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Lanks - Knife and Spear
Lanks - Knife and Spear
Sounds like: Alt-J, Wild Beasts, Chet Faker
By Hugh McClure on Apr 22, 2014 | Melbourne's Lanks really caught a lot of people off-guard with his debut release back in January. The solo guise of Will Cuming (who also fronts indie-pop 7-piece Farrow), his single "Rises and Falls" was met with substantial appreciation, ... read more →
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The Mercy Project - I'll Be Your Medicine
The Mercy Project - I'll Be Your Medicine
Sounds like: James Vincent McMorrow, Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst
By kid-sam on Apr 8, 2014 | In the vein of fellow troubadors James Vincent McMorrow and Elliott Smith, Brisbane's The Mercy Project (19-year-old Andrew Markwell) makes music that will stop you in your tracks and engulf you in its wave of delicate, tranquil beauty. "I'll... read more →
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Cousin Marnie - Cain
Cousin Marnie - Cain
Sounds like: Bat for Lashes, Loretta Lynn, Julia Holter
By Matt Gurr on Mar 20, 2014 | No other artist moves me quite like Johnny Cash does. His lyrics are steeped in brutal honesty and there is a haunting quality to the simplicity of his melodies. When you listen to Johnny Cash, you feel his pain as if it were your own.It comes as no ... read more →
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Ghost Dust - Ghost Theatre
Ghost Dust - Ghost Theatre
Sounds like: Bjork, The Knife, Bat For Lashes
By Marietta Longley on Mar 20, 2014 | Fragile, breathy vocals, lo-fi crackles, and heady percussive patterns make for a stunning, ethereal offering from enigmatic UK artist Ghost Dust, the moniker of Manchester producer/vocalist Jasmine Eden.Citing influences as broad-ranging as Bat For ... read more →
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Owls of the Swamp - Garden
Owls of the Swamp - Garden
Sounds like: Bon Iver, Volcano Choir, S. Carey
By Hugh McClure on Feb 17, 2014 | Globe-trotting singer/songwriter Owls of the Swamp (Pete Uhlenbruch) has been one of my go-to folk acts over the past 12 months. Despite calling Melbourne home, Uhlenbruch has spent most of his recent time abroad, writing and recording his new album ... read more →
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Soulmates Never Die - Kyss Kyss
Soulmates Never Die - Kyss Kyss
Sounds like: Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith
By Marietta Longley on Feb 14, 2014 | I can't get enough of the lovely lo-fi vibes of Leeds-based singer/songwriter Soulmates Never Die, otherwise known as Joshua McCarthy."Kyss Kyss," taken from his recently released EP, Nothing Hurt, Everything Was Beautiful (which features such endea... read more →
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Dan and Amy - Pretend
Dan and Amy - Pretend
Sounds like: Fleet Foxes, Local Natives, Freelance Whales
By Hugh McClure on Jan 23, 2014 | In my humble opinion, folk music has a huge disparity in quality. There is a lot of very average folk music floating around, the type that will put you to sleep given its lack of substance. But there's also a bunch of talented acts that do exactly th... read more →
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Novo Amor - From Gold
Novo Amor - From Gold
Sounds like: Bon Iver, James Vincent McMorrow, Justin Vernon
By Alap Parikh on Nov 6, 2013 | I happened to stumble upon Novo Amor on SoundCloud a while back, and it hasn't let me go since. Whatever Ali Lacey, aka Novo Amor, has done with this track, he's gotten it right. It's a perfect example of one of those songs that attempt (and succeed)... read more →
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