#antifolk

[dognonsense]

My march 9th studio show :3 photos by @spittakephotos on instagram. There were at least two other polycules at this show. My poly dyke menace song is a fucking homing beacon for polycules its hilarious.

[dxkanthropy]

My Band Is Going On Tour!

I’m not very active on here these days, but I’m getting back into it! In the last couple of years, I’ve been working really hard on a project with my best friend, Boygirl Rising. We’re releasing our sophomore album this September, and the single off it just came out today! If you like folk punk you might like us, and you’ll have an opportunity to see us pretty soon if you live up the east coast :3

[marzipanflows]

Cannonball Statman at the AntiHoot, Spring 2013. Photo: Ben Searcy.

[danfsartchamber]

MADE SOME PATCHES TODAYYY

For my snufkin jackettt

Probably gonna do more tomorrow, I've prepared a few more!!

[caardamoom]

some long exposure photos of The Microphones from a 2002 performance. by dan wren.

[meine-nacht-hat-deine-farbe]

Now I remember it doesnt take much to make me feel small

~Crywank, Only everyone can judge me

[soundsfaebutokay]

I keep The Amazing Devil's Bandcamp page open on a browser tab (sometimes I just wanna roll around in their lyrics even though their words are already burned into my brain, okay, don't look at me). And today I scrolled all the way down to the bottom of Love Run's page and I noticed something I just never paid attention to before:

The antifolk tag (which is also in their other albums) intrigued me so I looked it up and found this website and this description:

Antifolk (sometimes incorrectly spelled as anti-folk) is a musical genre that promotes song-writing over technique and personality over polish. Some see it as the evolution of folk, others as a combination on punk and folk. Others believe the musical genre is so loose and difficult to define that in reality it is more of a scene.

Emphasis mine. Isn't this what we've all been yelling about in so many posts, tags, and conversations? Validation, fuck yeah!

Anyway, I think it's neat to have an answer (even if it's a nebulous one) for the ever-confounding question of what TAD music is like, a term that captures their storytelling flair and raw emotional power. Not that I believe any of us can ever limit ourselves to a single-word response when asked to describe TAD, lol.

[marsipanflows]

Killing The Flowers Will Not Delay Spring (2024), a benefit compilation by queer NYC artists for the Freedom Theatre in Palestine.