A new Monday Morning Brew two-hour playlist: ft. Martin Simpson, Mynolia, Shannon Lay, Michael Nau, John Cale & Terry Riley, Bitchin Bajas & Natural Information Society, Alex Dupree, Hannah Everingham, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Laurel Premo, Tucker Zimmerman & more. klofmag.com/2026/07/the-...

Declan O’Rourke shares “Echo”, the lead single from his eighth album “Oceanic”, due 16 October — and its video offers a first look at “Almost With You”, the Australian feature in which O’Rourke makes his screen acting debut. klofmag.com/2026/07/decl...

Listen to Morning Rituals & Evening Ragas, a new KLOF Mag playlist. Over 26 hours of primarily instrumental music ft. 175 artists covering folk, ambient, and experimental genres. Enjoy. klofmag.com/2026/07/play...

Our latest Off the Shelf guest is Clàrsach player Anna McLuckie, whose latest release, “The Little Winters”, was a Featured Album of the Month. She introduces us to the book she was named after, a pair of aggressively Scottish stools, notebooks, a bird mask, and more. klofmag.com/2026/07/off-...

New Mixtape KLOF No. 88 brings together new and familiar names across folk, electronics and ambient. It includes music from Sari Lightman, Charlie Franklin, Rowena Wise, Alabaster DePlume, Helen Svoboda, Loma Suyo, Nora Stanley, and Fen. klofmag.com/2026/07/klof...

Deniz Cuylan shares “No Such Thing,” a gleaming electro-acoustic collaboration with Felbm, alongside an Ade Hanft-directed video — and announces new album “For Luca,” out September 18th via Hush Hush Records. klofmag.com/2026/07/deni...

Listen to “Scared to Love”, the emotional centre of Jason McNiff’s forthcoming tenth album “Ten Blue Songs”, out 28th August on Tombola Records. Premiering on KLOF today: klofmag.com/2026/06/prem...

Alex Dupree shares “You’re a Dog, Don’t Talk to Me,” a Michael Hurley cover that features on “Talking to the Dog,” his first album since 2022’s “Thieves,” out August 14th on Scissor Tail Records. klofmag.com/2026/06/alex...

Review: “The Landfill” finds Fruit Bats in full flight and a songwriter discovering how immediacy translates when the whole room is burning bright. It underlines the prominent place held by Fruit Bats in the canon of modern, rootsy American songwriting. klofmag.com/2026/06/frui...

Laura Veirs has shared “Pulse”, the latest single from her self-made fourteenth album “Temple Songs”. The Twixx Williams-directed video sets it in a home gym, with cake, silly string and a nod to Veirs’s weightlifting. klofmag.com/2026/06/laur...

Our latest Off the Shelf guest is Johnny Bell, whose album “Mountain States” expands mountain music beyond Appalachia to the Rocky Mountains of the American West. His chosen ten objects sit close to the music — and the high desert home — that shaped them. klofmag.com/2026/06/off-...

Myer U Clark’s “Tinderbox” is astonishingly accomplished for a debut, recalling the late-’60s Canterbury scene of Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt and Caravan. There’s a clarity of vision, matched by adroit musicianship and a singular conception of songwriting. klofmag.com/2026/06/myer...

Johanna Samuels shares the video for “Blue vs. Pinkerton”, the new single from “Sorry, Kid”. Built around a teenage debate over Weezer’s “Blue Album” and “Pinkerton”. klofmag.com/2026/06/joha...

Nick Granata, a vocalist and organist with Shovel Dance Collective, announces their debut solo album, “My Heart is Running Backwards! A Martial Artist! With a Closed Fist! Woof!”, out 24th July via Double Dare, and shares double single “Rabbits! / Birdies!”. klofmag.com/2026/06/nick...

The lines on @danhaywoodbrewskis.bsky.social and Harvey Lord's Ten Signs are dizzyingly poetic. Their guitar work is soulful and unpredictable, with instrumental breaks laddering between sections in a way that would have M.C. Escher shaking his head in baffled admiration. klofmag.com/2026/06/dan-...

Ragged but literate Americana that can also boogie, Styrofoam Winos' "Any River" subsumes wide influences with ease — everything seems to flow. klofmag.com/2026/06/styr...

Jeffrey Silverstein has announced “Doggone”, his new album out 23rd October via Full Time Hobby, and shared lead single and video “Out of Tune” with guest vocals from Devendra Banhart. klofmag.com/2026/06/jeff...

Family Stereo, the alias of singer-songwriter Blake Watt, has shared “DLR,” the propulsive third single from debut album “The Thread,” out 31st July via Bella Union. klofmag.com/2026/06/fami...

Jules Reidy announces “Clerestory,” out September 25 via Thrill Jockey. klofmag.com/2026/06/jule...

Jim James returns with Wowed Out, his first solo album in eight years, due 28th August via ATO Records. Lead single “Come Again” is out now with an official video — a meditation on finding joy in a world wired for constant noise. klofmag.com/2026/06/jame...

Camille Camille’s “Enchanted Sea” begins with open wounds and ends with six minutes of humming — and the journey between those two points is one of the most quietly assured folk albums you’ll hear this year. klofmag.com/2026/06/cami...

Former Trembling Bells bandmate Alex Neilson travels to Lavinia Blackwall's home in the hills of Molise to interview his oldest friend about her solo album 'The Making'. klofmag.com/2026/06/alex...

Ed Askew's "Tough Guys" is out now — a bittersweet chamber-pop single from the posthumous The Final Painting, due July 31st on Drag City, alongside a Chicago paintings exhibition. klofmag.com/2026/06/ed-a...

Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children share “My Mother’s Name”, the first single from a new album due in October on Glitterhouse Records. Watch the accompanying live video: klofmag.com/2026/06/nive...

Sourdure has shared “Le Pebre”, the first single from their new album “Outredore”, out September 18th via Pagans and Murailles Music. A slow-burning heatwave anthem… klofmag.com/2026/06/sour...

A new KLOF Mixtape ft. Martyn Bennett, Tabla Beat Science, Asian Dub Foundation, Leah Senior, Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, Styrofoam Winos, Alex Dupree, Andreas Røysum Ensemble with Marvin Tate and more. klofmag.com/2026/06/klof...

Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders’ "Liquid Donnon" is a deeply personal, free-ranging album — psych, folk, jazz, and space rock held together by friendship, grief, and a band that knows how to stretch a song until it finds its shape. klofmag.com/2026/06/jeff...

D. C Cross’s “Open Guitar (Volume Two)” documents thirteen acoustic guitar improvisations across 3.5 hours, using locations across Australia — and their ambient sounds — Complex, experienced playing; take some time and explore. klofmag.com/2026/06/d-c-...

With the help of producer Gerard Love, The Hanging Stars strip back their sound on “Just A Day”, as Olson continues to demonstrate his facility for tapping into the most memorable tunes while bringing to bear the wisdom and empathy that only life experience brings. klofmag.com/2026/06/the-...

Cinder Well shares “Beyond The Pale”, the second preview of her new album “A Blooming Body”. Described as “a hangover, a break-up, a migraine, a confessional”, watch the video, directed by Chelsea “Cheech” Moosekian. klofmag.com/2026/06/cind...

Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison have announced Donn/Dubh, a collaborative debut album due August 7th via Real World X, Real World Records’ imprint. The pair have also shared the opening track and lead single, ‘A Rìbhinn a Bheil Cuimhn’ Agad‘, alongside a video. klofmag.com/2026/06/arun...

Sir Richard Bishop shares “Back Forty Lashes”, the ferocious, trance-inducing second single and self-directed video from “Hillbilly Erotica”, out July 31st on Drag City. He’s on his US tour now through the summer, but stops in the UK for the Green Man Festival in August. klofmag.com/2026/06/sir-...

Bonnie “Prince” Billy delivers an unforgettable performance of “They Keep Trying to Find You” on Later… with Jools Holland — a powerful airing of the lead single from his latest album “We Are Together Again”. klofmag.com/2026/06/bonn...

Styrofoam Winos share “Somebody Wants to Send You a Message,” the final single before their new album “Any River.” It features a face-melting bass clarinet solo from Jim Marlowe, the only non-Wino to play on the record. klofmag.com/2026/06/styr...

“Stash,” the second album from BCMC — the Chicago guitar-and-keys duo of Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain — pulls a range of styles from their minimalist set-up. ...a generous, joyous album, brimming with life, energy and a real love of music. klofmag.com/2026/06/bcmc...

Two Runner announce their second album, “PORCHLIGHT”, out August 28th via Gar Hole Records, and share new single and video “Strawberry Rhinestone”. klofmag.com/2026/06/two-...

Carson McHone has shared a video for "The Canvas" and announced her first run of UK and European headline shows since releasing "Pentimento," her third album, released on @mergerecords.bsky.social Dates include @endoftheroadfestival.com Not to be missed. klofmag.com/2026/06/cars...

Latest Review: “The Dance of Death”, the debut album from Frankie Archer, combines traditional balladry with very contemporary-sounding electronica, resulting in a sound unlike anyone else. Archer is a one-of-a-kind talent with a huge career ahead of her. klofmag.com/2026/06/fran...

David Hockney 😔 “The world is very, very beautiful if you look at it. But most people don’t look very much. They scan the ground in front of them so they can walk, but they don’t really look at things incredibly well, with intensity. I do, and I’ve always known that.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBL...

On “These Are The Days That Turn Into Years”, Pharis & Jason Romero channel four years of living, touring, parenting and banjo-building into their most open-hearted set yet. A pure rootsy joyride that will send you straight back to the opening track. klofmag.com/2026/06/phar...

Ahead of their new album, The Hanging Stars frontman Richard Olson pulls out all the stops for his Off the Shelf, gathering ten cherished objects —Revealing, moving and humorous, it ranks among the series’ very best, laying bare an intense passion for music. klofmag.com/2026/06/off-...

Video Premiere: Belfast’s Alana Henderson swaps her signature cello for tenor guitar on new single “Appetite”, turning inward with striking clarity. Watch the accompanying video, a silent-movie-inspired black-and-white film with a Wes-Anderson-gone-goth sensibility. klofmag.com/2026/06/vide...

Alex Dupree returns on August 14th with “Talking to the Dog,” his first album since 2022’s “Thieves,” released via Oklahoma’s Scissor Tail Records. Ahead of it, he shares the lead track “New Meaning.” klofmag.com/2026/06/alex...

“Sam Carter Sings Nic Jones,” recorded live at Celtic Connections, is a faithful, generous tribute to one of the UK’s finest folk musicians. Carter knows these songs inside out, and he delivers them with a real passion, as well as the care they deserve. klofmag.com/2026/06/sam-...

Luluc share “No One Else’s Pen”, a big old love song and a paean to living and loving with integrity, gratitude and presence of mind, set to a video built around printmaker Fleur Rendell’s artwork. klofmag.com/2026/06/lulu...

Lambchop share ‘Stella’, the 2nd track from ‘Punching The Clown’, their new album due 21st August via City Slang. Guitar and banjo intertwine beneath an omnipresent choir in a state of lush minimalism — the band’s first record in nearly four years, following ‘The Bible’. klofmag.com/2026/06/lamb...

Shearwater share “Slugs In The Marigolds”, the third single from “The New World”, and it’s a side of the band we’ve not heard before: slinky and carefree. Watch the video - Meiburg gives a friendly banana slug the trip of a lifetime. klofmag.com/2026/06/shea...

Big news 🗣️ Elanor Moss announces her debut dreamy psych-folk album, out this August, and shares a new single. @klofmag.com Catch her at Cecil Sharp House on Thu 3 Dec. 🎟️ bit.ly/3RPOUBs

MMM (Gayle Brogan, Elizabeth Still, Nick Jonah Davis) provide a fascinating, deep listening experience on “Lunistice Alignments”. Somehow sounding ancient and contemporary, light and dense: MMM ask for close attention and repay it in full. klofmag.com/2026/06/mmm-...

Chicago trio Black Duck and Basque musician Elena Setién announce their self-titled debut, out August 28th via Thrill Jockey. Listen to lead single “Land of the Many Eyes” — four players conversing at the boundaries of improvisation and composition. klofmag.com/2026/06/blac...