2012, RCA

They might look like another 21st century folk group, with their beards and acoustic instrumentation (even a violin), but they describe their music as "folky gospel music played by a post-punk band." Between their diverse list of influences—Leonard Cohen, Fugazi, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bruce Springsteen, Devendra Banhart—and their backgrounds in hardcore and emo bands, they stake out territory that is truly their own.