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Originally Posted by The Identity Matrix
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Well Mumford and Sons figured it out real quick with their new album this year didn't they.
I hated the indie folk wave that was blaring on the radio for the past few years. Mumford and Sons, Of Monsters and Men, Bastille, etc. I could stomach a few of their tracks and a few had actual merit to them. But for the most part the majority of the music coming out of that movement was bad. Really really bad.
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Fleet Foxes were decent and they get points for sharing a bassist with The Blood Brothers, but other than that I can't find a single track that didn't make me want to cave my radio in. But then there are indie folk artists like Joanna Newsom and The Mountain Goats but they sound leagues away from these radio bands, being able to make interesting, original, non-repetitive folk music at a low-key level, and with good results. And without the whole cheesy attitude that comes with the aforementioned groups. Alternative radio right now is worse than it's ever been. I'd actually rather listen to post-grunge. And that's saying something. The general annoying feel of it is probably the worst part, and of course fans of the genre.
As for Mumford and Sons, I'm glad they switched style but not sure the direction they went in was any better.
tl;dr I hate indie folk and alternative radio and everything about it but I like actual indie folk bands like Fleet Foxes, The Mountain Goats, and Joanna Newsom.