Count Chocula posted:

They toured together in Australia a few years back. I thought Jason blew Justin away. Had a drink with them after; nice guys. Jason Isbell never stops tweeting. I've seen JTE a few more times since then and he's really grown on me. 'Midnight At The Movies' is gorgeous.

RaolDuke, I haven't mentioned The Mountain Goats since once I start sperging about them I can't stop. I'll probably make a dedicated thread once the new album comes out. It's called 'Trancendental Youth' and looks set to continue John's focus on sin and redemption from the past few albums. He's the greatest modern songwriter.

I got into Old 97s after somebody told me Gaslight Anthem ripped them off. I wouldn't go that far but I do dig them.

Anyone heard William Elliot Whitmore? He's a real stompy country guy. I saw him open for Frank Turner (who's basically a folk singer, though he plays at punk) and he did the closing song for Red Dead Redemption. Tim Barry's another ex-punk, now country guy who's good. Real hobos and freight trains stuff.

Folk-punk's my favorite genre, but it covers so much territory. Like Raol said, start with Defiance, Ohio. All their albums are free on their site. Then check out Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bomb The Music Industry, Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, The Smith Street Band, The Menzingers, Against Me!, etc. The Horroble Crowes, Gaslight Anthem's folkier side project, is probably worth it too.

Kinda weird how much overlap there is between the two genres. Lucero opened for Dropkick Murphies, who are punk as gently caress but got huge recently covering a Woody Guthrie song.