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SloNewsLife - ansible

"Many of these songs were written and recorded while staying at a house on the Puget Sound shortly after a family funeral."

https://getmusic.fm/l/SiawQf

#ambient #slowcore #altfolk #lofirock #music

"a rhythmic, hypnotic guitar refrain that sucks you in from the off, regular, menacing psyche guitar riffs that punch through the gloom and ratchet up the tension"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/swarme-of-beese-state-of-arkansas-americana

Find Favourite Swarme of Beese in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#Americana #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #austin 

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favourite-armchair-mountain-backdrop-alt-folk

Find Favourite Archair in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #rhodeisland 

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favourite-armchair-mountain-backdrop-alt-folk

Find Favourite Archair in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #rhodeisland 

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favourite-armchair-mountain-backdrop-alt-folk

Find Favourite Archair in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #rhodeisland 

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favourite-armchair-mountain-backdrop-alt-folk

Find Favourite Archair in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #rhodeisland 

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favourite-armchair-mountain-backdrop-alt-folk

Find Favourite Archair in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #rhodeisland 

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by Yuki. This is a covers album like no other. Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie chose songs that once were all over the airwaves - including in her hometown of Nunavik - songs that had a strong emotional connection to a person or memory in her past, translated them into Inuktitut, and then created intensely personal versions of those songs. I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs (originally by Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Patrick Hernandez, Leonard Cohen, and Rolling Stones) like this before.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/04/03/elisapie-inuktitut-2023-inuk/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/album/inuktitut

Happy listening!

#Elisapie #AltFolk #SingerSongwriter #covers #Inuktitut #Inuk #music #1001OtherAlbums

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by Yuki. This is a covers album like no other. Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie chose songs that once were all over the airwaves - including in her hometown of Nunavik - songs that had a strong emotional connection to a person or memory in her past, translated them into Inuktitut, and then created intensely personal versions of those songs. I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs (originally by Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Patrick Hernandez, Leonard Cohen, and Rolling Stones) like this before.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/04/03/elisapie-inuktitut-2023-inuk/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/album/inuktitut

Happy listening!

#Elisapie #AltFolk #SingerSongwriter #covers #Inuktitut #Inuk #music #1001OtherAlbums

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by Yuki. This is a covers album like no other. Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie chose songs that once were all over the airwaves - including in her hometown of Nunavik - songs that had a strong emotional connection to a person or memory in her past, translated them into Inuktitut, and then created intensely personal versions of those songs. I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs (originally by Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Patrick Hernandez, Leonard Cohen, and Rolling Stones) like this before.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/04/03/elisapie-inuktitut-2023-inuk/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/album/inuktitut

Happy listening!

#Elisapie #AltFolk #SingerSongwriter #covers #Inuktitut #Inuk #music #1001OtherAlbums

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by Yuki. This is a covers album like no other. Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie chose songs that once were all over the airwaves - including in her hometown of Nunavik - songs that had a strong emotional connection to a person or memory in her past, translated them into Inuktitut, and then created intensely personal versions of those songs. I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs (originally by Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Patrick Hernandez, Leonard Cohen, and Rolling Stones) like this before.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/04/03/elisapie-inuktitut-2023-inuk/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/album/inuktitut

Happy listening!

#Elisapie #AltFolk #SingerSongwriter #covers #Inuktitut #Inuk #music #1001OtherAlbums

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.

I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.

From the Bandcamp description:

“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”

Below is a track list noting the originals.

1. Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
2. Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
3. Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
4. Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
5. Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
6. Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
7. Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
8. Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
9. Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
10. Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29

I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.

• Bandcamp: Elisapie – Inuktitut
• Discogs: Elisapie – Inuktitut

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.

I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.

From the Bandcamp description:

“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”

Below is a track list noting the originals.

1. Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
2. Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
3. Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
4. Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
5. Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
6. Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
7. Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
8. Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
9. Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
10. Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29

I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.

