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Xiu Xiu

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Xiu Xiu is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of That's Not My Name, Sharon Van Etten, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Queen & David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how Xiu Xiu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Animal Collective, This Heat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tim Hecker and Lift to Experience, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Duster, Deerhoof, Cold Cave and Los Campesinos!, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Xiu Xiu, reaching back through That's Not My Name and forward to Duster. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Xiu XiuThat's Not My NameSharon Van EttenThe Jim Yoshii Pile-UpGodspeed You! Black …Queen & David BowieKorea GirlMitskiNina SimoneDusterDeerhoofCold CaveLos Campesinos!Animal CollectiveThis HeatGodspeed You! Black …Tim HeckerLift to ExperienceA Silver Mt. ZionOneohtrix Point NeverPerfume Genius

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Xiu Xiu connections

Xiu Xiu grew out of That's Not My Name, Sharon Van Etten, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, shares an orbit with Animal Collective, This Heat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Tim Hecker, went on to shape Duster, Deerhoof, Cold Cave and Los Campesinos!. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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