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Conor Oberst

Emo
EmoIndie rock

Conor Oberst is a Emo and Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Jim James, Daniel Johnston, Elliott Smith, Maria Taylor and Jonathan Wilson. Those roots explain a lot about how Conor Oberst arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Better Oblivion Community Center, The Good Life, The Mountain Goats, Cursive and Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stranger in the Alps, The Felice Brothers, The Faint, Kitten and Jack Conte, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Conor Oberst, reaching back through Jim James and forward to Stranger in the Alps. 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
Conor OberstJim JamesDaniel JohnstonElliott SmithMaria TaylorJonathan WilsonPhoebe BridgersFirst Aid KitVic ChesnuttStranger in the AlpsThe Felice BrothersThe FaintKittenJack ConteDawesJenny LewisBetter Oblivion Comm…The Good LifeThe Mountain GoatsCursiveMargot & the Nuclear…Iron & WineMaria TaylorWaxahatchee

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Conor Oberst connections

Conor Oberst grew out of Jim James, Daniel Johnston, Elliott Smith and Maria Taylor, shares an orbit with Better Oblivion Community Center, The Good Life, The Mountain Goats and Cursive, went on to shape Stranger in the Alps, The Felice Brothers, The Faint and Kitten. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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