• Bandcamp: Elisapie – Inuktitut
• Discogs: Elisapie – Inuktitut

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.

I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.

From the Bandcamp description:

“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”

Below is a track list noting the originals.

1. Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
2. Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
3. Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
4. Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
5. Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
6. Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
7. Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
8. Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
9. Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
10. Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29

I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.

• Bandcamp: Elisapie – Inuktitut
• Discogs: Elisapie – Inuktitut

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.

I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.

From the Bandcamp description:

“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”

Below is a track list noting the originals.

1. Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
2. Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
3. Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
4. Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
5. Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
6. Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
7. Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
8. Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
9. Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
10. Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29

I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.

• Bandcamp: Elisapie – Inuktitut
• Discogs: Elisapie – Inuktitut

Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)

Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.

I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.

From the Bandcamp description:

“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”

Below is a track list noting the originals.

1. Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
2. Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
3. Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
4. Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
5. Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
6. Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
7. Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
8. Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
9. Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
10. Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29

I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.

• Bandcamp: Elisapie – Inuktitut
• Discogs: Elisapie – Inuktitut

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Jana Pochop - Powerlines

"Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu studio."

https://getmusic.fm/l/blzpMX

#singersongwriter #indiefolk #altfolk #music

"Desmet attempts to keep sane by calmly repeating the song title like a mantra, but is enveloped by the orchestra's existential angst."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/ruis-a-dreamwithinadream-alt-pop

Find ru·is in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-pop-playlist

#altpop #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #belgium 

"the winds vanish, leaving our dishevelled conductor alone again with her guitar, thoughts and a lingering ambient drone"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/josephine-illingworth-old-holy-feeling-self-relese-alt-pop

Find Illingworth in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-pop-playlist

#folk #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #london 

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing

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SloNewsLife - ansible

"Many of these songs were written and recorded while staying at a house on the Puget Sound shortly after a family funeral."

https://getmusic.fm/l/jjyao5

#ambient #slowcore #altfolk #lofirock #music

"There's a fume in this truck
And I don't know if we're dead or what the fuck?
Or what the fuck is going on?"

#Beck, 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_SHEKQvRh8&t=58

#music #LoFi #AltFolk #nitrous

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Elly Kace - The Body

"The body is a tool for self discovery."

https://getmusic.fm/l/vrVJmL

#alternative #baroquepop #altfolk #music

Half Shadow - Fruit (Antiquated Future)

"Starting off innocently enough with some straight ahead acoustic guitar picking, "Fruit" takes all of a few seconds before the freak folk flag is raised"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/half-shadow-fruit-freak-folk

Find Half Shadow in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #portland

Block – Over And Over

After “I Thought I Won The War,” a critically acclaimed single released recently over all streaming media platforms, Block is back with another marvelous composition that will definitely suit all his fans and gather many new listeners. Serving as a perfect showcase of what you might expect from his upcoming album, “Over And Over” also represents his first piece of work released this year. Compared to the previous track, this song also showcases numerous innovations in songwriting, composition, arrangement, and production, demonstrating a natural progression of an already incredible artist. Lyrically, the song is about obsessive-compulsive disorder. Block reflects on a lifelong battle with the condition, noting that it was poorly understood or mislabeled during his childhood. The lyrics aim to capture the horrible things and maddening repetition that define the experience. By sharing his personal hell and admitting he wouldn’t wish it even on his worst enemy, Block uses vulnerability to create a moody, intimate atmosphere that invites listeners into the reality of chronic mental health struggles. Sonically, Block combines a singer-songwriter approach with various techniques, directions, and genres in order to vividly depict the lyrical theme. Perhaps music genres like indie folk and indie rock come to mind first, but do not be surprised if you stumble upon some of the finest properties borrowed from alternative, art rock, alt-folk, folk rock, and modern rock. Block cleverly, thoughtfully, and tastefully combines all these styles by offering a calm, soothing, relaxing, ethereal ambiance, serving as an adequate platform for the song’s theme. It’s also worth noting that the “Over And Over” evokes the late nineties indie sound, while the latest trends in production infuse a contemporary vibe. It’s definitely one of those songs that immediately wraps around your listening apparatus and refuses to let go long after the last notes and beats end.

