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indie folk
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Indie folk blends acoustic instrumentation with intimate, introspective songwriting, emerging from independent music scenes in the 2000s. The genre features gentle melodies, literary lyrics, and organic sounds like banjo, violin, and fingerpicked guitar. It emphasizes authenticity and emotional vulnerability over commercial polish.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 2003-07-01 | Sufjan Stevens | Michigan | |
| 62 |  |
2005 | Beirut | Gulag Orkestar |
| 61 |  |
2006-02-24 | Eiafuawn | Birds in the Ground |
| 80 | 2006-09-04 | Grizzly Bear | Yellow House | |
| 16 |  |
2007-03-02 | Radical Face | Ghost |
| 53 |  |
2007-09-25 | Sea Wolf | Leaves In The River |
| 83 |  |
2007-10-08 | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup |
| 30 |  |
2008 | The Microphones | The Glow Pt. 2 |
| 63 |  |
2008 | The Middle East | The Recordings Of The Middle East |
| 94 | 2008-03-09 | Fleet Foxes | Sun Giant | |
| 52 | 2008-03-18 | The Dodos | Visiter | |
| 72 | 2008-11-03 | Little Joy | Little Joy | |
| 39 |  |
2009 | Mount Eerie | A Crow Looked at Me |
| 24 | 2009-05-22 | Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest | |
| 69 | 2009-08-31 | Noah and the Whale | The First Days Of Spring | |
| 59 | 2009-10-02 | Dead Man's Bones | Dead Man's Bones | |
| 46 |  |
2010 | Taylor Swift | evermore |
| 76 |  |
2010 | Taylor Swift | FOlKlORE |
| 28 |  |
2010-06-29 | The Head and the Heart | The Head and The Heart |
| 29 | 2010-10-25 | Benjamin Francis Leftwich | A Million Miles Out | |
| 27 |  |
2011 | Dry the River | No Rest |
| 42 |  |
2011 | Daughter | The Wild Youth EP |
| 15 |  |
2011-01-10 | The Civil Wars | Barton Hollow |
| 73 |  |
2011-01-14 | The Decemberists | The King Is Dead |
| 18 | 2011-03-28 | Woodkid | Iron EP | |
| 64 | 2011-04-29 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | |
| 12 | 2011-06-20 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver, Bon Iver | |
| 50 | 2011-06-22 | Bon Iver | Calgary | |
| 74 | 2011-08-02 | Beirut | The Rip Tide | |
| 17 |  |
2011-08-30 | Beirut | March of the Zapotec |
| 71 | 2011-09-09 | Ed Sheeran | + | |
| 49 |  |
2011-09-20 | Of Monsters and Men | My Head Is an Animal |
| 91 |  |
2011-12-02 | Woodkid | Iron |
| 82 |  |
2012-04-30 | Father John Misty | Fear Fun |
| 43 |  |
2012-07-03 | Daughter | His Young Heart |
| 8 | 2012-09-13 | Mumford & Sons | Babel | |
| 31 | 2012-09-24 | Lucy Rose | Like I Used To | |
| 96 | 2012-11-05 | Alex G | TRICK | |
| 14 |  |
2013 | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Seven + Mary |
| 36 | 2013-03-15 | Phosphorescent | Muchacho | |
| 60 | 2013-03-18 | Daughter | If You Leave | |
| 86 | 2013-05-31 | Milky Chance | Sadnecessary | |
| 23 |  |
2013-06-12 | Alex G | RACE |
| 22 |  |
2013-08-02 | The Civil Wars | The Civil Wars |
| 40 | 2013-10-15 | Courtney Barnett | The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas | |
| 26 |  |
2014-05-20 | Bedroom | Grow |
| 65 | 2014-05-26 | Sharon Van Etten | Are We There | |
