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Girls With Guitars

Cat Power, Martha Wainwright and Regina Spektor are all widely loved for their brutally honest and sour lyrics disguised in gorgeous folksy tunes.

And now there's a new gang on the scene with guitars in toe. Emmy The Great, Stephanie Dosen and Laura Marling are three young women to fall in love with. Emmy The Great manages to build her following of fans by not relying on online influences, and doing maverick things like singing in the back of a black cab.

Stephanie Dosen has got herself signed to the Scottish record label Bella Union.

And Laura Marling has won over a more mainstream crowd by supporting acts like The Maccabees.

She's about to release a new EP called The London Town EP with four tracks including the lovely lovely New Romantic. It's been recommended by David Shipp in Leeds who can't get enough of it, so here it is...

New Romantic

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Tunng - Good Arrows

If their previous albums are anything to go by, this third one is another treat! The hairy folk-tronica band from our very own UK are becoming evermore groundbreaking with the brilliant Good Arrows. There's definitely a progression in their songwriting and use of instruments compared to Mother's Daughter And Other Things and Comments Of The Inner Chorus; especially on tracks like Bricks, Spoons and King (note the one word song titles).

They'll be touring the UK through October and take to the US where they've been welcomed with open arms since playing at South By Southwest Festival in Austen,Texas in 2006.

Take a listen to their next single Bullets and just sit back and do nothing but imagine what random props they've used to create such a dynamic sound.

Bullets

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