alt country / freak folk

anyone else here into alt country / freak folk?
There are some great hippyish artists in this genre of music, and some great music.

 

What kind of music do you mean? Can you give some names of bands/artists?

 

The only alt/country bands I know are, Wilco & Uncle Tupelo....

And I think 'My Morning Jacket'..... are they alt/country?

 

Wilco is amazing

 

quite

 

im really into the genre right now! devendra banhart, iron & wine, joanna newsom and espers are my most favorite that i have heard

 

not really sure what freak folk is.. is it anything like cowpunk?

 

me too and I am particularly fond of the current Finnish scene
acts such as anaksimandros, avarus, es, hertta lussu ässä, islaja, keijo, kemialliset ystävät, kuupuu, lau nau, pekko kappi, päivänsäde, uton, vapaa

Freaks the lot of them oh yes indeed !

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/16205

alt country is not my thing but I do think Handsome Family Band are pretty cool

 

I think that Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders are concidered to be a couple of the main pioneers of the alt.country genre.

I can't say enough about the 1978 album "The Flatlanders" its been rereleased as "The Flatlanders, More A Legend Than A Band"

Pretty much anything by Jimmie Dale Gilmore is good too. Its a bit twangy and more country than someone new to the scene might like. Its good shit though!

 

I saw Hank Williams III in concert several years back... was amazing. Don't know if he is "alt country" as he has nothing in common, as far as I can hear, with Wilco, not that I don't enjoy Wilco. Maybe Hank III is more hardcore rockabilly? Meh... music labeling confuses the hell out of me!

 

hmm...I like the Palace Brothers, Wilco is good, Handsome Family, heard a little Flatlanders and liked it, Beachwood Sparks..but i don't even know if any of them qualify

 

i dunno what you consider alt country, but some of the stuff by Ryan Adams is pretty good, depending on which album you listen to

 

another My Morning Jacket fan? I love them so much. esp "It Still Moves".

 

I've always considered alt-country stuff like John Hiatt...

 

ive always considered alt-country pure shit...

 

well isnt that nice

corb lund band is what im plugging right now. its alt country.

 

Whiskeytown (Ryan Adams band) they are sooo good, or I guess I should say they were good 'cuz they aren't together anymore.

Built to Spill
Ryan Adams
Wilco
Iron and Wine
Uncle Tupelo
Billy Bragg
Bright Eyes (some of his stuff)
Jeff Tweedy
Gillian Welch
Catpower (I think she sounds country)
Neko Case (amazing girl singer!!)


Humm, I can't think of anymore right now. Basically alt. country is someone that sounds coutry but isn't played on country radio. Make your own judgement.

 

"Mark that frame an 8, and you're entering a world of pain!"

 

Anybody else heard the word Wilco did with Billy Bragg? Brilliant stuff. Billy isn't exactly a country singer by any stretch of the imagination (do the British even have country?) but it's a great match up.

 

Gram Parsons anyone?