Speed the Plough

Taking their name from an old Scottish folk song, Hoboken, New Jersey-based Speed the Plough employ a rich amalgam of pastoral folk-pop, alternative rock, and jangle pop. Emerging in the late '80s out of the ashes of the Trypes, the band drew from a wide range of influences including the Beatles, Fairport Convention, Velvet Underground, and Erik Satie. After releasing their eponymous debut in 1989, Speed the Plough went on to issue a string of well-received albums that found favor with the college rock crowd before the group went on hiatus in 1995. They reconvened in 2009 with...