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Stone Breath: A Silver Thread to Weave the Seasons
Acid folksongs of earth and spirit love. Official reissue of Stone Breath's second album, now expanded to 2 CDs.
Recommended if you like
The Incredible String Band,
Third Ear Band,
Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Blue Heron (CA): Blue Heron (CA)
Joyful Folk Rock
Recommended if you like
Akron/Family,
Animal Collective,
Panda Bear.
Wondrous Horse: Cavallo Meraviglisio
An avant folk tour de force combining elements of electroacoustic music, glitch and many other experimental forms.
Recommended if you like
Current 93,
supreme dicks.
Axa Hour of Dora Bleu: Clones of Eros
To attempt a more concrete analysis: The music can be considered “of folk” while not referencing traditional folk forms, anchored in very particularized voice and guitar with accompaniment that is alternatively unified song form.
Recommended if you like
From Quagmire,
Laconic Chamber.
Wisconsin Bands: Don't Be Cruel
The new Wisconsin sound, from artists existing in the motherland and the diaspora.
Recommended if you like
Agent Orange,
Sonic Youth,
Violent Femmes.
Hot Bitch Arsenal: Everytime Is The Last Time
Soul smashed up with electronica - sultronica.
Recommended if you like
Massive Attack,
Portishead.
The Japonize Elephants: Forty Years of Our Family
Hard-core gypsy circus bluegrass klezmer pirate clown madness - Blink and you’ll think you’re back in the orchestra of a French circus, with Mingus and Willie Nelson sitting in, songs fusing Appalachia with Romania, Vegas with Marrakesh.
Recommended if you like
DeVotchKa,
Frank Zappa,
Mr. Bungle.
Stumptone: Gravity Suddenly Released
A fine blend of sauteed psychedelic folk, stir fried in a sauce of fuzzed out heavy rock and twisted tape loopery; then embellished with a dash of smooth and silky steel guitar, and a hearty sprinkling of moog and analog electronics.
Recommended if you like
Pink Floyd,
Sonic Youth,
Spiritualized®.
Blue Wine: Harp On
"It's quite catchy, in a "Berlin" meets the GoBetweens meets the sound of Ian Curtis hanging himself kind of way, and it's enough to keep you company at 4 am on a Thursday morning when the candles have burnt low." - Geoff Parkes, Logged Off
Recommended if you like
Leonard Cohen,
Syd Barrett,
Will Oldham.