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Go Folk Yourself: check out Daughter’s fresh, emotive neo-folk – “Smother”

Go Folk Yourself: check out Daughter’s fresh, emotive neo-folk – “Smother”

Jordy Kasko August 14, 2012 0

Elena Tonra, a.k.a. Daughter, is one of my fiancée’s favorite new artists, but I haven’t really been able to get into her before.  This neo-folky new tune might make me change my mind, however.

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Go Folk Yourself: Like Fleet Foxes? Try High High’s lush “Once Around the House”

Go Folk Yourself: Like Fleet Foxes? Try High High’s lush “Once Around the House”

Jordy Kasko August 10, 2012 0

In January, Brooklyn-via-Australia folk trio High Highs will release their debut album via Sir Elton John’s Rocket Records.  The lead single, “Once Around the House,” is a stunningly gorgeous neo-folk song that crescendos over nearly 4 minutes

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Go Folk Yourself: First Aid Kit’s woodsy, flawlessly-harmonized new song “Wolf”

Go Folk Yourself: First Aid Kit’s woodsy, flawlessly-harmonized new song “Wolf”

Jordy Kasko August 8, 2012 0

Swedish sister act First Aid Kit are one of our favorite neo-folk groups here at The Tune, and today they released a surprise new single from their forthcoming expanded boxset edition of The Lion’s

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Go Folk Yourself: Sorcha Richardson’s wistful “I Heart NYC” <small>[MP3]</small>

Go Folk Yourself: Sorcha Richardson’s wistful “I Heart NYC” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko July 26, 2012 0

Check out this wistful tune from Dublin-based singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson, who’s got a neo-folk-by-way-of-Feist thing going on.  It’s definitely a great song for those who are addicted to New York City, but lyrics like

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Go Folk Yourself: Admiral Fallow become the “Guest of the Government”

Go Folk Yourself: Admiral Fallow become the “Guest of the Government”

Jordy Kasko July 25, 2012 0

Admiral Fallow lead singer Louis Abbott sounds a lot like Snow Patrol‘s Gary Lightbody, which gives the Scottish folk-rock group an “in” with fans of the widely known pop-rock group.  But Admiral Fallow don’t

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Go Folk Yourself: Passenger’s mature, thoughtful “Let Her Go” <small>[MP3]</small>

Go Folk Yourself: Passenger’s mature, thoughtful “Let Her Go” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko July 25, 2012 0

Not a whole lot of people know singer-songwriter Brett Dennen‘s standout 2006 debut single “Ain’t No Reason,” but I’ve always loved the song for its mature, thoughtful lyrics that seem to speak many truths

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Like Of Monsters and Men? Try on Miner’s folk-rocking “Hey Love” for size

Like Of Monsters and Men? Try on Miner’s folk-rocking “Hey Love” for size

Jordy Kasko July 18, 2012 0

If you’re caught up in the post-Mumford folk-rock explosion, falling for bands like Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Lumineers, and Imagine Dragons‘ “It’s Time,” then you’ll probably dig

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Go Folk Yourself: The Wilderness of Manitoba’s gorgeous “The Ark” <small>[MP3]</small>

Go Folk Yourself: The Wilderness of Manitoba’s gorgeous “The Ark” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko July 16, 2012 0

I discovered Toronto neo-folk band The Wilderness of Manitoba by way of their 2010 album When You Left the Fire, shortly after it was released, but I haven’t revisited it too much over the past

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Go Folk Yourself: Portugal’s :Papercutz do lush electro-folk, “Where Beasts Die”

Go Folk Yourself: Portugal’s :Papercutz do lush electro-folk, “Where Beasts Die”

Jordy Kasko July 10, 2012 0

apercutz are a Portuguese electro-folk outfit that have been making some waves today around the blogosphere, and the single in question — “Where Beasts Die” — is a lush tune full of electrifying harmonies

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Go Folk Yourself: Husky’s soaring folk-rock song “Tidal Wave” <small>[MP3]</small>

Go Folk Yourself: Husky’s soaring folk-rock song “Tidal Wave” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko July 9, 2012 0

We’ve posted a few songs from Sub Pop’s first Aussie act, the sweetly-harmonized folk-rock band Husky, over the course of this year… and their album Forever So finally drops tomorrow in the U.S., though it’s been

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Go Folk Yourself: Candice Gordon’s dark insomnia – “I See a Demon” <small>[MP3]</small>

Go Folk Yourself: Candice Gordon’s dark insomnia – “I See a Demon” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko July 5, 2012 0

Candice Gordon is a singer-songwriter from Berlin, Germany, and a song from her upcoming September 7 debut release caught our ears this morning.  ”I See a Demon” is a 2.5-minute neo-folk exploration of the

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Go Folk Yourself: Woods prep new album with freak folk tune “Cali in a Cup”

Go Folk Yourself: Woods prep new album with freak folk tune “Cali in a Cup”

Jordy Kasko July 3, 2012 0

I’ve been hearing music from psych-folk-rock band (a genre sometimes named “freak folk”) Woods consistently over the last year or two, but while their sound is original and inoffensive, it doesn’t really make me perk up

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