Scottish Psych-folk Group òrain Reside in the Abstract
òrain’s Hanging Fruit is a cornucopia of pastoral delight, offering dream-like vignettes, where the unknowing is the point.
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Richard Dawson Discovers His Way Home on Captivating New LP
End of the Middle is a more streamlined Richard Dawson album that’s no less engaging and perhaps more accessible than his previous work.
Bonnie Prince Billy Finds a Comfortable Home
Bonnie Prince Billy’s The Purple Bird reaches its highest points when Will Oldham finds the joy in life, which feels like its own form of resistance.
The Strange World of Devendra Banhart’s ‘Flying Wig’
Devendra Banhart’s Flying Wig was produced by experimental musician Cate LeBon, and she has made his spacey music more spacious by closing him in.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy Gets Domestic on ‘Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You’
Bonnie “Prince” Billy suggests the strangeness of life comes in how people silently consent to mainstream conformism like marriage without revision or reinvention.
Dave Scanlon’s ‘Taste Like Labor’ Is Quietly Intense
Dave Scanlon’s Taste Like Labor straddles a line between dark folk and fractured indie pop on his first solo album in more than two years.
Folk Songwriter Richard Dawson Discusses the Language of Time
Folkie Richard Dawson talks about his new LP The Ruby Cord, first-ever US tour, and the evergreen pleasures of Bulbils, his project with Sally Pilkington.
Animal Collective Surprise with Their Most Accessible Album ‘Time Skiffs’
Time Skiffs finds Animal Collective in a calm, contemplative state yet places them closer in style to most indie rock bands.
Bowerbirds Get Introspective and Melancholy on ‘becalmyounglovers’
Indie folks’ Bowerbirds wonder what happens when young love disappears over time on the melancholy and reflective new album Becalmyounglovers.
A Krautrock Maestro and Folk Singer Team up for a Masterpiece
Krautrock’s Detlef Weinrich and folk’s Emmanuelle Parrenin team up for Jours de Grave, and it’s damn near perfect. It feels too organic and alive to be called “avant-garde”, even though it is.
Dave Scanlon’s ‘Pink in each, bright blue, bright green’ Is a Stark, Deeply Elegant Solo Work
Dave Scanlon, the singer and guitarist of Brooklyn's JOBS, offers a stripped-down collection of songs that retains the unique intensity of his more complex work.
Six Organs of Admittance Brings the Cosmos Down to Earth
Six Organs of Admittance's Companion Rises begins and ends in a pre-dawn haze, shadowed by an inky sky that stretches out toward the cosmos before landing softly back on Earth.