of State, The New Pornographers and Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, went on to shape Belle and Sebastian and Au Revoir Simone. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Voxtrot
Sounds and acts that shaped Voxtrot.
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