Will Oldham has crafted Bonnie into a country-music cult legend.

Joanna Newsom has never seemed to care much about mainstream appeal. While her fellow freak folkers Devendra Banhart and Animal Collective have racked up acclaim for their more radio-friendly efforts, Newsom has released a triple album, with some songs clocking in at nine minutes long.

Bounce along with the glittery, vintage sound of Lights' groovy album, Rites.

RTX, sounds like the spawn that ’80s hair metal and ’90s grunge never had.

English singer/songwriter Scout Niblett shares a minimalist sensibility and general vocal range with her more glamorous contemporary Cat Power, but there are less obvious comparisons to be made on her new album, The Calcination.