Alex Gallacher
Alex Gallacher
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of KLOF Mag - I keep things running here and put together the playlists and mixes.
Lisa O’Neill releases her new 6-track EP today, The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right. The collection features her cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘All the Tired Horses’ as well as a “stunning version” of ‘The Bleak Midwinter’, which is accompanied by a video directed by Ellius Grace. O’Neill shares that the seasonal classic reminds her: “In the bleakest of circumstances, love is a beacon.”
Brighton trio Plantoid shares “Good For You,” the second single from their eagerly awaited album, FLARE, out January 30th via Bella Union. The emotive track evolves over six serpentine minutes, reflecting the band’s progressive roots while pushing their signature sound towards new horizons like shoegaze. The song is a journey of rebirth, learning to create space for your feelings, and trying to feel good about it.
Following the Broadside Hacks tour, London-via-Michigan songwriter Spitzer Space Telescope unveils the video for ‘Veritas’. A direct, banjo-picked folk ballad, the track uses the story of Galileo as an allegory for pandemic-era anti-science rhetoric. The single precedes this Friday’s release of Spitzer Space Telescope III.
Leicester-based artist Adam Weikert unveils ‘Ah Cud Hew’, an electrifying and darkly gothic re-imagining of Ed Pickford’s mining tragedy anthem that is both urgent and mournful. The accompanying video sees a ritualistic discovery in the woods, exploring Britain’s past and present. From the forthcoming album To Who Ourselves We Owe.
To warm the oncoming winter chill, Bristol’s Me and My Friends return with “Bring Summer,” an explosion of joyful, sun-drenched grooves. Following their meditative 2023 release, this album is “peppered with ingredients from disco, rock, samba, gnawa and cumbia,” described as “a celebration of authenticity, the inner child and the freedom to be yourself, an invitation to dance as a raw, unfiltered expression of life.”
A New Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Kíla & OKI, Damien Jurado, Adrianne Lenker, Joshua Burnside, Ye Vagabonds, Brigid Mae Power, Circuit des Yeux, Jana Horn, Theo Angell, David Greenberger, L’Oumigmag, Valerie June, Tōth, Bill Callahan, Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington, Alasdair Roberts, Don DiLego, David Dondero and Emma Kupa.
Joshua Burnside announces his new album, It’s Not Going to be Okay, releasing the poignant single and lyric video “Moon High.” Born from the grief of losing his best friend, the record is Burnside’s most stripped-back and unguarded work. It swaps his usual intricate production for tender, unflinching acoustic balladry, with each track serving “like an entry into a grief journal.”
Baltimore duo Peals (William Cashion of Future Islands and Bruce Willen of Double Dagger) have announced the digital release of Seltzer, originally a 2015 limited-edition cassette release. The collection highlights their move toward intimate ambient improvisation, featuring the first single “Believers”, recorded during a unique site-specific collaboration with multimedia artist Zoe Friedman inside Baltimore’s historic Bromo Seltzer clock tower.
New York City’s musical shapeshifter Wendy Eisenberg returns today with “Will You Dare,” a track that trades avant-garde complexity for the sun-drenched directness of early 1970s folk. Out now via Joyful Noise Recordings, the single offers a tender yet sharp look at the risks of romance through Eisenberg’s characteristically incisive lens.
Tepid Toad Records presents a new double A-side from avant-folk duo Alula Down, featuring Mark Waters’ double bass with Kate Gathercole’s alluring, dreamy vocals. From the haunting, poignant field recordings of “High Germany” to the warm improvisation of “Summer Song,” this atmospheric release arrives on November 14th on digital and limited-edition 7″ lathe-cut vinyl.