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Bat for Lashes’ spare, sorrowful version of Rihanna’s “We Found Love”

Bat for Lashes’ spare, sorrowful version of Rihanna’s “We Found Love”

Jordy Kasko October 12, 2012 0

I hear a lot of cover songs on a regular basis, but I rarely hear anything as skillfully performed as this Rihanna cover.  Natasha Khan, better known as Bat for Lashes, sets the #1

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Chicago indie rockers Santah’s under-stated, acoustic-based “Teeth” <small>[MP3]</small>

Chicago indie rockers Santah’s under-stated, acoustic-based “Teeth” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

Chicago indie rockers Santah will follow up their 2010 debut album White Noise Bed with a new EP called You’re Still a Lover on October 16, and the first song I’ve heard from it, “Teeth,” is much

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Talk Show Tunes: Morrissey, Father John Misty, The Wallflowers, & more

Talk Show Tunes: Morrissey, Father John Misty, The Wallflowers, & more

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Today, I’ve got a whole host of Talk Show Tunes for y’all.   Below, watch live performances from indie rock icon Morrissey, folk rockers Father John Misty, rambling Swedish indie pop wunderkind Jens Lekman,

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Go Folk Yourself: Campfire OK’s stomp & circumstance, “Wishing You the Best”

Go Folk Yourself: Campfire OK’s stomp & circumstance, “Wishing You the Best”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

I found Seattle-based folk-pop group Campfire OK last year thanks to the chanty “Strange Like We Are,” but I couldn’t really get into the rest of the band’s debut album.  However, it sounds like

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Summer Playlist: Mike Coykendall’s doo-wop ode to “The Hippie Girl” <small>[MP3]</small>

Summer Playlist: Mike Coykendall’s doo-wop ode to “The Hippie Girl” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Mike Coykendall has never caught my eye before, but this cute 2-minute ode to hippie girls (because god bless ‘em!) is too much fun to pass up.  Oh, and former sweethearts

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Go Folk Yourself: Daughter returns with a beautiful, touching B-side, “Run”

Go Folk Yourself: Daughter returns with a beautiful, touching B-side, “Run”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Elena Tonra, a.k.a. Daughter, is one of my fiancée’s favorite new artists, but I hadn’t really been able to get into her before the emotive “Smother,” which I posted back in August.  Now that single’s

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Experimental folk-rock from Other Lives, the string-laced “Take Us Alive” <small>[MP3]</small>

Experimental folk-rock from Other Lives, the string-laced “Take Us Alive” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 3, 2012 0

Oklahoma experimental folk-rockers Other Lives will release a new EP, Mind the Gap, on October 23.  This string-laced drifter will appear on that EP.  Stream and download for free below! -Jordy Kasko Other Lives –

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Go Folk Yourself: Chamberlin’s gentle ode to relationships and “Maryland”

Go Folk Yourself: Chamberlin’s gentle ode to relationships and “Maryland”

Jordy Kasko October 3, 2012 0

Vermont indie-folk group Chamberlin lit up my radar a few days back with this gentle ode, which talks of a problem often found in relationships: “Oh, she says she needs to find her place/

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Go Folk Yourself: captivating, gorgeous folk-pop from CHAMPS, “St. Peters”

Go Folk Yourself: captivating, gorgeous folk-pop from CHAMPS, “St. Peters”

Jordy Kasko September 27, 2012 0

I’m a big fan of British music in general, but especially British neo-folk.  Well, there’s very few folk songs I’ve heard that are as captivatingly beautiful as this tune from Isle of Wight (band?

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Go Folk Yourself: Andrew Bird’s organic crescendo, “Three White Horses”

Go Folk Yourself: Andrew Bird’s organic crescendo, “Three White Horses”

Jordy Kasko September 27, 2012 0

On October 30, multi-talented Chicagoan Andrew Bird will release Hands of Glory, an eight-song companion album to this year’s Break It Yourself.  Evidently, it was recorded by the entire band gathering around a single mic in a

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Song of the Day: Fossil Collective’s dazzling neo-folk, “On and On” <small>[MP3]</small>

Song of the Day: Fossil Collective’s dazzling neo-folk, “On and On” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko September 19, 2012 0

Today I was absolutely blown away by this track from U.K. neo-folk duo Fossil Collective (I know, I know, it sounds like the bastard son of Beach Fossils and Animal Collective… but they sound

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Go Folk Yourself: Sea Wolf’s earnest, introspective folk-rock, “Whirlpool”

Go Folk Yourself: Sea Wolf’s earnest, introspective folk-rock, “Whirlpool”

Jordy Kasko September 19, 2012 0

L.A. folk rockers Sea Wolf just released their third album, Old World Romance, on September 11.   We already highlighted the thoughtful and catchy “Old Friend,” but it’s a different cut that really turned me on to

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