As soon as you press play, you’ll immediately notice almost a cinematic ambiance lurking around, thanks to calm vocal harmonies, lush instrumentations, and moderate beats. “Over And Over” is one of those tracks with perfect structure, fully stacked with profoundly detailed segments, brilliant ideas, and outstanding musicianship, but it definitely stands out with its unique atmosphere. Block’s vocal performance plays a significant role here, as it acts as a centerpiece that immediately pulls you into the sonic whirlwind. His calm, soothing, relaxing voice commands attention, elevates everything to new heights, and guides you from scratch to finish. You’ll immediately notice all the sincerity, passion, heart, and soul delivered through delicate vocal harmonies that seamlessly balance all the low, mid, and high notes with such precision and finesse. Besides decorating all the segments and orchestrations, his performance also contributes more than necessary emotional depth and complexity to an already intricate song structure. In the meantime, the interplay between synths and guitars shapes a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. You’ll notice all those lush, beautiful, ethereal synth themes, melodies, and harmonies on one side while the other resonates with catchy, memorable, engaging chord progressions, delivered on acoustic guitars. It’s nearly mindblowing how all these layers articulate together without overwhelming each other, proving that Block thought about everything while writing, composing, arranging, and producing this song. “Over And Over” wouldn’t sound complete without the equally impressive rhythm section, and you’ll definitely notice how intricate, warm-sounding basslines rumble beneath all those beautiful vocal harmonies, lush synths, and catchy guitar works. These low ends are so subtle yet hearable enough to deliver more heaviness, clarity, and depth to the song while simultaneously binding the mentioned orchestrations with rhythmic patterns. The tastefully arranged, flawlessly performed, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics bring almost a trip-hop atmosphere, keep everything in line, and dictate groove and moderate pace. These rhythmic patterns are also subtle yet notable, bringing more than necessary rhythm while leaving enough room for other instruments to shine.

With “Over And Over,” Block showcases why he’s one of the most celebrated artists whose music inspired many. By building soulful, emotive, cinematic ambiance through beautiful vocal harmonies, lush synth themes, catchy chord progressions, intricate basslines, and moderate beats, he revealed a fresh, unique, innovative, exciting new face of alternative and indie music. “Over And Over” stands out from anything you could hear on the music scene nowadays, thanks to Block’s unique songwriting and composing abilities and a distinctive approach to performing music. If you’re looking for music that speaks volumes, tackles important themes, and resonates with bold and innovative sonic maneuvers, then you should immediately place “Over And Over” on your music radar. It’s available on all streaming platforms, so check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/track/7C4z139quGQZOqcYx81SsS?si=df03110a0cd147fe

"a singular EP of ambient leaning alt-folk"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/kit-gordan-taber-2025-field-recordings-alt-folk-ambient

Find Gordon in the Slow Folk Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#altfolk #ambient #psychedelic #alternative #music #independent #artist #london

The Amanda Emblem Experiment – Ancient Dingo

The Amanda Emblem Experiment is back with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will immediately appeal to anyone who’s in search of soulful, hearty, and meaningful music. Arriving after “The Wood,” a marvelous full-length album released last year, “Ancient Dingo” is the first piece of work in 2026, showcasing Amanda Emblem’s tremendous ideas, creativity, talent, experience, and musicianship from scratch to finish. If you’ve followed her work before, then you already know that her music always evolves, so that’s the case with this particular composition as well. Cowritten by Amanda and harmonica flutist Kelly King, “Ancient Dingo” is about understanding the behaviour and bad reputation of the Australian dingo. Sonically, the artist employs a singer-songwriter aesthetic by blending various approaches, techniques, and styles with fundamental elements borrowed from alternative folk, alternative rock, and alt-pop, aiming to construct a luxuriant sonic imagery that perfectly complements the lyrical theme. However, beneath you may find other music genres, such as indie rock, soft rock, and acoustic rock, lurking around and elevating this composition to an entirely new level. With all these genres in her sonic arsenal, Amanda Emblem constructs such a beautiful atmosphere where each vocal harmony, chord progression, bassline, and rhythmic pattern wraps around your listening apparatus and refuses to let go long after the last notes and beats end.

