“Baby Moses”, the first single off off Jordan Klassen’s new album Javelin (release date February 19th) is a beautiful piece of baroque pop. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 Release date: December 7, 2015 Buy the single: Jordan Klassen – “Baby Moses” Official Website
Oh Pep! is a Melbourne folk pop band that you can easily judge by their name. From their Facebook bio Not even 23 years old, Oh Pep! have been awarded Young Folk Performer of the Year 2014 and nominated in the Best Folk Roots Category by The Age Music Victoria Award. …
Rolling Up the Hill is the second Beans on Toast album for 2015. Full of folk punk gems. Jay McAllister’s raspy Essex vocals provided the perfect delivery for his heartfelt and sometimes politically charged songs. Rolling Up the Hill is an album you can crack a cold one sit back and …
The Deer an up-and-coming Austin folk band opened for Wild Child at Stubb’s Saturday night. The crowd was digging their folk-psych style, worth checking out. The Deer Official Website
LA duo, Girlpool performed as part of the Fun Fun Fun Fest Nites. Cleo Tucker (guitar, vocals) and Harmony Tividad (bass, vocals) are folk punk perfection. Their minimal sound and beautiful harmonies helped fans transcend to a place where their music is the only thing. Girlpool’s onstage persona matches their …
Guest writer Greg Ackerman Skinny Lister, the six-piece folk act from London riled up the audience with more traditional instrumentation. In fact, the band did not originally have a drummer. There was an accordion, squeeze box, balalaika, guitar, drums and a stand-up bass employed to create songs that called on all …
Jay McAllister AKA Beans on Toast, British folk singer-songwriter brought his very direct, highly entertaining self to open for Frank Turner. This stop, being towards the end of the the tour he had completed his folk song about the US presidential race but had forgotten the ending and allowed Austin to …
Fruit Bats rocked out opening for My Morning Jacket in front of a sold out crowd. Eric Johnson’s perfectly folky vocals flowed smoothly into the large venue. The band covered all their bases; playing songs that reminded fans how deep their catalog is. For indie folk rock it’s hard to beat …
Ivan & Alyosha’s sophomore full length album, It’s All Just Pretend is exceptional! The album is unmistakable Ivan & Alyosha with songs that feel like sequels to their folk pop hit, “Running for Cover” but it also has tracks that toe the line of psych-rock. Wonderful diversity in this folk-pop-psych-rock (little bit …
