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Meg & Dia

Indie rock
Indie rock

Meg & Dia is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Etta James, The Avett Brothers, Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie and Cursive. Those roots explain a lot about how Meg & Dia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dia Frampton, Flyleaf, The Hush Sound, The Veronicas and Michelle Branch, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Academy Is..., The Spill Canvas and Anberlin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Meg & Dia, reaching back through Etta James and forward to The Academy Is.... 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
Meg & DiaEtta JamesThe Avett BrothersBen FoldsDeath Cab for CutieCursiveThe CranberriesThe Spring StandardsModest MouseThe Academy Is...The Spill CanvasAnberlinDia FramptonFlyleafThe Hush SoundThe VeronicasMichelle BranchParamoreMegan McCauleyAshlee Simpson

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Meg & Dia connections

Meg & Dia grew out of Etta James, The Avett Brothers, Ben Folds and Death Cab for Cutie, shares an orbit with Dia Frampton, Flyleaf, The Hush Sound and The Veronicas, went on to shape The Academy Is..., The Spill Canvas and Anberlin. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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