8. Waxahatchee
lo-fi/folk/indie
Katie Crutchfield takes her musical nom de plume from out-of-the-way Waxahatchee Creek in the Deep South; where her parents have a holiday home, more akin to a horror film cabin, in which she recorded her debut album. A debut album that was all lo-fi folk and awkward indie break up ballads dealing with
Crutchfields new found solitude. Currently sporting a new album, and soon to be touring Europe in support of
Tegan and Sara,
Crutchfields simple but stunning songs are likely to get much further afield than a no frill attached holiday home this time around. Her music has the hints of fuzz and lo-fi at moments but then audible with the influence that country and folk music as had on her not to mention her soft and tender vocals atop her bold but basic backing. http://youtu.be/IN5lc3vFWyA