folk

  • On their third album, Washington D.C.’s the Evens prove major changes aren’t necessary when great songwriting, strong messages, and tight playing are the main ingredients in your recipe. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    A track from Half Way Home, which is the latest album from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Cairo Gang cohort Angel Olsen. It’s a pretty wonderful tune, too. It well-sung, emotive, and I love the desperate romance coming from the lyrics as well. The bass and drums are pretty modest,

  • On her debut album, Jessica Pratt lends her enchanting voice to a series of patiently fingerpicked arpeggios and momento-laden stories. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • On its third full-length, New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus goes a bit simpler, but still maintains the life-affirming energy that made past releases so good. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    English art pop outfit Alt-J has seen fit to drop some visuals on the track “Fitzpleasure,” which comes from the band’s latest LP, An Awesome Wave. Watch a review for the album here.

  • 2012

    2k Girls by Sidewalk Dave “2k Girls” is the opening track to the latest album from Connecticut’s own Sidewalk Dave. The New Haven singer-songwriter has greatly improved the presentation of his music on this latest collection of tracks with some heavier production, and a impressively skilled backing band. Dave,

  • 2012

    Download: Jesse Woods – “Danger in the Dancehall” With “Danger in the Dancehall,” the first song to drop from his forthcoming debut full-length Get Your Burdens Lifted, singer-songwriter Jesse Woods conjures a delicate pillow in which to rest a newly-sharpened dagger. Instrumentally, the track offers a divine cornucopia, replete with bright

  • 2012

    As Pitchfork’s Jenn Pelly says “To say that Jessica Pratt is an old soul would be a vast understatement.” Listening to the young, San Francisco-based singer-songwriter’s enchanting voice and hypnotic guitar playing is akin to stepping into a time machine straight to the 1960s. “Night Faces” is not

  • 2012

    As Pitchfork’s Jenn Pelly says “To say that Jessica Pratt is an old soul would be a vast understatement.” Listening to the young, San Francisco-based singer-songwriter’s enchanting voice and hypnotic guitar playing is akin to stepping into a time machine straight to the 1960s. “Night Faces” is not

  • 2012

    A new video from Canada-born singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, which lays visuals to the track “Proserpina.” It’s a song that finds itself on Wainwright’s latest album, Come Home To Mama. From the sound of the track, she obviously takes a lot of influence from folk, chamber pop, and French