Lo-Fi/indie folk/ whatever music recommendations

[changoo]

Bit of a useless genre term, but anyway - looking for recommendations similar to Bonnie Prince Billy, Mountain Goats etc. Got to say that there's hardly another genre where what I like and what I don't like seems to depend on the most subtle things - I can completely love an artist, but dislike a very similar one. smile

I'll start with:

Smog (=Billy Callahan) - Say Valley Maker

 

[edinatlanta]

Lo-FI =/= indie folk. So you've got that to deal with....

Are you looking for more stuff like the Elephant 6 types?

 

[Joe E Taleo]

The very first thought I had was 'Winning Losers' by Sentridoh. Man, lo-fi- hadn't seen that term in ages. The second thought I was 'Jamboree' by Beat Happening, which features the most covered indie song of all time, 'Indian Summer.'

I think these two suggestions are lower-fi than the folks you've mentioned...

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

My top picks:

Mountain Goats
Silver Jews
Smog/Bill Callahan
Bonnie Prince Billy
Dave Pajo
Wooden Wand
Bon IVer
Kings of Convenience

 

[mordecai]

Sun Kil Moon is good, but like all of the musicians mentioned here, tedious after a while.

Nice OP though, that's one of my favorite Smog songs.

I've been enjoying Warpaint a lot recently, and will +1 to just about anything Elephant 6.

You should also check out some of the influences if you haven't already. Linda Perhacs, Michael Hurley, and Bert Jansch to name a few.

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

There is so much elephant 6 garbage that it's almost not worth trying to find the good stuff.

 

[edinatlanta]

Originally Posted by Magician

There is so much elephant 6 garbage

Like the entire Of Montreal catalog?

 

[mordecai]

Originally Posted by Magician

There is so much elephant 6 garbage that it's almost not worth trying to find the good stuff.
although Olivia Tremor Control is essential, unlike the second half of your narcoleptic list.

 

[Pangolin]

Originally Posted by Magician

My top picks: Mountain Goats Silver Jews Smog/Bill Callahan Bonnie Prince Billy Dave Pajo Wooden Wand Bon IVer Kings of Convenience
Pajo used to make amazing music under the name Papa M. A great unknown musician is Sport Murphy. Not sure if he still even plays music, but his "Uncle" album is one of the most beautiful thing I ever heard. Jim White makes good music too. Edit: I forgot David Grubbs, his solo discs on Drag City have a sort of a folkish side, although I prefer what he did in Gastr del Sol.

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

Originally Posted by mharwitt

although Olivia Tremor Control is essential, unlike the second half of your narcoleptic list.

Mmm you athens fan boys are so easy to get riled up. Though I'm not sure "narcoleptic" is really a pejorative in this case...

 

[ratboycom]

The Love Language is some good Lo-Fi. Selftitled album was recorded in a shipping crate For your indie folk check http://www.hearya.com/

 

[UrbanComposition]

Yo La Tengo, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, Red House Painters, Iron & Wine, Calexico, Sufjan Stevens.

+1 Kings of Convenience

 

[Brian SD]

The Microphones (The Glow, Pt. 2, Mt. Eerie, The Blow, It Was Hot So We Stayed In The Water)

 

[gamelan]

listening to the latest White Buffalo EP which is amazing.

otherwise:

Magnetic Fields
Tom Waits
Trampled By Turtles
Mazzy Star
Lois
Anne Briggs

-Jeff

 

[willpower]

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