San Francisco’s Skygreen Leopards cropped up in the early aughties when all those freak folk troupes were making a supreme racket (and who can explain why it all fell away?). But the duo, Donovan Quinn and Glenn Donaldson are returning with Family Crimes, a July record on Woodsist, after having been silent for about five years.

If “Leave the Family” does what it’s supposed to—entice listeners by being all slight and appealing—there’s a chance to catch the band at Woodsist’s Pioneertown festival down in California. Take a look at the line-up and have a listen.

This article appears in May 15-21, 2014.

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Better Living Through Music: Skygreen Leopards

by Dave Cantor, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 18, 2014

<h1>Better Living Through Music: Skygreen Leopards</h1> <p class="byline">by Dave Cantor, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 18, 2014</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/better-living-through-music-skygreen-leop/u/original/2328094/1399921781-sky.jpg" alt="sky.jpg" title="" width="500" height="500" /></div> </p> <p>San Francisco's Skygreen Leopards cropped up in the early aughties when all those freak folk troupes were making a supreme racket (and who can explain why it all fell away?). But the duo, <a href="http://donovanquinn.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">Donovan Quinn</a> and Glenn Donaldson are returning with <em>Family Crimes</em>, a July record on Woodsist, after having been silent for about five years. </p> <p>If "Leave the Family" does what it's supposed to—entice listeners by being all slight and appealing—there's a chance to catch the band at Woodsist's Pioneertown festival down in California. Take a look at <a href="http://www.woodsist.com/catalog/available/woodsist-fest-pioneertown/" target="_blank">the line-up</a> and have a listen.</p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/better-living-through-music-skygreen-leopards-2328093/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=28669&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/better-living-through-music-skygreen-leopards-2328093/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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