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Dedicated Follower of Fashion [Alternate Take] - (alternate take) by The Kinks

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Busted Jukebox Volume 2 by Shovels & Rope

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Busted Jukebox Volume 2 is the second installment of the collaborative effort between the husband...

folk duo folk alt folk Americana Alt country

W.B. Walker's Old Soul Radio Show

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A weekly podcast featuring music from Americana, Roots, Bluegrass, Rock, Folk, Country, Alt-Country,...

Kirk Bage (1775 KP) rated The Creek Drank the Cradle by Iron & Wine in Music

Jul 3, 2020 (Updated Jul 3, 2020)

The Creek Drank the Cradle by Iron & Wine

2002 | Folk, Indie, Singer-Songwriter

9.0

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Before hipsters were really a thing, this mellow music man was setting a new genre all of his own. Quiet, whispered lyrics, a dreamy feel, and a melancholy whimsy, that makes you want to brew a herbal tea and sit on the porch as the sun goes down. As good lyrically as musically, almost every half decent alt-folk and alt-country act since this album owes it a debt.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco in Music

Apr 30, 2020

Rolling Stone's 493rd greatest album of all time

Very … I don't know … lo-fi? Alt-country? Folk-emo? Plaid-pop?
This album is one where the listener needs a good few listens to really appreciate I think. The songs are all quite listenable but quite understated and to my mind missing a little something (a kick, some personality). I might give this album another try in future, my dad is a fan.

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CHILLFILTR (46 KP) rated Bottle It In by Kurt Vile in Music

Jun 5, 2019 (Updated Jun 5, 2019)

Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

2018 | Indie, Rock

9.0

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https://chillfiltr.com/blog/2018/9/3/kurt-vile-loading-zones

If you haven't heard of Kurt Vile yet, you are missing out. His sound more or less defines modern lo-fi folk rock, and his live shows are a staple of music festivals around the world: you might hear him (with support from The Violators) at the Take Root Festival this October in Groningen, Netherlands, or Dublin, or Brooklyn, this November. It's a roots band backing this bardic guru of young seekers everywhere.

Some interesting guitar lines through a vocoder, lyrics which feel half sung and half spoken, and a sense that this is the sound of something different, something creative; it's water in this desert of sameness that our pop landscape has become. And there is this feeling that the music here is just a bit raw, very human, and unadorned; it's not exactly alt-folk, it's not exactly anything, it's Kurt Vile.

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Ben Watt recommended The Ornament by Gold Leaves in Music (curated)

The Ornament by Gold Leaves

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"I've got a great friend, Todd Robinson, who runs a shop called Luna Music in Indianapolis, and we've been on lots of road trips together in America over the years. We both bond over music like this, stuff that has an American alt-psych-folk-rock feel. I find it a really appealing sound, and it's usually lifted by a great voice. Gold Leaves have that with Grant Olsen, who has such a beautiful voice. It's part beautiful, part-weary, part-determined, part-resigned. The music, too, is all a bit casual on the outside, a bit Lee Hazlewood, a bit Scott Walker, a bit melancholy, but it all comes together into something really special. We played this driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. It was perfect. "

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