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1
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Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
June 3, 2008
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
87
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
April 8, 2008
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
85
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
March 18, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
July 22, 2008
Psychedelic Folk
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
June 10, 2008
Psychedelic Folk
,
Ambient
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
October 28, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
82
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Shugo Tokumaru - Exit
September 2, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Folk Pop
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down in the Light
May 20, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
9
.
The Dodos - Visiter
March 18, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
79
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
September 9, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Shearwater - Rook
June 3, 2008
Chamber Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
79
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes
August 19, 2008
Avant-Folk
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
13
.
Johnny Flynn - A Larum
July 29, 2008
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
79
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Sun Kil Moon - April
April 1, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
78
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Horse Feathers - House With No Home
September 9, 2008
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
September 1, 2008
Folk
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Micah P. Hinson - Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra
February 3, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Gothic Country
Critic Score
77
7
reviews
Amazon
18
.
Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron & Frederick Squire - Lost Wisdom
October 7, 2008
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
September 23, 2008
Folk Rock
Critic Score
77
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, The Amorphous Strums - Dark Developments
October 14, 2008
Americana
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
77
9
reviews
Amazon
21
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Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow
September 9, 2008
Folk
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Teitur - The Singer
February 19, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Dø - A Mouthful
January 14, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Folk Pop
Critic Score
76
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Vetiver - Thing of the Past
May 13, 2008
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
75
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
February 19, 2008
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
75
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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