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Fleet Foxes
The Shrine / An Argument (BBC Live Version)

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By  |  December 30th, 2011
Filed under: folk, fleet foxes, freak folk

What's so good?

Perhaps the most moving song I heard in 2011 was “The Shrine / An Argument” by Fleet Foxes. Off the album Helplessness Blues, the song conveys so much emotion and…keep reading →


Pree
Folly

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By  |  September 12th, 2011
Filed under: female vocalist, folk, fleet foxes

Sounds like: Joanna Newsom, Y La Bamba, CocoRosie

The playful piano opening definitely tipped me off that was is going to be a light-hearted, folksy frolic of a track. Pree’s “Lemon Tree,” a single off their upcoming album…keep reading →


Timber Timbre
Creep On Creepin' On

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By  |  August 23rd, 2011
Filed under: folk, lo-fi, freak folk

Sounds like: Dead Man's Bones, Devendra Banhart, The Luyas

With a moniker referring to an early series of recordings made in a timber-framed cabin set in the wooded outskirts of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Timber Timbre is a Canadian music project…keep reading →


St. Vincent
Surgeon

By  |  July 29th, 2011
Filed under: Electronic, female vocalist, experimental

Sounds like: Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors

Is it just me or is Annie Clark creating a new genre? This woman never ceases to amaze me. Her new single, “Surgeon,” was just recently released as a delectable…keep reading →


Other Lives
For 12

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By  |  June 6th, 2011
Filed under: folk, orchestral, freak folk

What's so good?

How about something mildly obscure, but amazingly beautiful? This single from Other Lives reminds me quite quickly of Devendra Banhart or Edward Sharpe, though undoubtedly with elements all its own.…keep reading →


Antony and the Johnsons
Swanlights EP

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By  |  May 12th, 2011
Filed under: indie rock, folk, freak folk

Sounds like: Jonsi, Cocoroise, Patrick Wolf

I go to UC Santa Cruz. Antony Hegarty went to UC Santa Cruz. So of course I’m going to give his EP Swanlights a good review. Back in October, we…keep reading →


tUnE-yArDs
w h o k i l l

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By  |  April 13th, 2011
Filed under: experimental, dance, folktronica

Sounds like: Braids, Tennis, Avey Tare

Having capitulated to Merrill Garbus’s, a.k.a tUnE-yArDs, taste for creative capitalization and spacing in the headline of this review, I am now going to revert to lower cases in describing…keep reading →


Wild Beasts
Smother

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By  |  March 10th, 2011
Filed under: indie rock, freak folk, yeasayer

Sounds like: Yeasayer, Villagers

A couple of days ago, Wild Beasts announced their third album, Smother, and debuted their first single titled “Albatross.” Not only is this a more mellowed out and smooth-sounding track,…keep reading →



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