| 92 | 2014-09-05 | Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away | |
| 9 | 2014-10-20 | Bear's Den | Islands | |
| 75 | 2014-10-20 | Ben Howard | I Forget Where We Were | |
| 33 |  |
2014-12-02 | German Error Message | Haunts |
| 77 | 2015-02-09 | Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | |
| 13 |  |
2015-02-17 | José González | Vestiges & Claws |
| 97 |  |
2015-03-31 | Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell |
| 48 |  |
2015-09-11 | Beirut | No No No |
| 41 |  |
2015-10-30 | Florist | Holdly |
| 54 |  |
2015-12-11 | Teen Suicide | dc snuff film / waste yrself |
| 4 |  |
2016 | Gabrielle Aplin | Miss You 2 |
| 84 |  |
2016 | Big Thief | Masterpiece |
| 58 |  |
2016-01-15 | Daughter | Not to Disappear |
| 93 |  |
2016-04-08 | The Lumineers | Cleopatra |
| 25 |  |
2016-04-22 | The Strumbellas | Hope |
| 34 |  |
2016-06-10 | Dope Lemon | Honey Bones |
| 87 |  |
2017-03-12 | Faye Webster | Faye Webster |
| 45 |  |
2017-05-19 | Alex G | Rocket |
| 7 |  |
2017-09-22 | Ocie Elliott | EP |
| 89 |  |
2017-09-22 | Phoebe Bridgers | Stranger in the Alps (Deluxe Edition) |
| 98 |  |
2017-09-22 | Phoebe Bridgers | Stranger in the Alps |
| 47 |  |
2017-10-27 | Julien Baker | Turn Out the Lights |
| 55 |  |
2017-10-27 | Slaughter Beach, Dog | Birdie |
| 10 |  |
2018-10-05 | AdriAnne Lenker | abysskiss |
| 3 |  |
2018-10-19 | Novo Amor | Alps |
| 67 | |
2018-10-19 | Novo Amor | Birthplace |
| 68 |  |
2019-01-24 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center |
| 19 |  |
2019-02-15 | The Paper Kites | On the Train Ride Home |
| 32 |  |
2019-03-01 | Lomelda | M for Empathy |
| 35 |  |
2019-05-03 | Big Thief | U.F.O.F. |
| 100 |  |
2020-06-18 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher |
| 21 |  |
2020-06-26 | HAIM | Women In Music Pt III (Expanded Edition) |
| 51 |  |
2020-09-22 | Fleet Foxes | Shore |
| 66 |  |
2020-10-08 | Lizzy McAlpine | Give Me A Minute |
| 5 |  |
2020-10-16 | Tomberlin | Projections |
| 95 |  |
2020-10-23 | AdriAnne Lenker | songs |
| 78 |  |
2020-10-25 | Wilbur Soot | Your City Gave Me Asthma |
| 44 |  |
2020-11-06 | Novo Amor | Cannot Be, Whatsoever |
| 20 |  |
2020-12-18 | Taylor Swift | evermore (deluxe version) |
| 2 |  |
2021-02-19 | Cassandra Jenkins | An Overview On Phenomenal Nature |
| 1 | 2021-06-11 | Kurtains | insignia's manor | |
| 81 |  |
2021-08-20 | Lorde | Solar Power |
| 70 |  |
2022-02-11 | Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You |
| 56 |  |
2022-09-23 | Alex G | God Save the Animals |
| 6 |  |
2022-12-16 | Delaney Bailey | (i would have followed you) |
| 90 |  |
2023 | Haley Heynderickx | I Need to Start a Garden |
| 85 |  |
2023-03-31 | Boygenius | The Record |
| 99 |  |
2023-09-15 | Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We |
| 57 |  |
2023-10-06 | Sufjan Stevens | Javelin |
| 79 |  |
2023-11-11 | Winter Aid | The Wisp Sings |
| 11 |  |
2024-04-05 | Lizzy McAlpine | Older |
| 88 |  |
2024-05-17 | Billie Eilish | HIT ME HARD AND SOFT |
| 37 |  |
2024-07 | Taylor Swift | folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special) [deluxe edition] |