LatestPitchforkSep 17, 2026
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers (opens in new tab)
Focused on community and resilience, the folk singer and multi-instrumentalist’s new album anchors her wide-ranging musical explorations in her Carolina roots.
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Freak Folk
Freak Folk on LoudQuietLoud: more than 100 artists, including Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart and Panda Bear. It runs alongside psychedelic folk, free folk and avant-folk.
Grizzly Bear
2.1M listenersindie · experimental · folk
Animal Collective
1.8M listenersexperimental · indie · freak folk
Local Natives
1.4M listenersindie · indie rock · folk
Devendra Banhart
1.4M listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · freak folk
Yeasayer
1M listenersexperimental · psychedelic · indie
CocoRosie
952K listenersexperimental · indie · female vocalists
Vashti Bunyan
935K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Panda Bear
920K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · freak folk
Dirty Projectors
800K listenersexperimental · indie · freak folk
Daniel Johnston
765K listenerslo-fi · singer-songwriter · indie
Joanna Newsom
725K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Phosphorescent
710K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · indie
Vetiver
521K listenersfolk · indie · freak folk
Jessica Pratt
506K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Jessica Pratt
506K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Eartheater
472K listenersexperimental · electronic · art pop
Eartheater
471K listenersexperimental · electronic · art pop
Alela Diane
457K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Linda Perhacs
449K listenersfolk · psychedelic folk · singer-songwriter
Bowerbirds
439K listenersfolk · indie folk · indie
Marissa Nadler
422K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Woods
401K listenersfolk · lo-fi · freak folk
Here We Go Magic
345K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · indie
Akron/Family
326K listenersfolk · experimental · freak folk
Six Organs of Admittance
322K listenersfolk · psychedelic · experimental
Glasser
305K listenersexperimental · electronic · electropop
Tiny Tim
297K listenersfolk · experimental · ukulele
Hop Along
257K listenersindie · indie rock · folk
Das Racist
245K listenership-hop · rap · art rap
The Cave Singers
241K listenersfolk · indie folk · americana
El Guincho
213K listenersexperimental · electronic · spanish
Yellow Ostrich
206K listenersindie · folk · acoustic
Avey Tare
204K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · freak folk
High Places
201K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · folktronica
Dark Dark Dark
194K listenersfolk · indie · new weird america
Diane Cluck
193K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · female vocalists
Josephine Foster
175K listenersfolk · freak folk · female vocalists
The Ruby Suns
163K listenersindie pop · psychedelic · new zealand
Megafaun
157K listenersfolk · indie · experimental
Frog Eyes
151K listenersexperimental · indie · canadian
Sun City Girls
148K listenersexperimental · avant-garde · psychedelic
Jana Hunter
146K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · new weird america
Michael Hurley
145K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · blues
Ramona Falls
144K listenersexperimental · indie rock · indie
Espers
140K listenersfolk · psychedelic · freak folk
Le Loup
134K listenersindie · psychedelic · experimental
Comus
130K listenersprogressive rock · psychedelic folk · folk
Young Magic
122K listenersindie · electronic · experimental
The Music Tapes
119K listenerslo-fi · experimental · elephant 6
Parenthetical Girls
118K listenersexperimental · indie pop · indie
Exuma
117K listenersfolk · freak folk · caribbean folk
Nurses
117K listenersexperimental · indie · psychedelic
Danielson
115K listenersfreak folk · folk · indie
Bodies of Water
111K listenersfolk · indie · indie pop
Richard Dawson
111K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · progressive folk
Richard Dawson
111K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · progressive folk
Peggy Sue
103K listenersfolk · indie · female vocalists
Metallic Falcons
102K listenersexperimental · freak folk · psychedelic
Jack Rose
99K listenersfolk · guitar · instrumental
White Magic
97K listenersfolk · new weird america · psychedelic
DM Stith
90K listenerssinger-songwriter · folk · experimental
Au
81K listenersexperimental · avant-garde · ambient
Paavoharju
81K listenersexperimental · folk · freak folk
Cory Hanson
80K listenersusa · psychedelic rock · psychedelic
DVA
79K listenersexperimental · electronic · alternative
The Angels of Light
75K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · freak folk
Feathers
71K listenersfreak folk · folk · psychedelic
Hala Strana
70K listenerspsychedelic folk · folk · drone
Megapuss
67K listenersfreak folk · folk · new weird america
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
62K listenersexperimental · swedish · freak folk
The Skygreen Leopards
62K listenersfolk · psychedelic · freak folk
Entrance
62K listenerspsychedelic · psychedelic rock · blues
Sunburned Hand of the Man
56K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · drone
Simon Finn
56K listenersfolk · psychedelic folk · singer-songwriter
Bruce Peninsula
53K listenersfolk · experimental · canadian
Record Club
51K listenersart-rock · beck · cover
The Tiny
50K listenersswedish · female vocalists · folk
Big Blood
49K listenersfreak folk · psychedelic folk · psychedelic
Larkin Grimm
48K listenersfreak folk · folk · singer-songwriter
Fursaxa
47K listenersfreak folk · experimental · drone
Wooden Wand
46K listenersfolk · alt-country · psychedelic
Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum
46K listenersfolk · lo-fi · experimental
Jackie-O Motherfucker
46K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · post-rock
Bill Orcutt
46K listenersfree improvisation · noise · psychedelic
Charalambides
45K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · folk
Tickley Feather
43K listenerslo-fi · experimental · freak folk
Ohtis
42K listenersfolk · freak folk · usa
Baby Dee
42K listenerscabaret · singer-songwriter · freak folk
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
40K listenersfolk · freak folk · singer-songwriter
Keepaway
39K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · indie
Valet
37K listenerspsychedelic · drone · experimental
Faun Fables
36K listenersfreak folk · folk · experimental
Noah Georgeson
35K listenersfolk · new weird america · freak folk
Kemialliset Ystävät
35K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · psychedelic folk
Matteah Baim
34K listenerspsych-folk · female vocalists · folk
Arborea
34K listenersfolk · indie folk · psych folk
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