M. Ward and similar artists

Buck Meek, the amazing guitarist from Big Thief, has an album coming out soon. “Cannonball” is from that album and it is absolutely great. I’ve heard...

Bedroom pop has reached new heights in the mainstream. The emergent aesthetic has brought with it all kinds of derivatives, including some incredibly ...

Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, this folky singer-songwriter's true power comes from his voice. His new single "Anybody to Anybody" speaks volumes...

Slim Tailor's "Lisa And Lenny" has perfect, heart-wrenching chord progressions that draw you right in. Its gentle approach is still strong in its exe...

Dawes and Conor Oberst played a pair of shows at Chicago's Metro as part of a unique tour that featured the Los Angeles folk rockers pulling...

What a lovely song! Jake Bellows' "I Know You" is an indie folk lullaby -- the perfect track to wake up to or to help you wind down your day.With lush...

New material from one of our favorite record labels out there, Erased Tapes. They're introducing us to a young London-based artist named Douglas Dare,...

Whiskerman's song "Blind Saint" gives me the kind of goose bumps that titillate my eardrums. The effect is so penetrating that I'd almost say the band...

Take a dash of Phil Elverum, a splash of Daniel Johnston, and maybe a hint of Broken Social Scene, and you cook up singer-songwriter Daniel Gélinas, ...

Jim James (of My Morning Jacket fame) has teased us many times with a solo record, but it's mostly been him collaborating with other artists and not t...

Sean Bones, you are cute as a button. And so is your new single "United." This is Sean Bones' first release since his critically acclaimed sophomore a...

Keeping pace with the Fever Year set in the recent documentary about Andrew Bird's ceaseless creative process and constant touring comes our first lis...

Oscar Dowling, who are you? I want to know more about you and how you've come to make such a gorgeous song. I know there's got to be more of your work...

Okay, Indie Shufflers: try to curb your Pitchfork-wielding urges. I have a confession. I don't really like She & Him. I know. I know! Who doesn't ...

When I heard that Other Lives was playing a show at the intimate Cafe du Nord venue in San Francisco, I was a little shocked. Hadn't I just seen them ...

With a sound inspired by the "lyrical directness of folk, the freedom of jazz and the experimental openness of contemporary classical music," you know...

Andrew Bird is an incredibly charming human being to begin with, so hearing his live rendition of "It's Not Easy Being Green" just makes me want to pu...

Wilco just dropped a doozy of a new single. "I Might" is the newest track from their own label, dBpm, and the first single off their upcoming eighth L...

I saw My Morning Jacket live a few years back, touring in support of their 2008 album Evil Urges. They had no opening band and tore through two full s...