Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
Road to Palios is the latest album from Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart featuring guitar and violin duets which use inspiring minimalist instrumental meanderings to capture your heart with. Magical.
Jesca Hoop’s new album ‘The Complete Kismet Acoustic’ is about rediscovery in many ways…her best album yet…as Tom Waits once said “her music is like going swimming in a lake at night”
The latest offering from Edinburgh based roots collective Southern Tenant Folk Union ‘Hello Cold Goodbye Sun‘ is fizzing with emotional charge…challenging, inventive and original, it doesn’t get much better!
Lily Mae is a 16 year old contemporary folk singer-songwriter from Bucks County, PA. She recently released her stunning debut EP ‘Early Days’. We caught up with Lily and her sister Chloe, also her lyricist!
The Black Twig Pickers are back with a new album Rough Carpenters. All those small musical nuances go to make up the unique whole…As Gangloff explains, “It’s not the melody, it’s the moss.”
This is simply brilliant! A taster of Aidan O’Rourke’s new album ‘Hotline’. Listen to ‘TAT-1’, Martyn Bennett would have loved a piece of this action…this is Scottish inventors at their musically best! Stunning!
The hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and painter Barry Kerr has released a beautiful new single ‘The Leaving Song’ which is accompanied by a new video. Watch it now.
Serafina Steer’s third album ‘The Moths are Real’ sees Jarvis Cocker step into production duty, something he won’t regret…the brilliance of this album is clear from the start, this belongs in the limelight!
Yo La Tengo’s latest release ‘Fade’ is a fitting milestone to their long career which exemplifies the stature and cohesion of this band as well as being direct, personal and more than a little uplifting!
The Tinder Box a three piece band that hail from south eastern South Dakota. They’ve a great expansive sound for a three piece and if you love 16 Horsepower or The Cave Singers then check’em out!
Imperial Splendour is the latest album from Mattis & The Grand Trunk Road, influenced by Mattis Myrland’s time spent in India studying under the Hindustani Classical Vocalist Madhumita Ray.
