Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
Born and raised in Lombardy-speaking Rivoltano, double-bass player Roberto Cassini now calls Perthshire home. Ansema We Stand finds him combining the sounds of his homeland with Scotland, aided by the likes of Anna Massie, Ross Ainslie, Hamish Napier and Greg Lawson. It’s a musical experience that will repay a little patience with huge pleasure.
by David Pratt
Just Behind The Creek is a wonderful testament to just how vibrant the current music scene is in the Estill Mountain region of Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. If you like traditional Folk, Bluegrass, Blues and Mountain Music this album will bring a smile of appreciation to your face, if you don’t, then this release might just convert you.
by Seuras Og
Maverick Thinker is an uplifting and unrelenting joy that, melodically and lyrically, displays the coming of age of Ruarri Joseph. It deserves your attention.
by Thomas Blake
Cedars is a beguiling and quietly astonishing piece of work, where Stuart Hyatt’s overarching vision finds its perfect counterweight in an immensely talented and varied array of musicians.
by Peter Shaw
‘A Pocket Full of Acorns’ is Ninebarrow’s strongest and most ambitious album to date on which they are joined by the Ninebarrow band for an expanded sound and even some grittier moments.
by Bob Fish
Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird’s ‘These 13’ is the kind of effort that illustrates how traditions can be passed down from generation to generation while adding elements that continue to breathe new life into old forms.
by Bob Fish
With The Pet Parade, Eric D. Johnson doesn’t rework the past like Bonny Light Horseman, rather he creates moments filled with the glory of a world where you have an opportunity to find your own place. An album that’s sure to find the kind of audience Eric D. Johnson has only imagined.
by Mike Davies
Featuring collaborations with Joey Burns and John Convertino from Calexico, Dean Owens first release in his Desert Trilogy EPs will certainly make the wait for the album even harder to bear.
by Jay Alm
With Origin Myths, there is no way Bobby Lee is from the U.K. It’s clear to me he’s from the American southwest resurrected as an Anasazi shaman…this is truly a homage to the red rock and the sand and the beating, hallucinatory sun.
by Mike Davies
Byla Rose’s debut Pacific Coast Folk EP ‘How Far’ is an intoxicating calling card drenched with thrilling potential for things yet to come.
by Billy Rough
Brighton-based The Knights Project has developed into formidable champions of lo-fi folk with a talented ear for lyrics and harmonies. Beautifully produced, their latest offering ‘Animals, Animals, Animals’ is a dreamy, fragile, and poetic way to spend some time with.
by Thomas Blake
The Magpie Arc’s EP3 is a fitting way to cap a set of EPs whose very existence seems to celebrate the lasting power of musical collaboration at a time when it feels most at threat. It’s just as accomplished as its predecessors, and even more full of musical surprises.