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Sounds like:
Bob Dylan,
Cat Stevens,
Nick Drake,
Damien Rice
By
colin fitzgerald
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Apr 10, 2010
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Folk music is often dismissed by its detractors as a "less-than-musically-complex" genre. Many negatively associate it with its somewhat (and sometimes painfully) annoying guitar chord strumming and out-of-key singing of lyrics rife with whimsical p...
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2

Sounds like:
Damien Rice,
Lady of the Sunshine
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Apr 2, 2010
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Angus & Julia Stone (or "Angus AND Julia Stone") are a brother/sister duo from Australia that craft some great indie pop tracks. You can't help but tap your toes and hum along. No, really, you can't.I especially like the great "delivery" of bot...
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3

Sounds like:
Coldplay,
Adem,
Whitest Boy Alive
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 4, 2010
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Strange Birds claim to be inspired by the "multifarious sounds of the California coast", though to be honest, I'm not exactly buying it. Their sound is warm and fuzzy, and while the California coast is certainly not the Northern Atlantic, I still ass...
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4

By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 25, 2010
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This album's placement on this list can largely be attributed to the fact that my wife has played the heck out of it pretty much non-stop for the last year or so. She was obsessed with Coeur de Pirate from the moment she first heard one song, and w...
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5
Sounds like:
Loose Fur,
Wilco,
Golden Smog
By
Joshua Mellin
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Feb 16, 2010
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Although founded in 1994, Wilco's current incarnation was not fully formed until 2004 when Nels Cline & Pat Sansone joined alongside new drummer Glenn Kotche & keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen, who replaced former drummer Ken Coomer & a myria...
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6

Sounds like:
The Weepies,
Band of Horses,
Stars,
William Fitzsimmons,
Bon Iver
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 15, 2010
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I will declare it right now: the best folk band to have contacted me these past 2 months is without a doubt, Rosie and Me. When I'm reviewing music submissions, I always try to give the entire song a chance, even if it's completely awful"¦ but there ...
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7

Sounds like:
13 & God,
Console,
Tocotronic
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 9, 2010
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On December 23rd, the Washington D.C. area received 16 inches of snow, making it the sixth largest snow storm the area had seen in recorded history. Shortly thereafter, I escaped to my home country of South Africa, where summer reigned supreme. I tho...
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8

Sounds like:
Iron & Wine,
Jack Johnson,
Wilco,
Joshua Radin
By
Hannah Levy
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Feb 3, 2010
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I couldn't help but smile the first time I heard Bahamas LP Pink Strat. Though it was a rainy day in San Francisco, as I listened to the dreamy tunes of Afie Jurvanen, I was transported to summer bliss. You see, Jurvanen is a Toronto musician who doe...
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