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 Tango Bar features some of the finest songs of Copeland’s career, imbued with the experience and wisdom of age, it’s a terrific comeback and a tantalising portent for its sequel.
by Mike Davies
Diving into the retro sounds of both sixties surf and country classics, Bad news Darlin’ rides the waves and cruises the honky-tonks with consummate style and unbridled energy.
by Mike Davies
A tribute to Mickey Newbury’s work has been long overdue and you could ask for no finer one than this from Gretchen Peters who has been a lifelong devotee of his work.
by Mike Davies
For his third album ‘The Big Wind’, Luke Elliot delivers another collection of brooding grandeur. While not the most uplifting of albums, he manages to create beauty out of the darkness.
by Peter Shaw
Taking his experience of filmmusic composition and applying it to folk music, Roly Witherow creates soundscapes and atmosphere that tell the story as much as the melody and lyrics.
by Thomas Blake
An evocative mixture of psychedelic folk and hauntology – a fertile sound-world of tape loops, spine-tingling vocals and an almost visceral connection to the natural world.
by Bob Fish
Avoiding the highways tends to slow one down. You can’t drive quite as fast, but you get a better view of the countryside. For Jason Simon, that’s the point. What you see along the way makes all the difference. A Venerable Wreck is the proof of that.
by Mike Davies
He’s no contender, he’s no pretender, he’s someone who’s been on the canvas and got up to win the fight. And as this album once again proves, he has the heart and soul of a champion who stares truth in the eye and doesn’t flinch.
by Bob Fish
Bare nerves and raw emotions, backed by arrangements fueled with a combination of power and panache create the heart and danger at the soul of Paddy Dennehy’s music.