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Sounds like:
Elliot Smith,
Sebadoh
By
Philip Friedman
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Feb 2, 2012
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With his upcoming album entitled Bound For Glory due out in April, Damien Derose has released the first single to come off the album. Fans of Elliot Smith will be delighted to hear Derose's approach on the singer/songwriter genre, as there is somethi...
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2

Sounds like:
Avi Buffalo,
Wilco
By
Philip Friedman
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Feb 1, 2012
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I'm not sure I need give this song an introduction, nor do I need to explain why I like it so much. But I'm going to do both anyway.The track was released way back in 2001 on the album Oh, Inverted World. It's hard to believe that it was more than a ...
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3

Sounds like:
Bon Iver,
M. Ward,
James Vincent McMorrow
By
Hannah Levy
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Dec 8, 2011
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When I heard that Other Lives was playing a show at the intimate Cafe du Nord venue in San Francisco, I was a little shocked. Hadn't I just seen them open for Bon Iver at the Greek Theater in Berkeley? Didn't I just get a press release announcing tha...
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4

Sounds like:
Chris Bathgate,
Neil Young,
Vetiver,
Other Lives
By
Hannah Levy
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Sep 28, 2011
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Jonathan Wilson's "Desert Raven," a single from his recently released solo album Gentle Spirit, is a wandering, psychedelic folk track that sounds like the ghost of Neil Young.After a lengthly intro, Jonathan Wilson's soft, luxurious voice kicks in. ...
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5

Sounds like:
Sin Fang,
Azure Ray,
Joanna Newsom,
Cat Power
By
Hannah Levy
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Aug 31, 2011
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It was exactly 10 seconds into the track "I'll Drown" that I decided I loved Sóley. I didn't even need to hear the rest of the song (although of course I listened to it all the way through... again, and again) -- I just knew that it was going to be ...
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6

Sounds like:
Ferraby Lionheart,
Justin Townes Earle,
The Avett Brothers
By
Lauren Sloss
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Aug 14, 2011
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Oh, Rayland Baxter. Why are you so pessimistic? Why are you so certain, as you sing beautifully in your countrified folk tune "The Woman For Me," that you will never find her? I mean, come on. You're a stellar singer-songwriter from Nashville. You're...
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7

Sounds like:
The War on Drugs,
Kurt Vile
By
Lauren Sloss
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Aug 6, 2011
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Carter Tanton, formerly of Tulsa, honed his singer-songwriter chops playing in New York City subways. Listening to "Murderous Joy," the first single off of his upcoming solo release Free Clouds, I'm struck by the image of his lithe figure furiously ...
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8

Sounds like:
Belle & Sebastian,
Jens Lekman,
Elliott Smith
By
Hannah Levy
on
Jul 23, 2011
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Sondre Lerche is only four years older than I am (which makes him almost 29), and he's already being hailed as one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters to come out of Norway (or all of Europe, for that matter). Now he's based in Brooklyn, wher...
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