Joshua Burnside’s “The Last Armchair” opens with a brutal intimacy: “Oh, The last armchair you ever sat on / Before you overdosed / Is the one I sit in every morning / To eat my egg and toast;” listen in full here: klofmag.com/2026/02/josh...

Hen Ogledd’s third album, DISCOMBOBULATED, is fresh, weird, pranksterish, passionate and downright uncategorisable as we have come to expect. Admirably anti-bigotry, anti-corporate, anti-corruption. Their most consistent, relevant and boundary-pushing record yet. klofmag.com/2026/02/hen-...

Gabriel Kahane & Roomful of Teeth Announce Collaborative Album "Elevator Songs"...an interdimensional hotel where laws of time and space dissolve into pure feeling. Lead single, Speaking In Tongues, is accompanied by a video from Robert Edridge-Waks. klofmag.com/2026/02/gabr...

Pedal steel player Barry Walker Jr. teams with drummer Rob Smith and bassist Jason Willmon for Paleo Sol, a luminous Thrill Jockey release built on space and texture. Confident, inviting, and impeccably produced, this is collaborative instrumental music at its finest. klofmag.com/2026/02/barr...

Cat Clyde confronts patriarchal frustrations with unflinching honesty on her latest single, “Man’s World,” from her forthcoming new album Mud Blood Bone. Watch the new music video now. klofmag.com/2026/02/cat-...

With stream-of-consciousness lyrics and a viscerally raw one-take video, Tōth’s new single “Thoughts Are Like Clouds” is an ode to meditation that balances deadly serious spiritual practice with self-aware humour. klofmag.com/2026/02/toth...

Kevin Morby announces Little Wide Open, out May 15th via Dead Oceans, with lead single Javelin featuring Amelia Meath. Watch the accompanying video starring Morby and comedian Caleb Hearon. Morby’s most personal songwriting yet. klofmag.com/2026/02/kevi...

Tenderness shares “Day of Atonement”, a hypnotic indie-folk track featuring Deep Throat Choir, ahead of debut album True (Mar 13 Amorphous Sounds). The impressionistic song explores care, codependency and addiction through layers of drones, pedal steel and ethereal vocals klofmag.com/2026/02/tend...

Spencer Cullum has shared ‘Look at the Moon,’ a new single featuring Erin Rae. Written as a tribute to his wife and her Nashville bookshop, the song celebrates the patient work of building something meaningful together. klofmag.com/2026/02/spen...

Matt Kivel’s 'Escape from L.A.,' is his most autobiographical offering—a nine-year labour of love weaving personal memories with cultural touchstones. Like Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks, it plays with time and perspective–a widescreen reflection on home, memory, and place klofmag.com/2026/02/matt...

Hiss Golden Messenger announces his new album I'm People, out May 1st via Chrysalis Records—a collection of songs about "the heartbreak and exhilaration, the absolute black comedy of being alive in America circa 2026." Watch the video for lead single "In The Middle Of It" klofmag.com/2026/02/hiss...

Gregory Uhlmann shares “Burnt Toast,” the second single from Extra Stars, demonstrating his distinctive ability to transform guitar tones in real time. Check the excellent live video filmed by Mark Pallman at International Anthem Studios in Chicago. klofmag.com/2026/02/greg...

Ora Cogan shares “Division,” a stark, reverberant track...The accompanying gothic video unfolds as a morality play featuring three symbolic beings. Weaving haunted folk and psych-rock, the album captures resilience in fractured times. klofmag.com/2026/02/ora-...

OHYUNG has shared “nevada,” the second single from IOWA, arriving March 6th. The track opens with a field-recorded boom—looping throughout as glacial melodies pulse beneath choral voices and wailing synths. klofmag.com/2026/02/ohyu...

Anjimile releases Waits For Me, the second single from You’re Free to Go. “When I was a little girl, I wanted to be free… When I was a little boy, I wanted to be real,” he sings, affirming his inner child through warm acoustic guitar and glimmering synths. klofmag.com/2026/02/anji...

@moreeazemusic.bsky.social has shared “healing attempt,” from her forthcoming album ‘sentence structure in the country,’ ...a gently pulsing composition adorned with lush, unpredictable textural flourishes mirroring the song’s themes of navigating pain. klofmag.com/2026/02/more...

White Fence is releasing a new album, Orange, on April 24th. The record marks Tim Presley’s first White Fence release in seven years and was produced by Ty Segall at his Harmonizer II studio. Watch the video for lead single ‘Your Eyes’. klofmag.com/2026/02/whit...

Bonnie “Prince” Billy has shared “Hey Little,” the second single from his new album. The track features Catherine Irwin on vocals and string arrangements inspired by Madonna’s “Dear Jessie.” The video draws inspiration from the classic Burt Lancaster film The Swimmer. klofmag.com/2026/02/bonn...

My Precious Bunny (Lily Wolter of Penelope Isles) has announced her debut album, A Moment In My Eyes. Stepping out on her own, Wolter crafts music that feels like a memory: sun-faded, sprawling, and deeply alive. Watch the video for the first single I Go Up, You Go Down. klofmag.com/2026/02/lily...

Irish-born, Bristol-based artist Jenny Lindfors, who records as Sailing Stones, premieres the video for new single A Promise To Love, out February 11th. The track is the first from her sophomore album Slow Magic, due July 3rd. klofmag.com/2026/02/sail...

The latest Monday Morning Brew playlist is just under two hours long and features music from Catrin Finch, Mitski, Charlotte Cornfield, Iron & Wine, Jesca Hoop, Majke Voss, Gia Margaret, Rob Noyes, Benedicte Maureseth, Tucker Zimmerman, and lots more. klofmag.substack.com/p/the-monday...

Martin Carr unveils “Connie Converse Is Playing At My House,” a hauntingly beautiful tribute to the pioneering 1950s singer-songwriter who vanished in 1974. Watch his self-directed animated video, inspired by a dream of her performing in his kitchen on a Moog synth. klofmag.com/2026/02/mart...

Celebrate one year of Jim Franks’ acclaimed book Existential Bread with a new audiobook from Drag City. This “Hardnose Prose” masterpiece is read by Franks, ft. a rhythmic, searching score by Whitney Johnson, Shutaro Noguchi, Bill MacKay, Rob Frye and James Scroeder. klofmag.com/2026/02/jim-...

A Featured Album of the Month: Notes to Self is Welsh harpist Catrin Finch’s most intimate work yet—a poignant “letter” to her 13-year-old self...a masterclass in emotional depth and musical intelligence; one to cherish. klofmag.com/2026/02/catr...

Iron & Wine returns with “Roses,” a haunting new single from the upcoming album Hen’s Teeth, out February 27th via Sub Pop. It's accompanied by a hand-drawn animated video by Gaia Alari and features backing vocals by Arden Beam. klofmag.com/2026/02/iron...

To celebrate his upcoming album “We Are Together Again,” Bonnie “Prince” Billy performed an intimate set at St Giles’ Church, Camberwell, South London. Watch him performing “In Good Faith,” a fan favourite from his 2019 album ‘I Made a Place’. klofmag.com/2026/02/watc...

After a decade-long hiatus out of the spotlight, Danish songwriter Majke Voss (FKA Broken Twin) returns with the haunting new single “Coming Down”. klofmag.com/2026/02/majk...

Charlotte Cornfield has unveiled “Living With It,” a vulnerable new single featuring Feist from her upcoming album, Hurts Like Hell (out March 27 via Merge Records). klofmag.com/2026/02/char...

Jesca Hoop returns on 1st May with Long Wave Home, her first self-produced album. Captured during a camper van journey across England, the record blends innovative folk with deep interpersonal reflection. Watch the video for her lead single “Designer Citizen”. klofmag.com/2026/02/jesc...

North Carolina-based Natalie Jane Hill returns with “Colors,” a wise, tender single from her upcoming album Hopeful Woman, out March 6 on Dear Life Records. klofmag.com/2026/02/nata...

Franco-Australian duo Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard announce their third album, Window Tax, out 24 April via Talitres. The news arrives with a video for the lead single “Supermarket,” which explores a surreal tale of obsession and rejection. klofmag.com/2026/02/maxw...

A nice chilled Mixtape for the weekend, ft. Ye Vagabonds, Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Bill Callahan, Marta Del Grandi, Hen Ogledd, Jana Horn, Pefkin, Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Damien Jurado, Joe Westerlund, and Matt Kivel. www.mixcloud.com/folkradiouk/...

New Mixtape ft. Ye Vagabonds’, Philadelphia’s Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Bill Callahan, Marta Del Grandi’s art-pop landscapes, plus Hen Ogledd, Jana Horn, Pefkin, Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Damien Jurado, Joe Westerlund, and Matt Kivel. klofmag.com/2026/01/mixt...

Great: Perpetual Doom get a label profile feature on Bandcamp "Rather than serving up five-course helpings of black metal, Perpetual Doom’s musical North Stars are Beck, Ween, and other musicians who situated “Americana”-type sounds in off-kilter contexts" daily.bandcamp.com/label-profil...

Unfurling ranks among Pefkin’s (Gayle Brogan) most beautiful work. Its many drifts, folds, and layers are expertly curated, balanced perfectly between atavism and modernity, and consistently beautiful. klofmag.com/2026/01/pefk...

Supersonic Festival returns to Digbeth on April 25–26 for a special limited edition. The lineup features the premiere of Microplastics (aya, 96 back, Jennifer Walton), alongside the “Lynchian” doom-folk of ØXN, Traidora, Milkweed and more. klofmag.com/2026/01/supe...

James Hoare (Ultimate Painting, Veronica Falls) returns as Penny Arcade. Watch the video for “Rear View Mirror”, the lead single from his forthcoming album ‘Double Exposure,’ which arrives on April 17th via @tapeterecords.bsky.social. klofmag.com/2026/01/penn...

Yorkshire singer-songwriter Chris Brain announces his new album, Red Sun Rising, which explores themes of hope and renewal “…The red sun will always rise in the east and set in the west—a reminder that we all want the same things from life.” Watch the title track video. klofmag.com/2026/01/chri...

With "Dream Life," Marta Del Grandi delivers a sophisticated, ground-breaking collection that redefines pop music for 2026. klofmag.com/2026/01/mart...

Philadelphia indie stalwart Michael Cormier-O’Leary has announced his new solo EP, Proof Enough, arriving February 25 via Dear Life Records. Featuring lead single “Marilyn,” a haunting three-part harmony exploration of family domesticity. klofmag.com/2026/01/mich...

Drag City unearths Echo Park, a long-lost collection of “glitter-light” pop from LA jazz legend Tommy Peltier. Mixed and mastered by Jim O’Rourke, the album captures Peltier’s 1970s transition into a soulful troubadour. Lead single “Flight of the Dancer,” out now. klofmag.com/2026/01/drag...

Releasing January 30, All Tied Together is Ye Vagabonds’ most personal work yet. This masterful collection of original songs balances experimental textures with heartfelt, nostalgic folk. klofmag.com/2026/01/ye-v...

This week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist is filled with new releases from the likes of Ulster Trio TRÙ, Bill Callahan, Courtney Barentt, Susan O’Neill & Valerie June, Cat Power, Cat Clyde, Setting, Gregory Uhlmann, Chantal Acda and more. open.substack.com/pub/klofmag/...

We dropped a new Mixtape ft. Goat + MC Yallah, Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Minami Deutsch, TEKE::TEKE, Xylouris White, Brigitte Fontaine, Bedouin Jerry Can Band, Rachid Taha, Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, Msafiri Zawose, Terakaft, Noura Mint Seymali, Songhoy Blues & more. klofmag.com/2026/01/mixt...

Our latest Newsletter goes on a deep dive into the music and influence of Anne Briggs with rare live performance footage, interview, and a four-hour playlist featuring both her music and those she has influenced. Sign up for future Substack Newsletters. klofmag.substack.com/p/the-silent...

Flutist Rachel Beetz returns with Tone Keepers on Feb 6. The album track “Reverb” explores an “alien harmonic orbit” built from spacious multiphonics and cyclical breath. Beetz treats sound as physical touch—a transduction of energy through air to the eardrum. klofmag.com/2026/01/rach...

“low clouds hang, this land is on fire” is such a beguiling album. Spellbinding and significant, this is Tashi Dorji operating at the highest level. klofmag.com/2026/01/tash...

French folk artist Aure unveils “A ti te tengo,” a rhythmic Spanish-language single from her debut album printemps, out March 20th via Mayway Records. A “discreet love song” that celebrates finding beauty after the storm. klofmag.com/2026/01/fren...

Wendy Eisenberg announces their self-titled album, led by the baroque-pop single “Meaning Business.” Drawing from a “personal exorcism”, these formally daring folk songs offer a spacious, urgent vision of recovery, self-understanding, and profound musical relief. klofmag.com/2026/01/wend...

With The Fallen By Watch Bird, Jane Weaver found a definitive and singular voice, sloughing off psych-pop signifiers for trancey, kraut-inspired rhythms and expansive synth flights. This expanded reissue, incl. ‘The Watchbird Alluminate’ confirms her lavish vision. klofmag.com/2026/01/jane...