Album: Japanese Breakfast - Spotify Singles Artist: Japanese Breakfast Genre: #indiepop #alternative #indiefolk Label: Dead Oceans ​ Description: I really enjoy Japanese Breakfast’s take on this classic Bon Iver track. They add to the original sound quite a bit, and I think the result is really worth the listen. The additional instrumentation in the Japanese Breakfast cover gives the song a much fuller sound. Additionally, Michelle Zauner’s vocals are intoxicatingly sweet and

Album: Pohorylle Artist: Margo Cilker Genre: #indie #folk #country Sub-Genres: #indiefolk #americana Label: Fluff and Gravy Records Non-Airable Tracks: Brother Taxman Preacher, That River A message to snarky Tinder bios everywhere: saying that you like all music except country doesn’t make you interesting. It also means that you’re missing out on a wealth of brilliant and talented new artists in the genre, like Margo Cilker. Margo Cilker is an Oregon-based singer/songwriter w

Album: Things Take Time, Take Time Artist: Courtney Barnett Genre: #indie #alternative Sub-Genres: #indiefolk #folkrock #indierock #alternativerock Label: Mom+Pop Non-Airable Tracks: N/A In the music video for Courtney Barnett’s Turning Green, the Australian singer-songwriter sits behind a pane of glass, occasionally cracking a gentle smile as she paints shades of blue. This image sets the mood for the whole album: the feeling of sitting alone with Barnett in sincere, sky-blu

Single: A.M. RADIO Artist: The Lumineers Genre: #alternative #altrock #stompnholler #indiefolk Label: Dualtone Music Group The Lumineers have finally reemerged with new music. The famed indie-folk rock group out of Denver, Colorado, has blasted back onto the scene with a trio of singles. The latest release, “A.M. RADIO,” feels like what other songs aspire to be. The song is complete, start to finish, with a crowd-pleasing chorus, a slow musical build, and thoughtful lyrics. “

Album: Storm in Summer Artist: Skullcrusher Genre: (#alt #indiefolk #indie) Sub-Genres: (#neofolk #singersongwriter #mellow) Label: Secretly Canadian Non-Airable Tracks: none ​ Description: It feels like Skullcrusher’s EP: Storm in Summer does everything to solidify my fetish for the banjo. Along the coordinate of indie-folk/country revival artists (where Faye Webster would fall within the Nashville sound and Orville Peck to Western), Skullcrusher falls deep in Appalachian pa

Album: Little Oblivions Artist: Julien Baker Genre: #alternative #indie #folk Sub-Genres: #neofolk #folkrock #rootsrock #indiefolk Label: Matador Records Non-Airable Tracks: none Julien Baker released her third album Little Oblivions on February 26th, 2021. In an interview with Chris Deville from Stereogum, Baker talked individually about each track on the album. The album opens with a single, “Hardline”. The opening notes have a tone and pitch that reminded me of Travis Scot

Album: Ida Clara Artist: Mike Silvestri Genre: #Alt Sub-Genres: #Rock, #Folk Rock, #Songwriter #indiefolk Label: (self) Non-Airable Tracks: n/a Release Date: June 4th, 2018 Description: Mike Silvestri, Chicago’s mysterious songwriter, released his second EP in just under a year at the age of 26. Ida Clara is named for his grandma and features five folk rock songs with immaculate production and a wide breath of instruments. His voices lands in an undecided area between a light

Album: Wanderer Artist: Cat Power Genre: #Alternative Sub-Genres: #IndieRock, #IndieFolk Label: Domino Recording Company Non-Airable Tracks: None Description: Cat Power released Wanderer, her 10th studio album, on October 5th, 2018. This marks her first release since 1996 not put out under Matador Records – the two parted ways in between the release of her 2012 album Sun and the writing/recording process of a new project, citing artistic differences. Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat