Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by Bob Fish
Setting his crisis of confidence to music, Steve Dawson’s At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree offers a renewal of hope. We’ve never needed that more.
by Seuras Og
After an eight-year hiatus, post-folk collective Fuzzy Lights return with Burials…”A stirring and unsettling listen” with plenty of breath-taking moments.
by Danny Neill
On ‘For Free’, David Crosby sounds re-invigorated by the connections he makes with his art and these recordings. Fans and new converts will find much to love on this album which spotlights all that is fine about the man and his pure voice.
by David Pratt
Breda Mayock’s “Waves” is a memorable EP that confirms her place as one of the country’s most alluring and interesting artists. Graceful, elegant and, above all, a tremendously impressive listen.
by Mike Davies
Individually, The Flatlanders are a force to be reckoned with, each member has made their distinctive mark on the alt-country and Americana scene over the decades; as this welcome reunion shows, together they are indeed the musical living definition of a triple whammy.
by David Pratt
A fitting tribute to the work of Manzanita, one of Peru’s acknowledged masters of the electric guitar. The truly electrifying sounds of cumbia and guaracha music on offer burst from the speakers with exuberance and vitality guaranteed to put you in a good mood.
by Mike Davies
With Blue World, Anna Tivel has crafted far more than simply some reimagined versions of her songs, this is a world with its own beauty and captivating intimacy.
by Bob Fish
Situations may be dire, and faith may sometimes be in short supply, yet Canyons to Sawdust by Bryan Away announces the arrival of a man whose talent cannot be ignored. He has found ways to create mini-masterpieces that taken as a whole become a truly cathartic experience.
by Bob Fish
Rather than dealing in musical assimilation, Joe Bourdet takes the work of 70s legends and update them for a new generation of fans. Meadow Rock comes from a time when musicians played because that was the only way they could express what was inside them.
by Peter Shaw
Before dropping his 100th album, Ashley Hutchings releases Ninety-nine Impressions, a spoken-word album with musical accompaniment from the likes of Blair Dunlop, Jacob Stoney and more. It’s an exceptional album and quite unlike anything he’s ever released before.
by Mike Davies
Listening to the sharply directed words and empathetic sentiments on this unassumingly lovely album, there is little doubt that Murray McLauchlan is already wide awake, and his hourglass keeps perfect timing.
by Mike Davies
Their most accessible album yet, The Little Unsaid’s “Lick The Future’s Lips” is an album of variegated musical moods and songs that peer into the gloom but also spark a flicker of light in the potential to change both the world and ourselves.