As soon as you press play, you’ll immediately notice her fascinating songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing abilities. Each layer, element, detail, and nuance has its place and purpose here, building a perfect sonic universe worth revisiting over and over again. The way guitars work throughout the entire composition is nearly mindblowing. You’ll immediately notice how the interplay between acoustic and electric guitars acts as a backdrop that emphasizes Emblem’s enchanting vocal harmonies. On one side, you have calm, soothing, relaxing, and ethereal chord progressions delivered on acoustic guitar, while the other brings subtly distorted riffs and clean staccato upstrokes on the upbeat, played with a clean, bright tone. You may notice how barely hearable chorus effect transforms those riffs and chord progression, giving them a completely new dimension that works flawlessly in this song. Besides these guitar works, you’ll also hear how the main theme performed on the harmonica spices things up during the particular segments, while the additional chord progressions and ambient pads delivered on keyboards add a touch of complexity to an already intricate song structure. All these orchestrations indicate that we’re dealing with a wise, creative, skillful singer-songwriter whose songwriting and composing abilities stand out from the remainder of the alt-folk and folk rock scene.

Amanda Emblem’s beautiful vocal performance shines in the limelight here, making “Ancient Dingo” such a soulful, emotional, meaningful, and fascinating sonic experience. Her calm, soothing, relaxing yet subtly high-pitched voice elevates each segment to new heights, commands attention, and serves as a guide on this epic sonic journey. You’ll notice how she seamlessly balances low, mid, and high notes without overwhelming the instrumentation while delivering more than necessary emotional depth through poetic, storytelling lyricism. Beneath all these beautiful vocal harmonies, you’ll notice how the additional sing-alongs, back vocals, and other vocal layers give more depth, further improving the listening experience. Like the instrumental performances, her voice acts as an additional layer of melodies that immensely elevates the ambiance. Besides all those luxuriant orchestrations delivered via guitars, keys, and harmonica, you’ll hear those subtle yet vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines, rumbling beneath the mentioned instrumentations and delivering more than necessary heftiness, deepness, and clearness to this song. Of course, the bass guitars also serve as a binding element between all those orchestrations and rhythmic patterns while simultaneously contributing groove, depth, and detail. In the meantime, the moderate rhythmic patterns based upon tastefully arranged, flawlessly performed, and well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep everything in line while dictating groove and depth. Every element has its place and purpose here, offering you a fascinating listening experience worth revisiting everytime you crave a perfect alt-folk and soft rock music.

With “Ancient Dingo,” The Amanda Emblem Experiment shapeshifts the boundaries of alt-folk music. Her latest song not only brings a meaningful, educational story about the Australian dingo, but also shapeshifts the boundaries of what this genre could and should be. Through her wise storytelling, brilliant ideas, and outstanding musicianship, Amanda Emblem revitalizes, elevates, and improves alt-folk music, giving its new shape and sound. It’s a highly recommended fine piece of sonic artistry you should immediately place on your music radar.

https://youtu.be/_sQbLsgjbN8?si=HQtXGWyimdZyN_md

https://open.spotify.com/track/1w43tFpWIEWcLUwUz1hHvd?si=255fa622c3f246d2

#ALTFOLK #ALTPOP #ALTERNATIVEPOP #ALTERNATIVEROCK #FOLK #MUSIC #REVIEWS #SINGERSONGWRITER #THEAMANDAEMBLEMEXPERIMENT

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Home Hearing Records - Adventures in Sound Vol.2

