Acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Ólöf Arnalds announces her new album, Spíra, due out December 5th via Bella Union. Listen to the lead single, “Tár í morgunsárið” (“Tears at Dawn”), a beautiful and haunting track. klofmag.com/2025/09/olof...

KLOF really got to the heart of it on this one. Thanks for listening! Album is out Friday!

SML, the LA-based quintet of Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, and Gregory Uhlmann, announce second album, How You Been. Check out their lead single and video: “Taking Out the Trash.” They're taking their collectivist work to new heights. klofmag.com/2025/09/sml-...

Jim White & Zoh Amba parry in delightful form on a trip to the Oyster Bar of Grand Central Station on his new single and video “I Don’t Do / Grand Central.” klofmag.com/2025/09/jim-...

Smote’s new album, Songs From The Free House, delves into a dark, elemental soundscape. With guest appearances that include Lankum’s Ian Lynch, the record marries drone, folk, and electronic music. Their latest single, “Snodgerss”, is a must-hear. klofmag.com/2025/09/smot...

Laura Veirs is set to release her new live album, “Laura Veirs And The Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)” next month on October 10. Watch the video for ‘Shape Shifter’, which featured on her 2013 album Warp & Weft. klofmag.com/2025/09/laur...

M. Sage’s Tender / Wading is a quietly sublime album...Unafraid to reach into the past, and unafraid of its own big heart, it is textural, varied, consistently interesting and frequently moving. klofmag.com/2025/09/m-sa...

Tyler Ballgame’s debut album, For the First Time, Again, arrives January 30, 2026. Watch the impressive upbeat video for his new single, “I Believe in Love”, an ode to “love of love and the fools it makes”. UK headline tour in April 2026. klofmag.com/2025/09/tyle...

Taken from their new album, Inland See (out on September 26, 2025, via Drag City), Bitchin Bajas have shared an 8-minute live video of “Skylarking,” directed and edited by Michael Gaertner, that looks and sounds like Bajas on full blast. klofmag.com/2025/09/bitc...

Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington have teamed up for their first film score for the new feature film, Rebuilding. Taken from the poignant soundtrack, listen to two new previews ‘Glow In The Dark’ and ‘Contemplating The Moon’. klofmag.com/2025/09/jake...

Oxford’s The August List announce their new EP, Sun Pinned on Ghost Sky, and share video for “The Duplex Phase,” a crushing slink through existential woes. The EP’s cosmic, heavy sound reflects the anxiety of strange times, with fuzzed-out guitars and epic freakouts. klofmag.com/2025/09/the-...

Monday Morning Brew playlist, featuring Roufaida, Keith Jarrett, Juni Habel, Don Severance, DUG, The Fishermen Three, Bonnie Prince Billy, Lewsberg, Chantal Acda, Dani Larkin, Joan Shelley, Big Thied, Pina Palau, Sam Gendel, Julie Doiron and Msafiri Zawose. klofmag.com/2025/09/the-...

Mishra and award-winning Indian classical/Sufi vocalist Deepa Shakthi have unveiled the video for their second single, “Akhiyaan Udeek Diyaan,” a fresh interpretation of a song by the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The single is set for release on September 26th. klofmag.com/2025/09/mish...

"Forgetting is Violent" is a testament not just to @patrickshiroishi.bsky.social's skill as a composer and musician but also as a listener and interpreter of stories. This is a lightning rod for those stories, a vivid warning from history and a vibrant cri de coeur. klofmag.com/2025/09/patr...

Just ahead of their UK tour, Modern Nature shares “Take Our Chances,” a new short film documenting the making of their acclaimed album, The Heat Warps. The film offers a rare, intimate look at the band’s creative process, capturing the human element behind their sound. klofmag.com/2025/09/mode...

Norwegian guitarist & composer Trond Kallevåg unveils the first single from his upcoming album, Minnesota, a poignant piece titled “Twins of Træna,” inspired by historical black-and-white photographs discovered during an artist residency on the remote island of Træna. klofmag.com/2025/09/tron...

