freak folk, yeah, i'm kind of surprised i'm listening to it myself. my friend gave me a bunch of devendra's early stuff. it sounds like a hippie singing into an answering machine; i was a bit disappointed. but the new one is pretty cool and slightly disturbing.
the new animal collective is more structured than their last, but i know what you mean. also, every picture i've seen of those guys seems to indicate heavy drug use.
i do like the new wolf parade but have to listen to it some more.
another unique band is finland's paavoharju. it's more on the illbient side of things with lo-fi bleeps and scratchy piano rolls.
NMH is awesome though, classic. i have heard a little OTC on the radio, but need to get an album yet.
and i've recommended autolux quite a few times, but i'll throw that in here just because i like them so much.
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