folk
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Phil Elverum’s songwriting enters purposefully rambly territory on Now Only, a worthy epilogue to last year’s A Crow Looked at Me.
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Natalia Lafourcade and Los Macorinos explore the wide world of Latin American folk music with a generous tracklist of quality originals and creative revisions on Musas Vol. 2.
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Though a few missteps keep Ruins from being First Aid Kit’s best album, it’s still packed with well-written, well-performed, and well-produced folk pop songs.
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Mount Eerie has shared the lengthy lead single from his forthcoming album, Now Only. “Distortion” lives up to its title right out of the gate and suggests that this will perhaps be the Ocean Roar to A Crow Looked at Me‘s Clear Moon. The songwriting is also sounding more
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Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile’s songwriting chemistry remains undeniable on “Continental Breakfast.” This fun piece of indie folk is the second single from the duo’s upcoming album, Lotta Sea Lice, out October 13 via Courtney’s Milk! imprint.
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Fleet Foxes triumphantly emerge from hiatus with their most progressive effort yet.
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With Rocket, Philly singer-songwriter Alex G delivers an album that’s a bit more adventurous than his previous effort, but also a lot more inconsistent.
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The latest single from Fleet Foxes‘ long-awaited third album receives a strange and cinematic music video. Crack-Up will be released officially (wink) on June 16 via Nonesuch.
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More so than on the previous teaser track, The Mountain Goats live up to the title of their forthcoming album Goths here on the opener “Rain in Soho.” This song actually finds the band on some gothic, post-punky shit and it should set the tone for the album quite nicely.
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Father John Misty delivers an ambitious and grand statement on the human condition with Pure Comedy, one of 2017’s most necessary albums.
