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1
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
May 26, 2009
Psychedelic Folk
,
Indie Folk
,
Psychedelic Pop
Critic Score
86
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
August 18, 2009
Avant-Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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King Creosote - Flick the Vs
April 20, 2009
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Critic Score
82
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Délivrance
May 18, 2009
Folk
Critic Score
81
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Mirah - (a)spera
March 10, 2009
Folk
Critic Score
80
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock
April 7, 2009
Folk
Critic Score
80
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly
July 21, 2009
Folk Rock
Critic Score
79
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
DM Stith - Heavy Ghost
March 10, 2009
Chamber Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
79
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut
September 22, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Slowcore
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost
October 6, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
June 9, 2009
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
78
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
October 6, 2009
Indie Folk
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming
September 14, 2009
Chamber Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
Amazon
14
.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - White Lunar
September 22, 2009
Modern Classical
,
Folk
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
15
.
Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
March 3, 2009
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo
February 17, 2009
Pop Rock
,
Jangle Pop
,
Folk Pop
Critic Score
77
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
M. Ward - Hold Time
February 17, 2009
Folk
Critic Score
77
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Alasdair Roberts - Spoils
May 5, 2009
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
77
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
19
.
James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game
May 26, 2009
American Primitivism
,
Post-Minimalism
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies
March 3, 2009
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
October 6, 2009
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
77
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Alela Diane - To Be Still
February 17, 2009
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
January 13, 2009
Folk
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Tune-Yards - BiRd-BrAiNs
March 19, 2009
Art Pop
,
Freak Folk
Critic Score
76
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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The Dutchess and the Duke - Sunset/Sunrise
October 6, 2009
Folk
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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