Orchestral Folk songs | Indie Shuffle

Sounds like: San Fermin, Field Division, Said The Whale

It's not every day an indie band takes on Bach. But as part of an EP of modern adaptations of classical music by Bach and Holst set for release on Apr...

Chrysanthemum Bear

3 Ravens

Sounds like: Fever Ray, Zola Jesus, Grimes

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A few weeks ago I post the track "Graphene 1b For Jeremy," the first release from mysterious artist Chrysanthemum Bear. Today the follow-up single has...

Packwood

We Drink Light

Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Sigur Ros

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If you've been following Packwood's progression this year via our pages, you'll remember he's putting out music a little differently. The Melbourne mu...

Deradoorian

Komodo

Sounds like: Kate Bush, Sufjan Stevens

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This is an interesting little track that's way out of my musical comfort zone. For a time, Angel Deradoorian played bass and sung in Dirty Projectors...

Packwood

Obstinate

Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird

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Melbourne-based folk artist Packwood is releasing his debut album a little differently than most. Collectively, his debut album (called Vertumnus) is ...

Rebel Kites

Atlas Sky

Sounds like: Pocket Panda, Ben Howard, Lost in the Trees

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Rebel Kites is a fitting name for a band that fell out of the sky and hit me on the head. I hyped a track by a duo called OHO when I first started wr...

Andrew Judah

Better and Better

Sounds like: Radiohead, DM Stith, Sondre Lerche, Iron and Wine

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I'm sorry to say this, but it's a reality: fall has come to the Northwest. Do what you need to do, let out a long sigh, shed a few tears, or put on so...

!mindparade

Lord Knows

Sounds like: Spells, Man On The Moon

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Sea Stacks

Brutal Concrete / Scottish Wilderness

Sounds like: Bon Iver, Stornoway, Sigur Ros

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London-based band Sea Stacks are self-defined as "orchestral indie," and would much rather give you tracks layered with harmonium than the rather more...

Ramly

Beacon Hill

Sounds like: Belle and Sebastian, Bon Iver, Antony and The Johnsons

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Singer/songwriter Ramly has been carrying his music through live performances in various music festivals around Beirut for some time now, always cozy,...

The City and Horses

Pretty Pretty

Sounds like: Josh Rouse, Paul Westerberg, The Shins

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Oh, The City and Horses. Your sense of humor can make anything bearable. Even Valentine's Day.Finding the place where bossa nova grooves intersect w...

Ásgeir

Torrent

Sounds like: Bon Iver, JÃ³nsi, Ã“lafur Arnalds

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Only an Icelander could make a song about cold weather (among other things) sound warm and energetic. For Ãsgeir Trausti Einarsson, better known sim...

Mutual Benefit

Strong Swimmer

Sounds like: Majical Cloudz, Sun Kil Moon, Arcade FIre

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Mutual Benefit's single "Strong Swimmer" is a must-hear for the Indie Shuffle community.This twinkling track is the full package: the strings, the chi...

The Family Crest

Beneath The Brine

Sounds like: Andrew Bird, Little Tybee, Yellow Red Sparks, Okkervil River, Bright Eyes

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Premiering here on Indie Shuffle, The Family Crest is an indie folk rock band from the greatest city on earth, San Francisco (I might be a little bias...

The Flaming Lips

Do You Realize (Fossil Collective Cover)

Sounds like: Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear

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The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" is an iconic masterpiece of a song that everyone knows and everyone holds sentimental value to. It's a song that ...

Wild Child

Crazy Bird

Sounds like: Slothpop, The Lumineers

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I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of some new Wild Child sounds, and here we are... finally!This new single, "Crazy Bird," is a bit more upbeat...

Babeshadow

Three Weeks (Live)

Sounds like: Florence + The Machine, The Drums, Dinosaur Bones

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London-based Babeshadow is surely trying to gain some traction over here in the States with their proper orchestral indie pop style."Three Weeks" is o...

Little Tybee

Castle

Sounds like: Slothpop, The Lumineers, Broken Social Scene

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If you like Little Tybee's music then I'm confident you'd like their live performances. Just imagine their orchestral indie folk amplified and even li...

The Last Bison

Switzerland

Sounds like: Fleet Foxes, Mumford and Sons, The Decemberists

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Ever hear of the term folk-chestral? Well, I really hadn't either until I heard the single Switzerland from the Chesapeake, VA based band The Last Bis...