Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by Mike Davies
The Hackensaw Boys is an invigorating statement of who they are and, more to the point, where they’re going. For the faithful and new arrivals alike, it promises to be a rewarding journey.
by Mike Davies
Ready For The Times is a testament to both Williams and Catlow’s individual musical talents and the chemistry they spark in each other as a duo.
by David Pratt
Tonight We Ride represents a soundtrack to Jason McNiff’s life and a gateway to some of music’s finest songwriters. Imbibed with his own personal takes, nuances and shades, it’s a resounding success.
by Thomas Blake
Damien Jurado’s ‘Reggae Film Star’ is an album that owes much of its thematic muscle to the cinema. The musical diversity is all the more striking given the album’s conceptual clarity. It’s an addictive listen, full of faded beauty and lit by distant hope.
by Bob Fish
With ‘The Spur’, there is beauty and grace beyond anything Joan Shelley has done before. “…it is a mirror that allows us to see the world differently, to view these moments not only as what they are but as moments rife with possibility.”
by Mike Davies
A singular talent in the contemporary folk world, Bella Hardy returns with a terrific blend of traditional and original songs for her 10th solo album ‘Love Songs’.
by David Pratt
Forget The White Stripes and their Seven Nation Army, and lock into the two-man musical army that is the Madalitso Band from Malawi; you will not be disappointed. Surely only those with a happiness-bypass could fail to enjoy such intoxicatingly accomplished and compelling music?
by Billy Rough
And So We Gather, marks Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s accomplished and thoroughly captivating solo debut. It features an amazing cast yet Carnie’s velvet-tinged voice is the real star here.
by Bob Fish
Dreams and reality often run together in strange ways; this is definitely true on Rachel Sermanni’s new EP, Every Swimming Pool Runs to the Sea on which she also offers a vocal performance second to none.
by Danny Neill
Bloodlines testifies, in tandem with the re-issue of ‘Smokin The Dummy,’ that having established himself as a maverick country outsider in the seventies, Terry Allen began the eighties on a creative roll. They deserve stronger appreciation among country fans and record collectors far and wide.
by Billy Rough
With vocals so pure and flawless yet soothingly emotional, it’s hard not to fall a little in love with the voice of Hannah Rarity. Add some well-crafted and fresh songs into the mix, and To Have You Near is an irresistible album.
by Mike Davies
As with her filmmaking, Haroula Rose proves herself a highly skilled singer-songwriter talent with an album that mesmerisingly captures the light of the human heart and spirit like the sun reflecting off crystal waters.