LatestPitchforkOct 12, 2026
Dja Dja (opens in new tab)
Modeled after the literary concept of the hero’s journey, the Catalan composer’s latest album is her most ambitious yet: It’s weirder, wilder, and more dazzling than anything she’s done to date.
Genre
Avant-Folk
Avant-Folk on LoudQuietLoud: about 50 artists, including Lankum, Keeley Forsyth and Senyawa. It runs alongside free folk, contemporary folk and freak folk.
Eartheater
472K listenersexperimental · electronic · art pop
Eartheater
471K listenersexperimental · electronic · art pop
Matt Elliott
165K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · experimental
Natural Snow Buildings
118K listenersdrone · ambient · experimental
Richard Dawson
111K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · progressive folk
Richard Dawson
111K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · progressive folk
Lankum
84K listenersfolk · avant-folk · irish
Mabe Fratti
62K listenersambient pop · art pop · guatemala
David Grubbs
55K listenersexperimental · post-rock · singer-songwriter
Marina Herlop
53K listenersexperimental · art pop · electronic
Keeley Forsyth
53K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · avant-folk
Big Blood
49K listenersfreak folk · psychedelic folk · psychedelic
samlrc
49K listenerspost-rock · shoegaze · glitch pop
Martha Skye Murphy
35K listenersart pop · experimental · folk
Senyawa
34K listenersexperimental · indonesian · avant-folk
John Francis Flynn
31K listenersireland · folk · irish
Cerberus Shoal
25K listenerspost-rock · experimental · avant-garde
Cages
24K listenersexperimental · electronic · ambient
Kathryn Mohr
24K listenerslo-fi · experimental · indie
Spires That in the Sunset Rise
21K listenersfreak folk · experimental · psychedelic folk
Amps for Christ
18K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · noise
Laura Cannell
18K listenersfolk · experimental · instrumental
Volcano the Bear
16K listenersexperimental · avant-garde · psychedelic
Heith
14K listenersambient · post-industrial · willowcore
Jerusalem in My Heart
14K listenersdrone · avant-folk · folk
Landless
12K listenersfolk · metalcore · irish
Širom
10K listenersexperimental · folk · psychedelic folk
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
10K listenerspsychedelic rock · experimental · egyptian
Nalle
9K listenersfolk · experimental · psych-folk
Carla Kihlstedt
9K listenersexperimental · avant-garde · violin
Brethren of the Free Spirit
8K listenersfolk · experimental · acoustic
Harris Newman
8K listenersfolk · neo-folk · acoustic
Father Murphy
7K listenerspsychedelic · folk · avant-folk
Grazia
6K listenerspsychedelic folk · turkish · new wave
Silvia Tarozzi
6K listenersthe flourishing zoo · avant-folk · post-minimalism
Poor Creature
4K listenersfolk · irish · folk rock
Aiko Shimada
4K listenersjapanese · avant-garde · folk
Kurt Weisman
4K listenerspsychedelic · folk · experimental
Suzanne Langille
3K listenersavant-folk · blues · acoustic blues
Wares
3K listenersindie · experimental · canada
Helena Espvall
3K listenersexperimental · avant-garde · cello
Elizabeth A. Carver
2K listenersavant-folk · folk · singer-songwriter
Marie and the Atom
2K listenersnew zealand · experimental · avant-folk
Alanis Obomsawin
2K listenersfolk · canadian · native american
Claypipe
1K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
The Tinklers
1K listenersavant-folk · baltimore · indie
Robin Crutchfield
1K listenersfolk · harp · dreamy
Xtatika
902 listenersavant-garde · japanese · american
Ahava Raba
492 listenersklezmer · jewish · tzadik
Big Brown Cow
136 listenersfolk · drone · avant-folk
Press
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Nebular (opens in new tab)
The veteran New Zealand guitarist and rising London avant-pop musician go full mind-meld on an album of foggy ambient drones and wordless, angelic singing.
- PitchforkJul 20, 2026
Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle You’re the Message (opens in new tab)
Inspired by the experiences of pregnancy and new motherhood, the art-pop musician brings her experimental approach down to earth for a lucid and restrained new album.