Freak Folk Artists & the Gear They Use

Steven Stapleton

Composer, Music Producer · Nurse With Wound

Joanna Newsom

Singer, Keyboardist · Nervous Cop

A.C. Newman

Singer, Guitarist · The New Pornographers

John Gibbons

Guitarist · Bardo Pond

Walter Martin

Bassist, Keyboardist · The Walkmen

Janet Weiss

Drummer · Sleater-Kinney

Jonathan Donahue

Guitarist · The Flaming Lips

Skyler Skjelset

Guitarist · Fleet Foxes

Seth Murray

Guitarist · Natural Child

Meric Long

Singer · The Dodos

Ches Smith

Drummer, Composer · Xiu Xiu

Ryan Kattner

Man Man

Jim Guthrie

Composer · Islands

Kris Wheat

Bassist · Bedhead

Marissa Nadler

Singer, Guitarist

Karl van den Bossche

Drummer · Gorillaz

Lucky Pierre

Singer · Arab Strap

Bobby Bare, Jr.

Composer · Silver Jews

Greg Weeks

Guitarist · Espers

Woods

Christopher Bear

Drummer · Grizzly Bear

J Tillman

Drummer · Fleet Foxes

Eric McGrady

Dehd

Peter Bauer

Bassist, Keyboardist · The Walkmen

Damien Jurado

Singer, Guitarist

Alex McManus

Lambchop

Alex Leonard

Drummer · Protomartyr

Matthew Kallman

Keyboardist · Real Estate

Pete Kearney

Singer, Guitarist · The Fugs

Go Kurosawa

Singer, Drummer · Kikagaku Moyo

Peter Hughes

Bassist · The Mountain Goats

Greg Demos

Bassist · Guided by Voices

Lee Sargent

Singer · Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Sibylle Baier

Singer

Caralee McElroy

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Xiu Xiu

Bedouine

Singer, Guitarist

Tim Dryden

Keyboardist · Grandaddy

Sam France

Singer, Guitarist · Foxygen

Peter Erchick

Guitarist, Bassist · The Olivia Tremor Control

Malcolm Middleton

Guitarist · Arab Strap

J. D. Wilkes

Composer · Silver Jews

Chris Reimer

Women

Toby Dammit

Music Producer · Swans

Matt May

Keyboardist · Ought

Tom Edwards

Drummer, Keyboardist · Spiritualized

Andy Cabic

Composer, Music Producer · Vetiver

Ryley Walker

Singer, Guitarist

Phil Cook

Guitarist · Hiss Golden Messenger

John Collins

Guitarist · The New Pornographers

Todd Fancey

Guitarist · The New Pornographers

Andrew Platt

Bassist · O'Death

Matt Barrick

Drummer · The Walkmen

Will Sheff

Singer · Okkervil River

Dan Sager

Keyboardist · O'Death

Patrick Pestorius

Bassist · Okkervil River

Justin Sherburn

Keyboardist · Okkervil River

Julianna Barwick

Singer, Music Producer

Dottie Alexander

Keyboardist · Of Montreal

Clayton Rychlik

Of Montreal

Nicholas Dobbratz

Of Montreal

Derek Almstead

Bassist, Drummer · Of Montreal

Jana Hunter

Singer · The Snails

Greg Jamie

Guitarist · O'Death

Joe Casey

Singer · Protomartyr

Helena Espvall

Espers

Amber Coffman

Singer · Dirty Projectors

Angel Deradoorian

Singer · Dirty Projectors

Claudia Gonson

Singer · The Magnetic Fields

Eric Pulido

Singer, Guitarist · Midlake

Tyler Spencer

Singer · Electric Six

Andy Capps

Built to Spill

Bob Fay

Drummer · Sebadoh

Steven Terebecki

Bassist · White Denim

Sarah Rara

Singer · Lucky Dragons

Tim Keen

Ought

Zac Pennington

Singer · Xiu Xiu

Luke Fischbeck

Singer · Lucky Dragons

Nicholas Ley

Music Producer · The Flaming Lips

Chris Millstein

Psychic Ills

Fred Nicolaus

Guitarist, Composer · Department of Eagles

Jim Wilbur

Guitarist · Superchunk

Ryan Vanderhoof

Guitarist · Akron

Chris Koltay

Music Producer · Akron

Richard White

Guitarist · The Besnard Lakes

Peter Schmidt

Bedhead

Roger Wootton

Guitarist · Comus

Glenn Goring

Guitarist · Comus

Colin Pearson

Composer · Comus

Keith Hale

Keyboardist · Comus

Jesse D. Vernon

Guitarist, Keyboardist · This Is the Kit

John Murphy

Drummer, Composer · Death In June

Michael Cashmore

Music Producer · Current 93

Michael Wallace

Drummer · Women

Phil Moore

Composer · Bowerbirds

Mark Paulson

Bowerbirds

Diane Cluck

Composer