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Super similarity to Daniel Johnston
Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston
136,750 plays (12,148 listeners)
Those not familiar with Daniel Johnston’s work should know that his approach to pop songwriting is similar to Jad Fair’s, with the exception that the former suffers from serious bouts with manic depression and severe delusional behavior. That said, this pairing of these two musical savants is a successful foray into pop music as therapy.
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Very High similarity to Daniel Johnston
Danny and the Nightmares
12,218 plays (1,895 listeners)
Danny and the Nightmares came together after the Nightmares had been driving into Waller, TX when they spotted none other than Daniel Johnston being attacked by dogs on the side of the road, Daniel Johnston or not they felt they had to stop to help him out.
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High similarity to Daniel Johnston
Half Japanese
674,148 plays (48,618 listeners)
Half Japanese is a punk rock band formed by brothers Jad Fair and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975.
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
Beat Happening
3,000,257 plays (144,727 listeners)
Beat Happening was a seminal indie rock band which formed in 1982 in Olympia, Washington, United States. They consisted of Calvin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Bret Lunsford (guitar, drums) and Heather Lewis (drums, guitar, vocals).
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
The Shaggs
270,238 plays (25,897 listeners)
The Shaggs were an American all-female rock group formed in Fremont, New Hampshire, United States in 1968. The band was composed of sisters Dorothy "Dot" Wiggin (vocals/lead guitar), Betty Wiggin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Helen Wiggin (drums), and later Rachel Wiggin (bass).
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
Jeffrey Lewis
1,396,985 plays (77,242 listeners)
There are two artists called Jeffrey Lewis. One (b. 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, the other is a Welsh composer.
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
R. Stevie Moore
500,872 plays (25,204 listeners)
Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. In addition to having numerous albums released on labels around the world, Moore has self-released over 400 cassette and CD-R albums, as well as dozens of home videos, mostly through the R.
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
Smog
4,886,039 plays (250,979 listeners)
Bill Callahan, born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Callahan followed the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with homemade tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he signed a record contract with the label Drag City.
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
Jandek
559,386 plays (28,452 listeners)
Jandek is a musician, presumably from Houston, Texas. Since 1978, he has self-released 66 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting a real interview or providing any biographical information.
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Medium similarity to Daniel Johnston
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
6,935,056 plays (199,472 listeners)
Ariel Pink (born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg on June 24, 1978) is a Los Angeles based experimental/pop musician. Pink boasts a cult following and endorsements from more widely known artists such as fellow founding Paw Tracks group Animal Collective.
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