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Waxahatchee

Waxahatchee is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jess Williamson, P.S. Eliot, Swearin', Good Morning and Jason Molina. Those roots explain a lot about how Waxahatchee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ratboy, Sharon Van Etten, Kevin Morby, Jason Isbell and Hop Along, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into boygenius, Tegan and Sara, Sleater-Kinney, The New Pornographers and Jawbreaker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Waxahatchee, reaching back through Jess Williamson and forward to boygenius. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Kathryn Crutchfield, known professionally as Katie Crutchfield, following the breakup of her previous band P.S. Eliot. The band is named after Waxahatchee Creek in Alabama, where Crutchfield grew up. Originally an acoustic solo project, her recordings now tend to involve a full backing band.

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WaxahatcheeJess WilliamsonP.S. EliotSwearin'Good MorningJason MolinaSongs: OhiaMagnolia Electric Co.BedouineboygeniusTegan and SaraSleater-KinneyThe New PornographersJawbreakerBonny DoonJess WilliamsonMJ LendermanRatboySharon Van EttenKevin MorbyJason IsbellHop AlongJulie ByrneAldous HardingKurt Vile

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Waxahatchee connections

Waxahatchee grew out of Jess Williamson, P.S. Eliot, Swearin' and Good Morning, shares an orbit with Ratboy, Sharon Van Etten, Kevin Morby and Jason Isbell, went on to shape boygenius, Tegan and Sara, Sleater-Kinney and The New Pornographers. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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