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Carrie & Lowell
9.0
Must Listen

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens stripped away every concealment and made the most nakedly emotional album of the decade about the mother who abandoned him.
Bishop Taylor · Indie Folk · 2015
Either/Or
8.3
Must Listen

Either/Or

Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith whispered his way through twelve songs of devastating beauty and proved that the quietest music can carry the heaviest emotional weight.
Bishop Taylor · Indie Folk · 1997
Fleet Foxes
8.3
Must Listen

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes
Sun-drenched harmonies and pastoral beauty that made folk music feel urgent again.
Joe Morrison · Indie Folk · 2008
For Emma, Forever Ago
8.6
Must Listen

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver
A cabin in Wisconsin, a broken heart, and a falsetto that turned isolation into art.
Joe Morrison · Indie Folk · 2007
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
9.2
Must Listen

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel
A haunted, horn-drenched fever dream that became the unlikely sacred text of indie music.
Joe Morrison · Indie Folk · 1998