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Vandaveer’s sophomore effort, Divide & Conquer, touches upon similar themes found in its elder sibling, winding timeworn themes of love and death, malice and goodwill, sin and perseverance into (mostly) four-minute vignettes. Divide & Conquer offers up a flourishing chamber folk companion to its bedroomy lo-fi folk/pop predecessor.

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Turpentine [4:32]

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Mona Bone Jakon only began Cat Stevens‘ comeback. Mona Bone Jakon had been full of references to death, but Tea for the Tillerman was not about dying; it was about living in the modern world while rejecting it in favor of spiritual fulfillment. As a result, Tea for the Tillerman became a big seller and, for the second time in four years, its creator became a pop star.

William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Father and Son (BBC, London 1971)  [3:43]

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Blue Afternoon was Tim Buckley’s first self-produced record and his debut for Herb Cohen Frank Zappa’s Straight label. Buckley’s first two albums were very much of their time and place, with their psychedelically tinged folk-rock compositions; naïve, romantic lyrical content; and moments of earnest protest.

by All Music Guide

Happy Time (Live in London, 1968)

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Nathan Lawr has already established himself as an extremely gifted songwriter with three solo albums under his belt. Though is additionally considered to be a multi-instrumentalist, drums were his primary musical focus when he played with Royal City, an indie-rock four-piece from Ontario who disbanded in 2004.

by Obscure Sound

We Go Down [2:16]

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Fleet Foxes may have a firm grasp on rock and folk history, but they never play to their record collection. Rather than revive a particular scene or re-create a lost sound, the Seattle quintet cherrypick their ideas from a broad spectrum of styles, pulling in Appalachian folk, classic rock, AM country, and SoCal pop to create a personal synthesis of the music of their peers, their parents, and even their grandparents.

by Pitchfork

Blue Ridge Mountains [5:51]

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Thirty years have now passed since Nick Drake’s death. Its impossible to keep count of the contemporary artists who cite Drake as an inspiration, but a cursory round-up includes R.E.M., Paul Weller, Travis, Portishead, The Coral, Coldplay, David Gray, Super Furry Animals and Beth Orton. Along with household names of his creative lifetime the Stones, The Beatles, Marley, Hendrix his albums have become an unofficial set text for anyone passionate about music.

Thoughts Of Mary Jane (alternate take)

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David Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English movie actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup in 1966 (opposite Vanessa Redgrave), one of the films that best represented the spirit of the 1960s. In 1967 Hemmings recorded a pop single (”Back Street Mirror”, written by Gene Clark) and an album, David Hemmings Happens, in Los Angeles. The album featured instrumental backing by several members of the Byrds.

Bell Birds [2:30]

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