Articles by Peter Ellman

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  Ryley Walker

  Golden Sings That Have Been Sung

  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2016

  Ryley Walker is part of a recent wave of so-called "American Primitive" acoustic guitarists using their technical prowess to take the instr...

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  Courtney Marie Andrews

  Honest Life

  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2016

  Courtney Marie Andrews has been releasing intimate and heartfelt folk music for most of the decade. She's collaborated with such renowned a...

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  Blind Pilot

  And Then Like Lions

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2016

  Blind Pilot are a Portland, Oregon indie-folk-pop band specializing in sweet melancholy and wistful introspection. They take their time mak...

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  Beard Closet

  Deadly Force

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2016

  Beard Closet is Torontonian Phil Hamilton, who uses guitar and effects to create astonishing noise/drone compositions. His latest album foc...

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  Faun Fables

  Born of the Sun

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2016

  Faun Fables play a particular brand of neo-psych-folk or freak-folk that was popularized by Devendra Banhart and others in the mid-2000s, i...

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  Driftmachine

  Colliding Contours

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2016

  Driftmachine are a Berlin-based duo that use modular synthesis to construct robotic but roaming compositions. The melodic content on this a...

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  Dave Harrington Group

  Become Alive

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2016

  In 2014, shortly after the release of Darkside's ambient and darkly groovy record Psychic, guitarist Dave Harrington booked three days in a...

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  Various/Ólafur Arnalds

  Late Night Tales

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2016

  The Late Night Tales series allows select artists the opportunity to curate their ideal mixtape, giving fans the chance to better understan...