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Sampler of various South Carolina bands, most within the lines of folk and indie folk. Download Here RIYL: South Carolina

Check out To Kill A King 's cover of Bastille 's "Oblivion" below. Download it for free here . 

Indie folk from Ireland. Download Here  (Enter email address) RIYL: Mumford And Sons; Of Monsters And Men

Today, The Alternative Tone is delighted to bring to you an exclusive free download of a track from indie-folkers  This Old Ghost's recent album, Family Room. The track is called "Lasso The Moon" and you can download it  here . Whilst you're listening to the track read our interview with the band below!  Hi there, This Old Ghost! Who is This Old Ghost and how did you get together?  This Old Ghost is Ian McGuinness, Karri Diomede, Ryan Sniffen, Rob Pizzolato and Brendan Coughlan. I had been working on some songs in LA and decided to move back to NY. I think it was after I wrote "This Lifeboat is For Gold, Not People", that I decided to move back and start a band. From LA, I reached out to Karri and Rob and from there Karri recruited Ryan and Brendan.  Our first band practice was a little over two years ago, a few hours before my family Christmas party.  What are you up to right now? Eating a bran muffin and confirming some dat...

It's a super exciting day on The Alternative Tone with today marking the official release of the first ever, The Alternative Tone compilation. As part of our feature on the best up and coming bands of the oncoming year, we're delighted to present 'The Alternative Tone: Bands Of 2013'. Filled with 34 bands spanning across multiple continents and genres, the compilation is suitable for any emo, post-hardcore, pop punk, folk, folk punk, folk, metal, music fan! Oh, and did I mention, it's free? Get downloading! Download Here Tracklisting  1. Annabel - Young American 2. Modern Baseball - Tears Over Beers 3. Brave Bird - Healthy 4. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Everything Small Is A Small Version Of Something Big 5. Crywank - You Couldn't Teach Me Integrity 6. Walter Mitty And His Makeshift Orchestra  - 101 N 7. To Kill A King - Howling 8. Andy Shauf - Let's Be 9. Into It. Over It. -Where Your Nights Often End 10. Flare Jeans - Me...

Indie  folk from UK Download Here RIYL: Noah And The Whale.

Indie folk from Kingston.   Download Here RIYL: Yellowbirddd, Joshua Radin Highly Recommended

Indie-folk from Brooklyn. Download Here RIYL: Bright Eyes, Crying Highly Recommended!

First compilation from Sucking Lemons, featuring: Dry The River, Tall Ships, Yellow Ostrich, Ideals, Dog Is Dead, Fenech Soler, The Cads, These Ghosts, Dutch Uncles and Clock Opera Download Here RIYL: Indie rock; the music that The Fly covers

Indie folk from Seattle. Download Here RIYL: The Palace Brothers, Fionn Regan Highly Recommended 

Three tracks from indie-folkster's 2010 album, The Age Of Adz are available free on his bandcamp. The tracks are: 2. Too Much 4. I Walked 6. Get Real Get Right Download Here RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, weirdness

Indie folk! Download Here RIYL: Lisa Hannigan, Laura Marling

Indie Folk from Ireland Download Here RIYL: Rilo Kiley, Heathers

Folk from Texas.   The Oh Hellos return with their sophomore release, Through The Deep, Dark Valley. More of the same female/male vocals indie folk with the same vibe as Mumford & Sons. Already trending on bandcamp on the day of its release, these guys are probably going to explode. Download Here RIYL: Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons Highly Recommended

Indie folk from Providence. Download Here RIYL: If Bright Eyes felt like Conor Oberst was secretly a pop punk fan.

Indie folk from California. Download Here RIYL: mewithoutYou crossed with Elliott Smith

Indie folk from Michigan.    Available for free on  Last Fm. RIYL: Andrew Bird, Conor Oberst

Indie folk with female vocals featuring Old Gray's Cameron Boucher.   Download Here RIYL: Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michaelson Highly Recommended. 

Indie pop from Sacramento. Download RIYL: A stripped back Beirut. 

Indie folk from Ohio. Download RIYL: Bon Iver, Bob Dylan, Neil Young Highly Recommended.