Indie Folk Americana Canadiana 101 - Vol. 6

This week features tunes from Poor Nameless Boy, Emily Barker, Clever Hopes, Anna Tivel, and more.

Album picks and reviews in ten words for the roots rock/indie folk/singer-songwriter scene.

Poor Nameless Boy - Bread Crumbs Sounds simultaneously dark and hopefully. Vocal performance really sells it.

Emily Barker - With Small We Start The mix is so incredibly dry, the vocal phrasing rocks.

Clever Hopes - Made You Mad Great electric guitar hook. The arrangement softly ducks and weaves.

Anna Tivel - Real Things What a groovy, silky tune. That tambourine is recorded perfectly.

Brendan Scott Friel - Simon the Doubter This song is like a good friend; solid, gentle, committed.

Von Bieker - Asheville Super satisfying punches with the rhythm section. Negative space works. 

Idle Joy - Your Light is Right This week’s entry in: it made me want to write! 

The Takes - Outside 45 Great chorus, summery playfulness for the instrumentation. Can’t get enough.

Spencer Thomas - Woman Who Smokes Cigars Vocal with heavy-ass slapback and Wurlitzer with tremolo. Nice.

Matt Kivel - blackbirds Is it pop? Is it folk? It is really good!