The most casual, out-of-touch listener can find comfort in the soft tones and easy strumming that make folk the most accessible backdrop music.
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‘RILLEX-N-EFFECT: HUNDRED WATERS TURN EDM INTO AN OASIS
Live, their shows elevate the music to impossible proportions.
RUN FOR COVER: VAMPIRE WEEKEND VS. MUMFORD & SONS: “COUSINS”
Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed us.
RUN FOR COVER: ELLIOTT SMITH VS. MADELEINE PEYROUX: “BETWEEN THE BARS”
“SLEEP IN” AND LET SKINNY BONES COOK YOU A CREEPY BREAKFAST
Freak folk is hard to describe. Skinny Bones don’t make that genre any easier to put into words, but they do make the listening process a hell of a lot more enjoyable. The electronic folk duo, comprised of sees singer-guitarist Jacob ...
PHILOSOPHERS’ TONE: POST MODERN AUTHORS WRITE THEIR OWN FUTURE
When talking with Post Modern Authors, there’s really just one place to start: read anything good lately?
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: GARDENS & VILLA AT THE SINCLAIR
It seems blog hype doesn't always lead to a rise and fall. If the cards are played right, the only direction you can go is up. Gardens & Villa are talented enough to follow that route.