"Adventures in Sound Vol.2 is a snapshot of contemporary underground music, unified not by style but by adventure and intent."

https://getmusic.fm/l/wH2tp9

#alternativerock #psychedelicrock #goth #postpunk #darkwave #garagerock #country #altrock #trippy #electronicrock #altfolk #artpunk #technorock #digitalhardcore #music

Recensioni ✍️ 👤 Kathryn Williams 🔗 Mystery Park 7️⃣.5️⃣ ®️ 2025 (One Little Independent Records) #️⃣ Altfolk Pop Ed Harcourt e Paul Weller tra gli ospiti del nuovo album dell'autrice inglese a cura di Gianfranco Marmoro #Ondarock #MusicianSky #MusicSky #Music

Mystery Park - Album by Kathry...

In the mood for some lovely new #music? Why not check out this EP that I wrote and recorded with my friend Tom Jones (no, not that one).

All the tracks were written during #fawm in February 2025.

Loosely defined as #folk #altFolk #folktronica #experimental music, by me, at least.

Shout out to @fawm for the original challenge and @mirlo for the hosting! My friend Nancy (nancy_clare_creative on IG) also created the stunning artwork.

https://mirlo.space/hob/release/starlings

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Lake Michigan - La Madrugada

"Alt-folk with magical voice coming from Mexico City."

https://getmusic.fm/l/SAEcC0

#bandcampcodes #folk #altcountry #altfolk #music

“an acoustic guitar lays down the track's folk credentials and paves the way for the fragile, warm yet wistful vocals"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/the-enthusiast-ennis-del-mar-folk

Find The Enthusiast in the Slow Folk Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#folk #altfolk #alternative #music #independent #artist #sydney

Caleb Nichols – Stone Age Is Back

Let’s just get straight to it, Caleb Nichols is not playing around. His third solo album, Stone Age Is Back, is a full-on, fascinating deep-dive into what it actually feels like to be alive right now, in this moment when everything feels like it’s accelerating toward a cliff edge. Forget your standard breakup albums because this is a meditation on existential grief that comes along with living through a mass extinction event. It’s heavy, brilliant, and it’s an essential addition to his growing catalog of music and poetry. Coming at us on Royal Oakie, this new LP isn’t explicitly a political album, and it’s not just hammering you over the head with climate crisis talking points. Instead, it’s far more subtle and powerful. Nichols is exploring the messy, complicated feelings that flood into your everyday life when you know the world is fundamentally changing. We’re talking about interrogating the grief, guilt,complicity, and the sheer fear, but also finding space for the joy, anger, and the dissociative feeling of watching the world burn while you still have to buy groceries. This album is a full emotional syllabus for modern living.

You can tell immediately that Nichols brings a different kind of brainpower to his music. This album reads like contemporary indie rock and alt folk. He takes his intellectual depth and translates it directly into sound. The influences are wild, from the landscapes of North Wales, where he wrote the songs, to the complex poetry and theory he was reading, and the raw energy of UK DIY bands. The result is a well-curated but totally wild ride through an aesthetic of queer ecology, rustic punk, existential folk, and moments of pure, frenetic indie pop. The sound itself is what really cements the strength of this material. It was produced by Nichols himself and mixed and engineered by the incredible Jay Pellicci, who has also worked with people like The Dodos and Deerhoof. The album is sonically excellent because it sounds huge, clear, and perfectly balanced. But here’s the trick, the performances themselves ooze this unbelievable sense of closeness. They recorded the entire thing in Oakland in just five days, sticking to a strict ‘first take-best take’ rule. That combination, perfect sound quality mixed with raw, live energy, makes it feel so urgent. It has that glorious, rough-around-the-edges immediacy that might remind you of so many artists and bands at once.

