Folkiness
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:16 pm
while listening i suddenly realized we dont have a thread for Folk-type music yet. i might be using genre definitions wrong, but i see folk as being anything with acoustic guitar and singing (although you can surely have shit like electro-folk and what, some of which is awesome as well). anyway, instead of trying to define it i will just assume you all get the gist.
to start off, i think i just discovered a new artist that i love. apparently she was once part of Damien Rice's band.
Lisa Hannigan - Little Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRdj8MRj9Js
Lisa Hannigan - Passenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve2Qj281G0s (filmed in The Netherlands, mostly in Utrecht. the venue they are playing in the video is Tivoli in Utrecht, which I've been to a bunch of times to see Calexico, Iron and Wine and Grandaddy. might post some of that further up :)
If you like that, there's a good chance you will also enjoy Feist.
Feist - Graveyard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnHmFKxPgA
Feist - Mushaboom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0qU5WSew
(all her shit is awesome)
Iron and Wine did some cool shit. dude also has an epic beard, which is worth something. his voice is smooth as a black baby's bottom.
Iron and Wine - Cinder and Smoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSarZ7g1F-g
Iron and Wine - Woman King EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMPmQoan3g (awesome in its entirety)
Iron and Wine - Bird Stealing Bread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xei0hbSy60
then somewhere along the album The Shepherd's Dog they started incorporating some African percussion stuff and i didnt like it, so i stuck to the first 3 albums or so.
Arizona Amp and Alternator - Man on a String: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9rfx2PM9s (Howe Geld, aka Giant Sand)
Cocorosie are apparently in the "Freak Folk" category. who cares? anyway, they make a lot of their shit with the help of sound-making toys and such. the shit i like (first 2 albums i think) basically sounds like it has been recorded in somebody's livingroom and/or kitchen.
Cocorosie - Armageddon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXYTrU5CEz4
Cocorosie - By Your Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6bInhOhUYs
Cocorosie - Jesus Loves Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd2PGkDecT8
Belle and Sebastian. masters of melody and catchiness. i love Belle and Sebastian. their old shit, that is, the newer a little less. anyway, deal with the old shit.
Belle and Sebastian - She's Losing It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_sPBdiqjE
Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtDjR255qY
Belle and Sebastian - Get me away from here, i'm dying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcKsxHURj24 (recognizable.)
God Help The Girl - Act of the Apostle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzT5RUus6kU (Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch sideproject. one of the best songs I know)
Joanna Newsom was once a member of Belle and Sebastian. her solo shit is quite interesting, and often lovely as fuck. she plays the harp, and many people hate her voice. her voice makes me cry, because i find it insanely beautiful.
Joanna Newsom - On a good day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdHy8Vo4Og ("do you do your own taxidermy?")
Joanna Newsom - Inflammatory Writ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO84LE36kp8 (she makes up a lot of words, which i find cool)
Joanna Newsom - Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xUpdO3g44 (this kills me everytime)
Joanna Newsom - This Side of the Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB23K9tT1JU ("Svetlana sucks lemons across from me, and I am progressing abominately"; this kills me everytime)
speaking of voices that people either love or hate, here's The Tallest Man on Earth. (also, fucking envious of his guitarplaying)
The Tallest Man on Earth - Where Do My Bluebirds Fly?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Giuw53r2BQ
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Lion's Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rEZqswF2oI (i once decided this song to be about Toby, my avatarian Dog)
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Thousand Ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecxd9uzUbAE
The Tallest Man on Earth - Criminals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWdwe5aCkk (that little chord-walk after the chorus fucking kills me everytime, that is so insanely good)
finally.
Possessed by Paul James - Color of my bloody nose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9jWRHe2l5M
Possessed by Paul James - Love's Disease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efg5TYE_NE4
Possessed by Paul James - Vodka and a Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bn96uzHht8
i could do a lot more but i am tired. bye.
to start off, i think i just discovered a new artist that i love. apparently she was once part of Damien Rice's band.
Lisa Hannigan - Little Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRdj8MRj9Js
Lisa Hannigan - Passenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve2Qj281G0s (filmed in The Netherlands, mostly in Utrecht. the venue they are playing in the video is Tivoli in Utrecht, which I've been to a bunch of times to see Calexico, Iron and Wine and Grandaddy. might post some of that further up :)
If you like that, there's a good chance you will also enjoy Feist.
Feist - Graveyard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnHmFKxPgA
Feist - Mushaboom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0qU5WSew
(all her shit is awesome)
Iron and Wine did some cool shit. dude also has an epic beard, which is worth something. his voice is smooth as a black baby's bottom.
Iron and Wine - Cinder and Smoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSarZ7g1F-g
Iron and Wine - Woman King EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMPmQoan3g (awesome in its entirety)
Iron and Wine - Bird Stealing Bread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xei0hbSy60
then somewhere along the album The Shepherd's Dog they started incorporating some African percussion stuff and i didnt like it, so i stuck to the first 3 albums or so.
Arizona Amp and Alternator - Man on a String: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9rfx2PM9s (Howe Geld, aka Giant Sand)
Cocorosie are apparently in the "Freak Folk" category. who cares? anyway, they make a lot of their shit with the help of sound-making toys and such. the shit i like (first 2 albums i think) basically sounds like it has been recorded in somebody's livingroom and/or kitchen.
Cocorosie - Armageddon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXYTrU5CEz4
Cocorosie - By Your Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6bInhOhUYs
Cocorosie - Jesus Loves Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd2PGkDecT8
Belle and Sebastian. masters of melody and catchiness. i love Belle and Sebastian. their old shit, that is, the newer a little less. anyway, deal with the old shit.
Belle and Sebastian - She's Losing It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_sPBdiqjE
Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtDjR255qY
Belle and Sebastian - Get me away from here, i'm dying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcKsxHURj24 (recognizable.)
God Help The Girl - Act of the Apostle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzT5RUus6kU (Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch sideproject. one of the best songs I know)
Joanna Newsom was once a member of Belle and Sebastian. her solo shit is quite interesting, and often lovely as fuck. she plays the harp, and many people hate her voice. her voice makes me cry, because i find it insanely beautiful.
Joanna Newsom - On a good day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdHy8Vo4Og ("do you do your own taxidermy?")
Joanna Newsom - Inflammatory Writ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO84LE36kp8 (she makes up a lot of words, which i find cool)
Joanna Newsom - Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xUpdO3g44 (this kills me everytime)
Joanna Newsom - This Side of the Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB23K9tT1JU ("Svetlana sucks lemons across from me, and I am progressing abominately"; this kills me everytime)
speaking of voices that people either love or hate, here's The Tallest Man on Earth. (also, fucking envious of his guitarplaying)
The Tallest Man on Earth - Where Do My Bluebirds Fly?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Giuw53r2BQ
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Lion's Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rEZqswF2oI (i once decided this song to be about Toby, my avatarian Dog)
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Thousand Ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecxd9uzUbAE
The Tallest Man on Earth - Criminals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWdwe5aCkk (that little chord-walk after the chorus fucking kills me everytime, that is so insanely good)
finally.
Possessed by Paul James - Color of my bloody nose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9jWRHe2l5M
Possessed by Paul James - Love's Disease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efg5TYE_NE4
Possessed by Paul James - Vodka and a Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bn96uzHht8
i could do a lot more but i am tired. bye.