Alex Gallacher

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.

This month sees the publication of Liz Pelly’s damning new book “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist”. Another reason why supporting independent journalism and curation is becoming increasingly important.

Our latest KLOF Mixtape features music from Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas, Yo La Tengo, Andrew Weathers Ensemble, Myles O’Reilly, Berangere Maximin, Rami Atassi & Caleb Willitz, Daniel Bachman, Félicia Atkinson, Liam Grant, more eaze & claire rousay, Ernest Hood and Pink Must.

Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver take us Track-by-Track through their new album Hinterland – a gloriously free-spirited album and the perfect example of folk’s potential for reinvention.

A special Artists on Artist interview between multi-instrumentalist experimental alt-pop artists Shugo Tokumaru (Japan) and Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra (Australia/Taiwan) covering influences, childhood, creativity and more.

Hello Sunshine is a great new compilation album featuring Cosmic travelers Bobby Lee, Rose City Band, The Bures Band, Garcia Peoples and more, with all proceeds going to Music Cares to help artists dealing with losses from L.A. wildfires.

The Hard Quartet, featuring Emmett Kelly, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White release a brand new digital two-song single ahead of an extensive tour including UK dates.

Taken from their forthcoming collaborative album, The World That I Knew, Dublin-based duo VARO share their latest single and video, Green Grows the Laurel, featuring John Francis Flynn.

Lorraine Nash unveils her new single, “Carraig Aonair,” her first in the Irish language. The single arrives ahead of a busy summer schedule, notably including dates as a special guest of Hothouse Flowers on their UK tour.

Last month, we shared Yoshika Colwell’s intuitive and mystical single, ‘Last Night’. She follows up with the contrasting and pastoral-tinged ‘Fighting On The Wing’, accompanied by another great video from Tilly Wace.

Following last month’s announcement of his new album, CRK, Cameron Knowler shares his latest album single ‘Secret Water’ featuring Rayna Gellert, Ethan Jodziewicz and Jordan Tice (of Hawktail).

Ten years on, Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas reunite for their second collaborative album, ‘Totality’. Their first single, Clock no Clock, is accompanied by a music video created by Nick Contea.