Alternative folk trio Violet Wilder’s most recent single swells into dreamy splendor. It’s about being happy with someone and determined to make things work, trusting the road you’ve embarked together. Starting with gentle and ethereal harmonies before a violin assumes the melody, the song is guided into lush, crashing orchestration. Violet Wilder erupt with alluring fervor through “Wait For Me.”
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Psych-electrofolk project Mere of Light released their sophomore EP. It’s four tracks that build dreamy worlds through graceful harp melodies and exquisite electronica, traversing imagery from the Midwest scenery to quiet woodlands to the ever-changing face of God. “Cruel Sister” is a traditional folk ballad about a girl being thrown overboard by her jealous older sister and drowning; Mere of
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Indie folk project Vectors of Resonant Prescients released a new album. Recorded in a winter cabin setting of remote Wisconsin, this album consists of thirteen acoustic songs of hinterland pensiveness, whether it invokes imagery of flowers or horses or floating homes. There’s wonder, there’s despair, and there’s fortitude that all charge this record like it’s a panel of emotions that
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Folk punk project Tinyhands dissolved a couple years back, but they had one album in the chamber that never got released – until now. They’re back with a batch of stripped-down folk tunes containing metaphoric lyricism and forthright sentiments. Songs touch on trying to be better with your words, struggling with feelings, walking past people judging you, and being over
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Blues folk project Old Wolves has returned with a new EP. It’s five tracks, and each song is embellished with field recordings of birds singing and bugs buzzing for a tranquil touch. These songs contain themes of nature, what once was, running away, and living with bitterness but trying to find peace. Joe Zumpano’s rich voice connects melancholic conviction with
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Folk act Dead, Dead Swans are out with a new two-piece. Both songs are stripped-down with just acoustic guitar; “I Find Myself” is about falling in love and having a better outlook on life from it, and “This Song Brought to You By a Falling Bomb” brings imagery of the verge of a mental breakdown. There’s rawness of two polar
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Americana-folk singer-songwriter Joseph Huber’s out with his sixth record. It’s nine songs, featuring the likes of Eston Bennett, Kenny Leiser and Ryan Knudson on instrumental accompaniment. Huber’s poetic poignance grapples with love, loss, and regret in the spirit of earth-trodden folk. He ruminates in hollowed memories of what once was while expressing gratitude for his ability to feel so deeply.
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Country-Americana band Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel released their new EP, featuring three recent singles and three unreleased ones. Tales of tribulations, cries for help, facing the devil, and acceptance are delivered with Necci’s reputably candid storytelling. While these songs channel despair and falter, he’s got fortitude in emerging from the bleakness, whether he’s breaking out of old habits
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Country-Americana band Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel released the video accompanying their most recent single “Lend Me Your Heart.” Shot by Schuyler Howie, it finds Necci laying in the grass with the fragment of a mirror by his side. As he sings, he gets up and walks into the wilderness, where he finds more and more pieces of the
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Western-psych folk band Old Pup released their sophomore album today out on Hear Here Records. It’s the soundtrack to a drive through the beautiful scenery of rustic mountains and explosive twilight, punctuated by Will Hansen’s idiosyncratic storytelling. Lap steel, cello, banjo, and harmonica are all utilized throughout the record to really bring the songs alive with a specifically bucolic flavor.
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Folk rock duo Wise Jennings released their new album on Friday. The husband-and-wife dynamic of Wise Jennings has always carried a polished, harmonious variety of country life storytelling; “Grinder” finds Jeff and Melissa contrasting tales of painstaking navigation of the current times with bright melodic synergy. Whether they’re singing tales of causing trouble in little towns (“Farmer’s Daughter”, “Mother Went
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Americana artist Old Pup’s latest single is out ahead of his upcoming album “Incognito Lounge.” With wailing harmonica and a rustic melody that fully soars into psychedelic territory in the second half, the song is lyrically honest and forthright about being hiding behind their phone screens without saying an actual word to one another, and it’s hard to break out
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Folk punks We All Shit dropped a new single. Inspired by an amusing phone call from a friend, it’s a drinking song laden with harmonica, banjo, and spoons about being down on your luck in the middle of nowhere. You keep getting drunk by accident and don’t really know what to do till the tow truck comes. We All Shit
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The band delivers a somber new single.
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A new Americana duo emerges with a pair of tracks.
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Psych-chamber folk band Social Caterpillar are gearing up for their new album “When You Woke Up To Dances of Light” due at the end of April, and they’ve got their first single and video out ahead of it. The video is shot by Chloe Cocoran and features the band playing in black-and-white shots with some added visual effects mirroring lyrics
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Thrash-folk metal band Pillaging Villagers are out with their eponymous debut album today. Embark on a pitchfork-wielding, kingdom-conquering, madman-defying, fire-blazing medieval adventure with this band’s unique blend of crossover thrash and Celtic-tinged metal. There’s heavy antifascist themes from song to song, which certainly can be vitalized in a modern context. The tracks are chronologically sequenced from the tales of corruption
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The singer/songwriter is pure and true on a new album.
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Indie folk artist Eric Ash follows up his beautifully positive song “All I Can See” with a titular EP. It continues similar sentiments of looking inward, having one another to lean on, and not being too hard on yourself. We’re all doing our best to navigate happiness and fulfillment while constantly swamped by hustle culture when really there’s so much
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Caamp might be having a moment but they are here to stay, and last night was all that was needed to believe that statement.
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By Bryon Cherry Lost Orange Cat is a self-described rock n roll band disguised as a bluegrass band. They sound anything but lost when the 4 members get together like a folky Voltron on area stages. Lost Orange Cat is composed of Josh Konkel (vocals, rhythm guitar and bass), Daniel Rathmann (bass, guitar and vocals), Joe Royten (mandolin and vocals)
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Indie folk artist Eric Ash has a new single out this week. It’s an affirming one; Ash sings of not giving up hope and turning his struggles into life lessons despite being his own biggest critic. He’s got his trademark violin that gracefully soars, but there’s added synth production to create an atmospheric rhythm as well. Eric Ash extends his
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Country rockers Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel have a new single out this week. It’s a heartfelt tune about being unable to change who you are. The realization hits you like a freight train, and all you can do is crawl into radical acceptance – self-reckoning, if you will. Many people are going through intense personal examinations right now,
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Blues folk act Old Wolves is out with a new record, closely following last week’s single “Shovel and a Broom.” For those that yearn for the darker side of folk music, look no further. These songs are largely about impending doom as we remain trapped by the shackles of capitalism, fighting for survival. As the song “The Lonely Oak” touches
Read moreArtist Tom has been honing his skills in both songwriting and singing for several years to perfect the positive messages he is eager to spread through the melodies of music. As a naturally-born performer, Tom feels at home on stage, loving his storytelling role of sharing his messages with a rapidly growing fanbase. His new drop, Precious Heart, details the
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