Frogtoon Music - Genre information for New-Weird-America
New Weird America Describes A Psychedelic Musical Movement Started In The Mid 2000s. The Term Is Generally Believed To Have Been Coined By David Keenan In The August 2003 Issue Of The Wire Following The Brattleboro Free Folk Festival Organized By Matt Valentine And Ron Schneiderman. It Is A Play On Greil Marcus's Phrase "Old Weird America" As Used In His Book Invisible Republic Which Deals With The Lineage Connecting The Pre-War Folk Performers On Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music To Bob Dylan And His Milieu. The Musical Style Described As New Weird America Is Mainly Derived From Psychedelic Rock And Folk Groups Of The 1960s And 1970s Including American Performers Holy Modal Rounders And English Group The Pentangle And Other Psychedelic Groups But It Also Finds Inspiration In Such Disparate Sources As Metal Free Jazz Electronic Music Noise Music Tropicalia And Early And Mid-20th Century American Folk Music. Another Primary Inspiration Is Outsider Music Often Played By Technically Naïve And Often Socially Estranged Musicians Such As The Shaggs Roky Erickson And Jandek. Other Genre Classifications Of Similar Period And Aesthetics Are Psychedelic Rock Acid Folk Psychedelic Folk Free Folk Freak Folk And Freakbeat. Many Works Of The Genre Are Issued In Small Editions And Distributed Independently. The Music Has Been Covered Extensively By L.A.-Based Arthur Which Ran In-Depth Pieces On Devendra Banhart Joanna Newsom CocoRosie Animal Collective And Six Organs Of Admittance Released The Definitive New Weird America Compilation The Golden Apples Of The Sun And Curated The ArthurFest 2005 And ArthurBall 2006 And Events Featuring A Variety Of Artists From The Movement. Although Many Artists Record And/or Perform With Multiple Bands New Weird America Is Not A Unified Movement The Associated Artists Are Often Classified As Such By Journalists And The Press. New-Weird-America Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from New Weird America: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.