Across these 13 dynamic, lovingly produced gems, Nichols blends genres with such precision and finesse. You get moments of straight-up, acoustic-driven existential folk where the guitar work is thoughtful and layered, reflecting the quiet meditation on loss. Then, out of nowhere, you get these explosive blasts of fierce indie pop that capture the anger and the anxiety. It’s an album that demands attention because you never know what’s coming next. A sample of voices recorded in a 600-year-old church, a spoken word section, a dip into experimental jazz, or a surprise flash of genuine Neil Young-esque guitar shredding. It’s all over the place, and that scattered approach perfectly mirrors the scattered mental state of living through extraordinary change. The band that backs Nichols on this record plays with tremendous precision. They manage to be technically proficient while completely maintaining that “first take” adrenaline. The drumming is intense, energetic, and constantly driving the momentum, pushing the songs through their complex emotional shifts. The basslines are warm and grounding, providing the necessary low-end anchor when the guitars are spiraling into anxiety or the melodies are stretching out into philosophical space. Every element is there to interrogate the theme, not just to fill space.

This is Nichols’ finest effort yet. It’s his first project since successfully parting ways with Kill Rock Stars, marking a true return to music after completing the massive intellectual undertaking of his PhD. You can hear that sense of release and clarity in the performance. If you are looking for an album that doesn’t shy away from the massive anxieties of our time but still gives you genuinely great indie rock hooks and dynamic, compelling music, then Stone Age Is Back will be right up your alley. It challenges you intellectually, grabs you emotionally, and hits you with the raw power of a great indie record. Go check it out and prepare to think, grieve, and rock out all at once.

#altFolk #alternative #calebNichols #indiePop #indieRock #music #reviews

Nathan Maingard – In The Shadows
#CapeTown #Devotional #Folk #UnitedKingdom #altfolk #folk #folkrock #lyrical #meaningful #medicinemusic #philosophical #spiritual #spiritualsongsofhealing #transformation #uk
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://nathanmaingard.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-shadows

Randomly decided to listen to Ron Sexsmith's major label debut from 1995, knew basically nothing about him, but I've really enjoyed him. A mellow, introspective folk with little flashes of rock here and there. I would listen to more.

#ronsexsmith #folk #folkrock #altfolk #90s #canadiana #americana

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Elly Kace - The Body

"The body is a tool for self discovery."

https://getmusic.fm/l/N6OMVk

#alternative #baroquepop #altfolk #music

Some days you just need acts like Circuit des Yeux (very similar to #deadcandance) to get you throw without collapsing or exploding (which I almost did at an estate agent earlier).

https://youtu.be/rbV7WsnUCfI

#music #altfolk #folk #vocal

"the album is an outsider folk meets leftfield white gospel one of a kind and deserves your close attention"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/weirs-diamond-grove-dear-life-alt-folk

Find Weirs in the Slow Folk Playlist.
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#altfolk #whitegospel #alternative #music #independent #northcarolina

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Elly Kace - The Body

"The body is a tool for self discovery."

