Folktronica, a style combining folk and electronica music, is one of the few new genres to come to life in recent years. The name itself is said to be dubbed by the British press in 2001 while trying to describe a new breed of producer that utilizes elements of ambient electronica, acoustic folk, jazz, psychedelia and even instrumental hip-hop. Because most of the music is created by sampling and looping acoustic instrumentation and rearranging it using non-linear editing programs usually found on the new generations of high-end laptops, the style is also referred to as laptop folk.

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A snippet from the Music Wikia’s Who Wants To Talk About Gender Stuff? One of the things I’ve always been interested in is pop music. Well, that should be obvious, don’t you think? I mean, really — it’s probably less an interest than an obsession. But that’s all right, too. However, one of the other things I’ve been interested in is the use of language and social constructs, like how society views gender and all that kind of happy stuff. The cultural aspects of that kind of thing. And, well, since I’m an American Pop Music Consumer, when I’m talking or thinking about “culture”, I’m typically thinking of what Fancy-Pants Guys The World Over term “low” culture. Which us non-Fancy-Pants Guys The World Over call “pop culture” or “awesome stuff like movies or records and, like, stuff”.

To be more direct, what I’ve been especially thinking about is songs where there aren’t any explicit lyrical clues as to the gender/sexuality of the characters involved, but where we assign it — and wondering whether or not we assign it based on other lyrical clues and the use of typically “feminine” or “masculine” language, or if, rather, it’s all tied up in the popular idea that the singer is singing not as a narrator, but as Themselves (sort of that whole thing The Residents tried to avoid with the whole anonymity thing). Basically — even though there might not be anything lyrically that would need to be changed, would it be odd if I, a straight male, sang, say, “Divorce Song” by Liz Phair?

When I was thinking about this one, three songs particularly came to mind — partially because they’re three of my favorites, but they also fit this idea pretty well: … more >>>

A snippet from Your Subculture Soundtrack: The world’s most famous unknown band, the Residents were originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, and in the late 1960s moved to San Francisco. They’ve been putting out records for over 33 years, and are continuing on to this day. It is rumored that the Residents will never die unless they break up. Perhaps the Residents will always exist.

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The world’s most famous unknown band, the Residents were originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, and in the late 1960s moved to San Francisco. They’ve been putting out records for over 33 years, and are continuing on to this day. It is rumored that the Residents will never die unless they break up. Perhaps the Residents will always exist. Have a look

This is the third in a series of mix CDs, the first two being Jeff Bridges… I Don’t Need No Jeff Bridges To Put Music To My Poem! and The Opposite Of Smoke Is Egg Whites … Like the last one, it’s a themed compilation, this time, it’s all covers. Learn more about this at music.wikia