Anti-Folk

The music sub-genre known as anti-folk (or antifolk) takes the earnestness of politically charged 1960s music and subverts it. The defining characteristics of this sub-genre are hard to pin down, as they vary from one artist to the next. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Laura Groves

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Jul 17 Friday 17 July 2009
Free Show at Sounds on the Square (Park Central Square) The Scribbles	Sounds on the… Springfield, United States 37.208583 -93.292598	Add shout
Jul 22 Wednesday 22 July 2009
Wednesday @ Noon Concert at Founder's Park The Scribbles	Founder's Park Springfield, United States 37.21528 -93.29806	Add shout
Jul 31 Friday 31 July 2009
In Store Performance at Hot Topic (Battlefield Mall) The Scribbles	Hot Topic… Springfield, United States 37.16283 -93.263313	1 person attending Add shout
Sep 10 Thursday 10 September 2009
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard	Talking Head Club Baltimore MD, United States 39.292258 -76.60956	1 person attending Add shout
Sep 11 Friday 11 September 2009
Akron/Family Jeffrey Lewis	Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia PA, United States 39.96905 -75.134321	26 people attending 3 shouts
Oct 21 Wednesday 21 October 2009
Dr. Dog Jeffrey Lewis	Cat's Cradle Carrboro NC, United States 35.910234 -79.069035	4 people attending Add shout

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jeremyshantz wrote:
May 2009

Subverts the earnestness. Yeah, that's what it does.

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Jaimesunburst wrote:
March 2009

ice_9 rules

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Laurence_KD wrote:
February 2009

I love antsy-pants.

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ChaffinchJones wrote:
February 2009

Check out Mancunian Anti-Folksters, The Abodes at - http://www.last.fm/music/The+Abodes - lots of free music

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johnlclark wrote:
February 2009

I think a better definition is "what the '60's would have sounded like had Seeger, Lomax, & Dylan rolled one at Newport instead & The Fugs & VU fought weekly for #1 Billboard charts". It's about 3 G cords w/ a Mr Microphone & an attitude just like 1977 but w/ Woody, Utah, & death metal, don't ya' know.

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johnlclark wrote:
February 2009

what gets me is how they ALWAYS come around defacing anything anti-folk. I sometimes look at just "what" these people like --- mostly american (pop) idol crap & the crap disney pushes on kids. now when i was a kid, we got crap for being into punk rock & hating the "dinosaur bands". it took years before punk became "cool" - so cool that most of what was being marketed as punk was really power pop.

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MartinMilk wrote:
January 2009

Why is that? o.O

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Ice_9 wrote:
January 2009

ANTI FOLK IS A LIE.

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BabyHuy wrote:
December 2008

very nice

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1226 wrote:
November 2008

i love it

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Sanjuaro wrote:
November 2008

Great genre.

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celestialroad wrote:
November 2008

stupid genre.

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palanwen wrote:
October 2008

that sounds accurate to me.

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tired_time wrote:
October 2008

according to wikipedia : anti-folk takes the earnestness of politically charged 1960s music and subverts it into something else; tends to sound raw or experimental; it also generally mocks the seriousness and pretension of the established mainstream music scene in addition to mocking itself.

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palanwen wrote:
October 2008

all i know is that the artists listed as 'anti folk' all suck. haha. pfft. diane cluck. try it.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
October 2008

what does this tag means?