Despite Alexei Shishkin’s lo-fi beginnings and his continuing willingness to drink from the well of slacker aesthetics, “Good Times” is a bold and - dare we say it - polished artistic statement.| KLOF Mag
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.| KLOF Mag
This week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist features Yo La Tengo, White Magic, The Owl Service, Sarah Louise, Josephine Foster, Buck Curran, Ed Askew, Maxine Funke, Myriam Gendron, and more.| KLOF Mag
Our latest Off the Shelf guests are Dublin duo Varo, featuring Consuelo Nerea Breschi and Lucie Azconaga. In this series, we ask artists to present objects from their homes and discuss them, a form of storytelling through objects.| KLOF Mag
To mark the release of Junior Brother’s highly anticipated new album “The End”, a further video from Ellius Grace has been shared for the stripped-back “Old Bell”.| KLOF Mag
Steve Gunn announces his new album, Daylight Daylight, his first collaboration with a single partner, namely, James Elkington. A sparse, intimate sound, listen to the opening track “Nearly There”.| KLOF Mag
“I Will Swim to You” is a powerful tribute to Jason Molina, featuring covers from MJ Lenderman, Hand Habits, and more that capture his raw, unvarnished truth.| KLOF Mag
Sunday has traditionally been the folkier day of Supersonic festival (though as we would soon learn, the heaviness and the experimentation are still, thankfully, dialled up to the max), we decided to go along for the ride.| KLOF Mag
Buck Curran talks us through his new album Far Driven Sun, which finds him returning to his musical roots: a deep love for the ambient and resonant nature of the acoustic steel-string guitar in alternate tunings.| KLOF Mag
Gwenfier Raymond’s “Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark” raises the instrumental acoustic guitar album to new heights and delivers something new. It’s another banger from this excellent guitarist.| KLOF Mag
Ten new albums to discover, from the psychedelic folk of Foot Ox to the experimental jazz of Shrunken Elvis and the timeless duets of Tamar Korn and Kyle Morgan.| KLOF Mag
James Yorkston, Nina Persson, and Johanna Söderberg form the perfect trio on “Songs for Nina and Johanna,” creating a masterful blend of melancholy and some unexpected emotional uplift.| KLOF Mag
Glasgow’s Iona Zajac announces her debut album, Bang, for November 21st. The new single, “Dilute,” is a feral anthem transforming anger into liberation. Watch the accompanying video.| KLOF Mag
Jens Kuross’s Crooked Songs is by far his warmest and most intimate-sounding yet. The songs are quietly profound and powerful in their unvarnished delivery. This album is something special.| KLOF Mag
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of KLOF Mag – I keep things running here and put together the playlists and mixes.| KLOF Mag