Icelandic singer-songwriter Arny Margret announces ‘I Miss You, I Do: The Sjáumst Edition’, to be released on November 21st via One Little Independent Records. Watch a stunning new live video for ‘Born in Spring,’ filmed at Iceland’s Salurinn concert hall. klofmag.com/2025/09/arny...

Midlake have released “Days Gone By,” a new single from their upcoming album ‘A Bridge To Far’, out November 7th. The track is accompanied by a spellbinding video starring James Lance (Ted Lasso). klofmag.com/2025/09/midl...

Through The Open Window is the latest chapter in the acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series (1956-1963), which tells of Dylan’s emergence and maturation as a songwriter and performer, from Minnesota to the Greenwich Village bohemia in the early 1960s. Details and outtake here klofmag.com/2025/09/bob-...

Kathryn Williams’s 'Mystery Park' is arguably her most open and tender album in its emotions, delivery & words. René Magritte once said, “Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist”. Williams makes it a walk in the park. klofmag.com/2025/09/kath... @kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social

On Baby Man, Eric D. Johnson strips away the comfort of a full band, forcing a singular focus on his lyrical and melodic introspection...a beautiful and poignant act of vulnerability that ultimately reveals a deep and resonant strength. klofmag.com/2025/09/frui...

Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, two celebrated ambient composers and friends, have unveiled their first official collaboration, “Perpetual Adoration.” klofmag.com/2025/09/juli...

Joan Shelley shares her gentle yet profound new single and video, “Here In The High and Low,” a beautiful prelude to her album, Real Warmth. The video, directed by Cyrus Moussavi and Brittany Nugent, explores growth and time through the eyes of a young seedling. klofmag.com/2025/09/joan...

claire rousay shares her latest single and visual companion piece, “somewhat burdensome”, a masterclass in textural sound design, weaving together shimmering piano and guitar melodies with ambient drones and intimate field recordings. klofmag.com/2025/09/clai...

Review: Lucrecia Dalt – A Danger to Ourselves: It is an album of unfathomable musical depths, but perhaps more importantly, it is an album about depth of feeling, the abyss from which desire springs like a liquid flame. klofmag.com/2025/09/lucr...

His ability to slip unseen from folky pastoralism to improvised experimentation puts Kimpton at the forefront of the current group of British acoustic guitarists taking inspiration from foundational American exponents like Basho and Fahey. Small Show is highly rewarding. klofmag.com/2025/09/glen...

Following the release of “Remembered in Exile,” Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts, and Pete Johnston have announced a UK tour in October. To celebrate, watch an all-new acoustic version of “The Bonny House of Airlie”. klofmag.com/2025/09/mair...

The latest in the Ceremonial Counties tape series from Folklore Tapes covers Bedfordshire, tackled by Radiophoric Labs, and Greater London falls to Wooden Tape, the alias of Tim Maycox. They present two very different sides of the hauntological coin. klofmag.com/2025/09/radi...

Our latest playlist features Mishra & Deepa Nair Rasiya, Sourdurent, Francis Bebey, Michael Hurley, Natalie Wildgoose, Mari Kalkun, Peter Bellamy, Martin Carthy, Broadside Hacks, Red River Dialect, Joan Shelley, Spencer Cullum, Flora Hibberd, Lael Neale and more klofmag.com/2025/09/the-...

Reviewed: Imaginational Anthem vol. XIV : Ireland is a wonderfully diverse, quietly exciting set of songs. Curated by Cian Nugent, all make valuable contributions to a set that is a testament to the versatility of the guitar and an absolute pleasure to listen to. klofmag.com/2025/09/vari...

Our latest Mixtape features new music from Junior Brother, Big Thief, Thomas Dollbaum, Carson McHone, United Bible Studies, Katy Pinke & Will Graefe, Setting, Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends, JJJJJErome Ellis, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, P.G. Six and Jens Kuross. klofmag.com/2025/09/mixt...

We chat to Junior Brother about his third album, The End, on which the Dublin-based songwriter’s ragged and uncompromising delivery reaches new heights of unexpected beauty, strangeness and relevance. klofmag.com/2025/09/juni...

