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- noun Alternative form of
anti-folk .
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Examples
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For 18 years, an eclectic group of songwriters who label themselves part of the "antifolk movement" have been meeting at the Sidewalk Café in the East Village for one of the longest running open-mike nights in the city.
NYT > Home Page By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. 2011
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Also that night: New Jersey's Crazy and the Brains, a raucous duo turned full rock band, singing raspy anthems in a Beat Happening-meets-the-Ramones vein; and the N.Y.C. native antifolk veteran and wordsmith Jeff Lewis.
The New Yorker NewYorker.com 2011
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But this girl, a runaway from a bigoted, religious upbringing in Detroit to the antifolk scene in NYC, is made of sterner stuff, and this song aches with smoky, spooky, passion.
NME Features 2010
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Musically, the band straddles the fine line between antebellum and antifolk, reconstructing indie pop with songs of love, dead people, and dead people in love.
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Musically, the band straddles the fine line between antebellum and antifolk, reconstructing indie pop with songs of love, dead people, and dead people in love.
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But this girl, a runaway from a bigoted, religious upbringing in Detroit to the antifolk scene in NYC, is made of sterner stuff, and this song aches with smoky, spooky, passion.
NME Features 2010
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Alphabutt she's aiming for a crossover of a different kind: The goofy den mother of antifolk has crafted a children's album, in part as a response to fans who've wished she had songs more appropriate for their kids.
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Alphabutt she's aiming for a crossover of a different kind: The goofy den mother of antifolk has crafted a children's album, in part as a response to fans who've wished she had songs more appropriate for their kids.
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Alphabutt she's aiming for a crossover of a different kind: The goofy den mother of antifolk has crafted a children's album, in part as a response to fans who've wished she had songs more appropriate for their kids.
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Fans seem to have spread by word of mouth, a growing cult of fey individuals in love with Jeff's deprecating lyrics and antifolk leanings.
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