We look back at Anna and Elizabeth's groundbreaking self-titled album, to be released on vinyl for the first time on its Tenth Anniversary - "a rare album that is as intimate as it is ambitious and as idiosyncratic as it is reverential." Source| KLOF Magazine
Joshua Burnside shares his new single and video "Nicer Part of Town"–"a daydream song, following thoughts and memories around, some nice, some not so nice," in which he heads back to a "childhood kitchen, and then up into the heavens on an old spaceship. We then sleep rough under a bridge, get blown up by a car bomb and end up in the garden of Eden." Source| KLOF Magazine
Watch the accompanying music video for Irish duo Rezo's new single, "Nothing Else." Produced by David Odlum, the track follows their critically acclaimed 2024 album, The Age of Self-Help. Featuring the poignant lyrics and heartfelt melodies of Colm O’Connell and Rory McDaid, "Nothing Else" captures "the abject tragedies of life and the power of love," cementing Rezo's status as a key alternative Irish act. Source| KLOF Magazine
Following the release of her fourth album, Enter Now Brightness, in February, New Zealander Nadia Reid delves into the familial and folk shadows of one of music's most mythologised figures. Reid has released a digital double A-side that goes beyond mere tribute to intergenerational conversation: a cover of Nick Drake’s "Poor Boy" paired, strikingly, with his mother Molly Drake's spectral retort, "Poor Mum." Source| KLOF Magazine
Following the release of her debut album, Rift, Clara Mann has just announced Rift (Extended Edition), which includes two new covers and two French-language versions of standout tracks from the original album. Accompanied by Owen Spafford on fiddle, and released today as a double A-side single, listen to her performing "500 Miles," a traditional song inspired by Hedy West's version and “My Life," by Iris DeMent. Source| KLOF Magazine
In an echo of the past, Rafael Toral unveils a new single, “Solitude,” from his upcoming album, Traveling Light. The track revisits the Duke Ellington standard, a piece that has long served as a canvas for improvisers from Thelonious Monk to Mary Halvorson. Yet, Toral’s interpretation channels the profound, almost sacred vulnerability of Billie Holiday’s classic take. Source| KLOF Magazine
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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
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
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
Kim Carnie’s new album, A’ Chailleach, a powerful concept record rooted in female folklore and hidden histories, is out this month, featuring Seckou Keita, Julie Fowlis, Jerry Douglas and more.| KLOF Mag
“no death no danger,” Lucrecia Dalt’s new single and video, offers an enticing glimpse into her upcoming album, A Danger to Ourselves, out September 5.| KLOF Mag
JJJJJerome Ellis shares the title track for their forthcoming album Vesper Sparrow—a profound, collaborative work set for release in November on Shelter Press.| KLOF Mag
Bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist Blake Mills announce their new album, That Wasn’t A Dream, out August 22. Listen to the kaleidoscopic lead single “Taka” now featuring Chris Dave on drums.| KLOF Mag
Smithsonian Folkways announce a new Arhoolie box set release: ‘Clifton Chenier: King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco’. Listen to the powerful 1971 live recording of “Mr. Charlie.”| KLOF Mag
Cate Le Bon’s latest album, Michelangelo Dying, is born from the ashes of unanticipated heartbreak. Watch the H. Hawkline-directed video for “Heaven Is No Feeling,” where she trades her signature cerebral detachment for raw, visceral emotion.| KLOF Mag
Gwenifer Raymond announces ‘Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark’, a cosmic leap from her folk-horror roots. The new album and its fiery single, “Jack Parsons Blues,” meld ancient mysticism with astrophysics.| KLOF Mag
Ron Sexsmith announces his 18th studio album, Hangover Terrace, the title hints at a curdled contentment, a departure from the rustic homilies of his more recent output. Listen to his lead single “Don’t Lose Sight.”| KLOF Mag
James Yorkston announces Songs for Nina & Johanna, featuring collaborations with Nina Persson (The Cardigans) and Johanna Söderberg (First Aid Kit). From the album, watch “A Moment Longer” and “Love / Luck”.| KLOF Mag
Editrix announce their third full-length, The Big E, and share the title track video, a maelstrom of galloping fretwork…the track operates with a jittery precision, inching them ever closer to the centre of the avant-rock constellation.| KLOF Mag
Junior Brother shares his eerie new Ellius Grace-directed video for his new single, Welcome to My Mountain, a bold, sprawling overture to his anticipated third album, The End.| KLOF Mag
Modern Nature announce new full-length album and share ‘Pharaoh’, a potent, motorik throb, hinting at a sharpened focus from a band increasingly unafraid to push their own boundaries.| KLOF Mag
Ty Segall shares the title track of his new album Possession, with lyrics by longtime collaborator and filmmaker Matt Yoka.| KLOF Mag
Taken from his forthcoming new album, watch the music video for Jeffrey Lewis’ latest single Relaxation, directed by frequent collaborator Matt (Pizza Underground) Colbourn.| KLOF Mag
Jake Xerxes Fussell shares his new recording of Arthur Russell’s “Close My Eyes”, a number that has, not surprisingly, become a setlist fixture. He has also announced new dates in Europe and the UK, including End Of The Road.| KLOF Mag
Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith have announced the release of “Correspondences Vol II,” a two-track EP. The announcement is accompanied by the release of the first fifteen minute track, “Children Of Chernobyl.”| KLOF Mag
Taken from his forthcoming new album, Catalan folk singer Ferran Orriols covers Roses Grogues (Yellow Roses) by the legendary 70s folk band Heron…and featuring Heron’s Steve Jones on piano. Totally magic.| KLOF Mag
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