LatestPitchforkAug 6, 2026
Hillbilly Erotica (opens in new tab)
The guitarist wields his perennial outsider status to toy with the sound, the spirit, and the idea of American primitive.
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Free Folk
Free Folk on LoudQuietLoud: about 60 artists, including Dredd Foole, Alumbrados and Spiral Joy Band. It runs alongside psychedelic folk, avant-folk and freak folk.
Natural Snow Buildings
118K listenersdrone · ambient · experimental
Jack Rose
99K listenersfolk · guitar · instrumental
James Blackshaw
98K listenersfolk · instrumental · acoustic
Hala Strana
70K listenerspsychedelic folk · folk · drone
Megapuss
67K listenersfreak folk · folk · new weird america
Sir Richard Bishop
55K listenersfolk · experimental · instrumental
Gareth Dickson
55K listenersfolk · singer-songwriter · ambient
Big Blood
49K listenersfreak folk · psychedelic folk · psychedelic
Jackie-O Motherfucker
46K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · post-rock
Charalambides
45K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · folk
Duke Garwood
44K listenersfolk · alternative · singer-songwriter
Pill Wonder
38K listenerslo-fi · psychedelic · indie
Kemialliset Ystävät
35K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · psychedelic folk
Steven R. Smith
33K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
Vibracathedral Orchestra
26K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
Hush Arbors
26K listenersfolk · psychedelic · drone
No-Neck Blues Band
24K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · avant-garde
Cages
24K listenersexperimental · electronic · ambient
Alexander Tucker
22K listenersfolk · experimental · psychedelic
Spires That in the Sunset Rise
21K listenersfreak folk · experimental · psychedelic folk
Pelt
19K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
Ilyas Ahmed
19K listenersfolk · psych folk · psychedelic
MV & EE
15K listenersfreak folk · psychedelic · folk
Kuupuu
15K listenersexperimental · psychedelic · drone
Cian Nugent
15K listenersacoustic · folk · guitar
Badgerlore
12K listenersdrone · ambient · psychedelic
Ass
12K listenersfolk · acoustic · folktronica
Thuja
12K listenersdrone · experimental · ambient
Liz Janes
11K listenerssinger-songwriter · folk · female vocalists
Taj Mahal Travellers
8K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood
8K listenerspsychedelic · experimental · freak folk
Kama Aina
8K listenersexperimental · japanese · folktronica
Keijo
6K listenerspsychedelic · psych-folk · drone
Tom Carter
6K listenersdrone · post-rock · experimental
Ben Reynolds
5K listenersdrone · folk · ambient
Ajilvsga
4K listenersdrone · psychedelic · ambient
Giant Skyflower Band
4K listenerspsychedelic folk · psychedelic · folk
Ashley Paul
4K listenersexperimental · free improvisation · improv
Kurt Weisman
4K listenerspsychedelic · folk · experimental
GHQ
3K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
Billy Faier
3K listenersfolk · banjo · greenwich village folk
Alexander Gregory Kent
2K listenersdrone · noise · post-rock
Miighty Flashlight
2K listenersnew weird america · folk · reification
Dredd Foole
2K listenersfree folk · usa · less than 1000 listeners
Anahita
2K listenerspsychedelic · ambient · experimental
Claypipe
1K listenersdrone · psychedelic · experimental
Corsican Paintbrush
1K listenerspsychedelic folk · experimental · psychedelic
Tau Emerald
1K listenersfolk · neofolk · freak folk
Madelaine Hart
943 listenersfolk · blues · acoustic
Alumbrados
856 listenersdrone · psychedelic · free folk
Spiral Joy Band
767 listenersexperimental · drone · free folk
Mike Gangloff
726 listenerspsychedelic · acoustic · experimental
Peeesseye
722 listenersexperimental · free folk · usa
Gordon Ashworth
657 listenersfield recordings · ambient · experimental
Mike Fellows
461 listenersreification · acoustic · new weird america
Ed Yazijian
446 listenerspsychedelic · drone · experimental
Vanishing Voice
423 listenersfreak folk · psychedelic folk · psychedelic
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