Kimya Dawson

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) 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 herTemplate:Efn 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.

Career

Dawson became well known as co-founder of the Moldy Peaches alongside Adam Green.<ref>The Moldy Peaches Template:Webarchive. moldypeaches.com.</ref> Since the Moldy Peaches went on hiatus in 2004 Dawson has released a string of lo-fi homemade albums and toured widely in North America and Europe. Dawson's children's album, Alphabutt, was released on September 10, 2008. Song titles include "The Alphabutt Song", "Seven Hungry Tigers", "Little Monster Babies", "Wiggle My Tooth" and "Pee Pee in the Potty", and collaborators include former Third Eye Blind guitarist Kevin Cadogan and a number of Dawson's other musical friends and their children. They have also been invited to participate in the Sesame Street television program.<ref name="reuters1">Template:Cite news</ref>

In September 2012, they appeared in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Soundtrack work

Dawson's songs are featured in the films The Guatemalan Handshake and Glue, both of which were shown at the Olympia Film Festival in November 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref>

In 2008, Dawson contributed the song "Anthrax"—about 9/11—to the soundtrack of the Body of War documentary.<ref name="reuters1" />

"Anyone Else But You", a song they recorded with the Moldy Peaches, was used in the documentary Murderball, about a team of wheelchair rugby players. This song was also used in the film Juno. The melody of this song, with new lyrics, was used in a commercial for Atlantis.com.

Critics warmly received the music in Juno, where Dawson's "sweetly melancholic acoustic-strummed tunes" helped define the character of a pregnant young teenager who decides to have her baby.<ref name=twsGxxx>Template:Cite news</ref> Dawson helped choose many of the songs for the Juno film, helping to set the film's mood.<ref name=twsGxxx/> The soundtrack was voted by NPR listeners as the 14th best of the year in a listener poll for 2008.<ref name=twsJunGsfw>Template:Cite news</ref> Dawson sings about diverse topics:

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Dawson's authentic persona has a demeanor which is "sheepish and guileless and awkward in a way that you really can't fake" and who sometimes looks "legitimately terrified" during performances, according to Village Voice music critic Rob Harvilla.<ref name=twsJunGi88/>

Five of Dawson's solo songs, two from Antsy Pants, as well as one from the Moldy Peaches, are included on the Juno soundtrack, released in December 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Ellen Page Talks Juno Soundtrack, Kimya Dawson Template:Webarchive Pitchfork Media November 21, 2007.</ref> Composer Mateo Messina also based the film's score on Dawson's music.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The soundtrack album, after two weeks topping Billboard's Digital Albums chart, reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, in its first week of release.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In its first full week of physical release the album sold 68,000 copies, reaching No. 3 on the Soundscan album chart. It missed out on the No. 1 spot by only 2,600 copies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The following week it jumped to #2, while selling 15% fewer copies (58,000), just 2,000 copies behind first place.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the album's third week of physical release it finally made the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 and Soundscan charts, selling 65,000 copies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The soundtrack for Juno won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack in 2009, beating out American Gangster, August Rush, Mamma Mia and Sweeney Todd.Template:Citation needed

Two songs were also included in the soundtrack to Unmade Beds.

Other collaborations

Kimya Dawson with Paul Baribeau in June 2014. The two are wearing matching socks with a design similar to many of Dawson's album covers, with the words "Kimya Dawson Loves Me" appearing amongst cartoon rabbits.

Dawson performs on recordings by Ben Kweller,<ref>Sha Sha: Music: Ben Kweller, Daniel Johnston. Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on September 13, 2015.</ref> They Might Be Giants,<ref>Flansburgh, John (2003) Bed, Bed, Bed (They Might Be Giants). Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN</ref> the Mountain Goats,<ref>K O M A K I N O – kimya dawson Template:Webarchive. Komakinomag.de. Retrieved on September 13, 2015.</ref> John Wayne Shot Me,<ref>Kimya Dawson: bio. krecs.com</ref> Your Heart Breaks, and the Terrordactyls.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Third Eye Blind track "Self-Righteous" on their album Out of the Vein features a duet with Dawson and Third Eye Blind's lead singer Stephan Jenkins.<ref>Bio. 3EB.com</ref> Dawson also appears on the Third Eye Blind album, Ursa Major, on the track "Why Can't You Be". This song was available as a bonus track on the iTunes Store download.

Regina Spektor collaborated with Dawson on the song "Fire" on the Hidden Vagenda album. Dawson also collaborated with fellow antifolk Jeffrey Lewis. They made a band called 'The Bundles,' with Jack Lewis and drummer, Anders Griffen, though released the songs under the name "Kimya Dawson and Jeffrey Lewis", on a split with Jeffrey Lewis and Diane Cluck.

Under the name Geniusis, Dawson released the free album Holiday Rampage alongside Aesop Rock, Johnny Druelinger, Jason Carmer and Quinn Tuffinuff.

In February 2011, Dawson recorded a Daytrotter session with Aesop Rock, in which they performed three songs together. This session was later released in May 2011.<ref>Kimya Dawson & Aesop Rock Template:Webarchive: Daytrotter Session. May 26, 2011</ref>

Dawson released the solo album Thunder Thighs in October 2011. The album features guest performances by Aesop Rock, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats, Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes, Forever Young Senior Citizen Rock & Roll Choir, Olympia Free Choir, Quinn Tuffinuff, Daniel Bryan, Dawson's child Panda and more.

They have performed numerous times with Paul Baribeau, whom they references several times in their songs.

Dawson played An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall with John Green and Hank Green on January 15, 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On February 11, 2013, Dawson and Aesop Rock released their first music video as The Uncluded on YouTube, a single titled "Earthquake". Their debut album Hokey Fright was released on May 7, 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The video for their third single "Delicate Cycle" has a cameo of Lil Bub.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

On Christmas Day in Port Townsend, Washington in 1998, Dawson accidentally overdosed on whiskey and prescription pills. Dawson suffered a grand mal seizure and vomited blood, which they then inhaled. To the surprise of their doctors, Dawson woke up from a coma in a hospital the next day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Dawson moved to Bedford Hills, New York, in December 2005. In 2006, Dawson married musician Angelo Spencer. In July 2006, Dawson gave birth to a child, and in November 2006 moved the new family to Olympia, Washington.Template:Citation needed

Dawson is good friends with AEW wrestler Bryan Danielson (aka Daniel Bryan), who appears as a guest artist on the Thunder Thighs track "Captain Lou", written in homage to wrestling manager Lou Albano.Template:Citation needed

Prior to 2007, Dawson once joked that they are a cousin of The Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti. From the joke started a myth that they are actually cousins.<ref>Dawson’s Crack (Interview w/Kimya Dawson). Monsterfresh.com (March 19, 2008). Retrieved on 2015-09-13.</ref>

In late 2019, Dawson disclosed on social media that they had been impacted by gender dysphoria and stated their pronouns as "she/they/grandpa".<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> They had previously referred to themself as "Grandpa Kimya" on Twitter as early as 2012.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> The following January, in a tweet addressing "bullies" on posts in the #IAmNonbinary hashtag, Dawson wrote that "things might have been very different" for them growing up if they "had known words like 'gender fluid' and 'nonbinary' and that language had been normalized by my peers and role models".<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>

Discography

Before the Moldy Peaches' Rough Trade releases there were several homemade CDRs.

With the Moldy Peaches

Solo albums

With Antsy Pants

With The Bundles

With The Uncluded

  • Hokey Fright – released July 5, 2013 by Rhymesayers Entertainment

Compilations

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Interviews

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