Archive for the ‘Folk Rock’ Category

Published on January 24th, 2011

The Decemberists, everyone’s favorite Portlandian folk ensemble, released their new album The King is Dead last week. 2009′s expansive “theme” »

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Published on October 7th, 2010

The whole long distance band notion is an easy one to romanticize, particularly in the age of myspace bands that »

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Published on September 1st, 2010

When you think of Ray LaMontagne, you tend to hear only his voice. It’s easy to understand why. Deep, raspy, »

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Published on July 27th, 2010

The amount of groups trying their hand at the burgeoning 60s inspired indie folk genre continues to grow, and as »

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Published on May 13th, 2010

In the press release for Loveland, the debut album by Robert Lusson & The Social Beat, Lusson is stated as »

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Published on April 13th, 2010

For this review, I am going to bypass the seemingly impossible-to-avoid mention of Bob Dylan when talking about Swede Kristian »

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Published on April 4th, 2010

Sometimes listening to a songwriter as incredibly talented as Stephin Merritt toss off lines like “I always say I love »

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Published on February 2nd, 2010

Continuing the trend of downsizing their sound for a more intimate approach (yes, even more than The Trials of Van »

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Published on December 7th, 2009

The duo of The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) gained their fame partly from starring in the 2007 »

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Published on November 24th, 2009

Mazzy Star fans have been waiting a long, long time for a new album.  The next best thing came along »

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