Justin

I am no expert on anything musical, particularly about the young acoustic scene. The similarity to the folk revivals of the 50s and 60s is that it is owned and dominated by young people. I think if you search for "alt folk" you'll get some leads.

The local young acoustic scene seems to have some psychedelic influences, dress and graphics is somewhere between 60s folk and 70s psychedelic rock. Their DJs play vinyl from the 60s and 70s - broad range of music. Performance music is clearly of the 00s but has links to folk (the traditionalist will put a fatwa on me now). The common theme with the folk revival is they are doing something new but are firmly anchored in the past.