Listening to two albums from very different genres:
1) The Decemberists - The King is Dead. Contemporary Indie folk rock from the US west coast. They have some semblance to the sound of Brit folk band Mumford & Sons, but they're mellower than the later, and definitely less loud. But the country/bluegrass influence in both is unmistakable.
2) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love. Mid '80s "prog pop".