Big Thief’s Double Infinity is an album dedicated to corporeal impermanence, and to its flipside: love and its constant presence. ...it’s big on ideas, melodic innovation and collaborative spirit. And most importantly, it’s a record with a gigantic heart. klofmag.com/2025/09/big-...

Carson McHone’s third album, Pentimento, is a dense, multi-faceted tapestry, with fragments of poetry, spoken verse, field recordings, pastoral folk, guitar and chamber pop...a fearless gem. klofmag.com/2025/09/cars...

Latest Review: DUG, featuring Lorkin O’Reilly and Jonny Pickett, have created something that is both ancient and modern with “Have At It!,” a weird and wonderful album that takes traditional music and stands it on its ear. klofmag.com/2025/09/dug-...

In a surprising turn of events, the Mercury Prize has included folk legend Martin Carthy’s latest album, “Transform Me Then Into A Fish,” on its 2025 shortlist. This makes the 84-year-old musician the oldest artist ever nominated for this prestigious award. klofmag.com/2025/09/mart...

Featuring Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly and Joseph Westerlund, “at Public Records” is the latest live album from Setting...one hell of a listening experience and a worthy conclusion to a trio of live albums that feel as relevant and accomplished as their debut. klofmag.com/2025/09/sett...

Chicago's Glyders announce their signing to Drag City and a new album, ‘Forever’, out November 21, 2025. The new power-trio, now featuring drummer Joe Seger, celebrates with the release of their first single and video, “Stone Shadow.” klofmag.com/2025/09/glyd...

With photography by Sophie Reichert, Danny Neill reports back from End of the Road, a brilliantly curated festival that still gets it right. He shares some of the shining highlights from a fully-packed four days. klofmag.com/2025/09/live...

New York-based collective toso toso announce their self-titled debut album, and share “lluvia de meteoritos”, a lead single that upholds their album promise of an avant-pop sound that blurs the lines between structured composition and free improvisation. klofmag.com/2025/09/nyc-...

On the beautiful, angry and groundbreaking live album "Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople", Williams has a message the world needs to hear, one that he gets across with unrivalled eloquence. klofmag.com/2025/09/saul...

Thanks @klofmag.com! I had the amazing opportunity to work with On Par Productions on this short film about the making of 'Elan'. Beautifully shot and edited by Ren Faulkner, it gives an insight into some of the themes explored on the record and features a duet with the brilliant Toby Hay - enjoy!

Jon Wilks's Needless Alley is described as a patchwork of memories and marks a more autobiographical approach to his writing after previous trad folk-inclined material. These songs from his mental attic are definitely worth exploring. klofmag.com/2025/09/jon-...

Always good to be compared favourably to T.S. Eliot, especially when it’s the ever-insightful Billy Mills at Elliptical Movements doin’ the comparin’ ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/s...

And you can buy my book here if you want to find out what all the fuss is about out. www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page...

I had the absolute best day at @supersonicfest.bsky.social on Sunday. So many really great acts crammed into 12 hours. Wrote about it for @klofmag.com if anyone wants to know why I think it’s the best festival in the UK. klofmag.com/2025/09/live...

The idea of good times might seem fanciful right now, but music like this reminds us that irreverence and spontaneity are valid creative responses. Despite Alexei Shishkin's lo-fi beginnings, "Good Times" is a bold and – dare we say it – polished artistic statement. klofmag.com/2025/09/alex...

Recently shortlisted for this year’s Welsh Music Prize, watch a short film on the making of The Gentle Good’s latest album, Elan, and the landscape and people that inspired it. Don’t miss his upcoming Autumn Tour. klofmag.com/2025/09/shor...

This week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist features Yo La Tengo, White Magic, Mary Ocher & Julia Kent, The Owl Service, Sarah Louise, Josephine Foster, Buck Curran, Monde UFO, Young Marble Giants, Ed Askew, Maxine Funke, Mess Esque, Myriam Gendron, and more. klofmag.com/2025/09/the-...

Our latest Off the Shelf guests are Dublin duo Varo, featuring Consuelo Nerea Breschi and Lucie Azconaga. They recently released their highly anticipated new album, The World That I Knew, featuring some of the biggest names in Ireland’s contemporary folk and trad scene. klofmag.com/2025/09/off-...