◇ image via WikipediaKimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Aesop Rock, Diane Cluck and Eyedea. Those roots explain a lot about how Kimya Dawson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Moldy Peaches, Barry Louis Polisar, Michael Cera, AJJ and Whatever, Dad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beabadoobe, Nikolai Fraiture, beabadoobee, Vanessa Carlton and Aesop Rock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Kimya Dawson, reaching back through Aesop Rock and forward to Beabadoobe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kimya Dawson is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Dawson's work with the Moldy Peaches earned them a cult following and critical acclaim, with their 2001 song "Anyone Else but You" landing a spot in multiple acclaimed indie film soundtracks. "Anyone Else but You" as performed by Michael Cera and Elliot Page charted on the Billboard Hot 100 after its prominent inclusion in the 2007 film Juno, the soundtrack of which includes several songs by Dawson and her associated musical acts. The song remains Dawson's highest charting single to date. In addition to her work with the Moldy Peaches, Dawson has released seven solo studio albums and collaborated with various other artists from a diverse range of genres, including Aesop Rock, They Might Be Giants, The Mountain Goats, and Third Eye Blind.
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Kimya Dawson connections
Kimya Dawson grew out of Aesop Rock, Diane Cluck and Eyedea, shares an orbit with The Moldy Peaches, Barry Louis Polisar, Michael Cera and AJJ, went on to shape Beabadoobe, Nikolai Fraiture, beabadoobee and Vanessa Carlton. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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