https://getmusic.fm/l/oAJg0S

#alternative #baroquepop #altfolk #music

Michellar – Never Say Sorry

There’s something about Michellar‘s music that keeps us returning and listening to all those songs she has recorded so far. Is it because of her marvelous voice or those lush soundscapes? Or maybe because of those qualities stacked in every segment of her songs? Who knows, but one thing is for sure: Michellar’s music always carries a certain atmosphere that tackles all the senses. On a modern indie scene, where artists and bands usually overly exploit influences, experiment too much, or tirelessly reinvent the same old wheel by mimicking something the greats recorded decades ago, being a genuine singer-songwriter who always delivers fascinating compositions is a difficult task to achieve. Thankfully, Michellar always brings those fresh, unique, innovative, exciting songs that her fans and music enthusiasts always adore and return to. Her latest composition, “Never Say Sorry,” exemplifies her dedication to the craft. Songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing abilities showcased in this particular composition are rarely heard or seen on the contemporary music scene nowadays. By blending some of the finest properties borrowed from alt-country, country, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, and soft rock, Michellar crafted a song that demonstrates how even the long-established music genres, like those mentioned above, can still sound innovative and unique. She incorporated these styles depending on the current mood of the song, so you’ll notice how some of these genres act as enhancements, accentuations, decorations, or tiny details that unquestionably improve the song’s structure and ambiance. While “Never Say Sorry” mainly carries trends that meet all the trends in contemporary music production, there are also some moments where Michellar implements subtle touches of nostalgia, pointing out to the era where styles like alt-country and indie folk ruled the airwaves. This tiny yet important detail improves the listening experience, making “Never Say Sorry” worth repeating over again. Therefore, all these experimentations with various approaches and complementary styles resulted in a catchy song that will appeal to anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music.

Michellar’s soulful, passionate, sincere, confident, emotive, powerful vocal performance steals the show here. The way she carries honest emotion throughout the entire composition goes beyond composition so many times. Her impressive vocal range seamlessly balances high, mid, and low notes, emphasizing everything she intended to achieve with this song. Besides decorating all those segments and instrumentations with such precision and finesse, her voice also contributes more than necessary emotional depth and complexity over an already intricate structure. You’ll also hear the additional vocal layers, back vocals, and sing-alongs, giving an anthemic vibe to the song. In the meantime, the interplay between guitars and keys plays a significant role in shaping a lush backdrop for all the vocal harmonies to shine upon. You’ll hear how the chord progressions delivered on acoustic guitar and riffs delivered on electric guitar resonate on one side, while the other shines with catchy, memorable, engaging themes, melodies, and harmonies. You’ll hear all those mesmerizing synth leads and pads lurking beneath the guitar works and making this atmosphere even more luxurious. Although subtle, the basslines are still vividly hearable, warm-sounding, and profoundly detailed, lurking beneath all the mentioned instrumentations and contributing heaviness, clarity, depth, and warmness to this track while simultaneously binding guitars, synths, and rhythmic patterns. With all those expertly assembled, flawlessly performed, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive actobatics, they also keep everything in line and offer more groove and detail to this song. As you can see, Michellar thought about everything while writing, composing, arranging, recording, and producing her latest track. “Never Say Sorry” is an alt-folk masterpiece where Michellar’s creativity, talent, and skills shine in the limelight. Each segment and orchestration carries so much honesty, emotion, and power that you’ll gladly revisit this song over and over again. With all those marvelous vocal harmonies, catchy guitar works, lush synths, intricate basslines, powerful beats, and perfect arrangements, “Never Say Sorry” positions Michellar at the very top of the singer-songwriters scene. Therefore, you should immediately check out this alt-folk gem. Do not miss it!

https://open.spotify.com/track/3BfUIBLULXRNRf3NHu9Q2w?si=c782281466264985

#ALTCOUNTRY #ALTFOLK #COUNTRY #FOLK #INDIE #INDIEFOLK #MICHELLAR #MUSIC #REVIEWS

Jesse Welles – The Poor

https://wgom.org/2025/09/25/jesse-welles-the-poor/

Jesse Welles – The Poor

https://wgom.org/2025/09/25/jesse-welles-the-poor/

Tyler Childers – A Long Violent History

https://wgom.org/2025/09/24/tyler-childers-a-long-violent-history/

Tyler Childers – A Long Violent History

https://wgom.org/2025/09/24/tyler-childers-a-long-violent-history/

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing (2023)
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing-2023

Robert Farmer – Each Mortal Thing (2023)
#Acoustic #JamesJoyce #acousticguitar #altfolk #altfolk #britishfolk #folk #freefolk #indiefolk #lofi #poem #poetry #singersongwriter #Northampton
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://robertfarmer.bandcamp.com/album/each-mortal-thing-2023