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 Mammals return with a world-class album expanding their lineup to embrace bandmates old and recent as well as special guests.
by David Pratt
Recorded in April during lockdown, Paul and Naomi’s “I’ve Got A Fever” is a musical delight, and hopefully a foretaste of another full album.
by Mike Davies
Celticana is the second collection from the Aberdeen duo Steve Crawford & Spider MacKenzie. While its roots are firmly embedded in American traditions, the lyrics and narratives hail from Scotland.
by Mike Davies
London-based Hannah White joins forces with four Bergen musicians – The Nordic Connections – for an album that is anything but ordinary. Recorded live, she plunges fully into the 70s country sounds she’s only previously flirted with.
by Bob Fish
Camille Delean has seemingly found the balance point between solitude and loneliness, between desolation and despair and come out on the other side. She shares messages we can all learn.
by Bob Fish
Regardless of the season, the jubilant grooves of Rearrange Us provide a perfect way to swing into summer. The music sways with the breeze, shimmering and coming alive thanks Mt. Joy.
by Bob Fish
With reference points from Miles Davis to Nick Drake, Modern Nature reflects on a myriad of influences inspired and incorporated over the course of twenty-one minutes, distilled to the essence of Annual. Let the draught mingle with your senses and feel the pull of time.
by Thomas Blake
Brigid Mae Power’s generosity of spirit permeates all of these songs, even the ones that describe hardship. This is her most accessible work to date, but also her most intricately layered: genuinely beautiful, quietly challenging and perfectly self-contained.
by Bob Fish
Nothing really prepares you for David Grubb’s new album, Nano. While it is an instrumental commentary on the dark side of modern society, there are also moments of great beauty and potentially a message of hope.
by Mike Davies
Like Animals is arguably her finest work to date, there are creature comforts to be had here and a certainty that, in fashion or note, the name Charlie Dore shows no sign of fading.
by Mike Davies
Country Darkness Vol 2 is the second EP in the My Darling Clementine collaboration with Elvis Costello’s longtime keyboardist Steve Nieve which again illuminates the musical genius of both parties.