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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Most of the time I was only wearing tiny shorts': how Devendra Banhart made I Feel Just Like a Child

A songwriter revived a youthful naive song for Cripple Crow with a freak-folk musical community, blending eclectic influences and childhood imagery into an anti-folk statement.
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fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Read an excerpt of new indie rock book 'Such Great Heights' on "the gentrification of indie folk"

2000s freak folk evolved into a sanitized, commercially accessible indie-folk ('twee') that mainstreamed via artists, labels, media, and corporate platforms.
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