KLOF Mag

Trippers & Askers: Tried to Do’s — A Song Cycle of Loss, Love and Re-Membering Listen to Trippers & Askers lead track “Kin” from forthcoming album “Tried to Do’s”. Set against Hammond’s hometown of Jackson, Tennessee, the song traces the tangled threads of family, community and ...

Trippers & Askers new album, Tried to Do’s, is out May 8th via Sleepy Cat Records. Lead track Kin traces tangled threads of family and cultural inheritance in Jackson, Tennessee, setting the tone for Jay Hammond’s most personal album. klofmag.com/2026/03/trip...

Mixtape: KLOF No. 75 (Folk, Ambient, Experimental, Alternative) Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Gregory Uhlmann, Jesca Hoop, Kris Drever, SUSS, Setting and more — our latest KLOF Mixtape is just under an hour of sideways beauty.

Our latest Mixtape pairs familiar KLOF favourites with a few artists that caught our attention recently. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Gregory Uhlmann, Jesca Hoop, Kris Drever, SUSS, Setting, Adam Ross, Brown Wimpenny, Trippers & Askers & Riley/Radley — Press play & let it run. klofmag.com/2026/03/mixt...

Nathan Bowles – Seven Lefts (Album Review) “Seven Lefts” is a mammoth, tangible album of improvised drone, muscular riffs and deep-thinking ambition — unlike anything Nathan Bowles has done before. A very listenable, addictive set.

“Seven Lefts” is a mammoth, tangible album of improvised drone, muscular riffs and deep-thinking ambition — unlike anything Nathan Bowles has done before. ...an addictive set that demonstrates the range and ambition of this meticulous musician. Boom. klofmag.com/2026/03/nath...

Georgia Shackleton on the making of “From the Floorboards” Georgia Shackleton tells the story behind From the Floorboards, an album born of the sea and exploration and shaped by a violin crafted from the floorboards of Ernest Shackleton’s Edinburgh home.

Georgia Shackleton tells the story behind “From the Floorboards” — an album marking 125 years since the launch of the Discovery, when her distant cousin, Sir Ernest Shackleton, set sail aboard her with Captain Robert Falcon Scott. klofmag.com/2026/03/geor...

Gregory Uhlmann – Extra Stars (Album Review) Gregory Uhlmann’s ‘Extra Stars’ is a fluent and fluid album, flowing over diverse territories — deceptively light, expertly layered, and consistently joyful.

‘Extra Stars’ is an album obsessed with natural processes — some organic and cellular, others more cosmic — it showcases Uhlmann as guitarist, arranger, composer and improviser, his musical curiosity working in tandem with his expansive imagination @intlanthem.bsky.social klofmag.com/2026/03/greg...

Bonnie “Prince” Billy – We Are Together Again (Album Review) Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “We Are Together Again” is some of Will Oldham’s best work — wide-eyed as ever at the mysteries of the world, but full of heart and hope.

Latest Album Review: Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “We Are Together Again” sees Will Oldham slip into folky singer-songwriter mode — sometimes confessional, sometimes gnomic, always intriguing. This is some of his best work. klofmag.com/2026/03/bonn...

SUSS Share ‘Sunset II’ and Announce New Album ‘Counting Sunsets’ SUSS share Sunset II from their forthcoming album Counting Sunsets, due May 15th via Northern Spy — ambient Americana distilled to its most luminous form.

SUSS share Sunset II, the first single from their forthcoming album Counting Sunsets, due May 15th via Northern Spy. Recorded in a condensed window and shaped by a year touring together, the album captures the trio at their most intuitive. klofmag.com/2026/03/suss...

Jesca Hoop Shares Searching New Single “Caravan” Jesca Hoop shares Caravan, a raw new single of devotion and disillusionment, from her forthcoming seventh album Long Wave Home, out 1st May.

Jesca Hoop has shared Caravan, the latest single from her forthcoming album Long Wave Home. Following the politically charged Designer Citizen, Caravan turns inward — a song of misplaced faith and vanishing promises. The video was shot in and around Manchester. klofmag.com/2026/03/jesc...

Chris Brain Shares New Single ‘Big Hill’ ft. Natalie Wildgoose Accompanied by Natalie Wildgoose, Chris Brain shares Big Hill, the second single from Red Sun Rising, out May 1st via Big Sun Records — intimate, unhurried, and grounded in the Yorkshire Dales.

Chris Brain has shared Big Hill, the second single from his forthcoming album Red Sun Rising. Inspired by a long-promised walk in the Yorkshire Dales and featuring guest vocals from Natalie Wildgoose. Watch the accompanying live performance video. klofmag.com/2026/03/chri...

Katherine Priddy – These Frightening Machines (Album Review) Katherine Priddy’s ‘These Frightening Machines’ is a bold, genre-expanding third album — her most confident and fully realised work to date.

Katherine Priddy’s third album, These Frightening Machines, marks a bold shift in energy and intent. No longer anchored by the standard tools of her genre, Priddy moves between folk tenderness and fierce, pop-inflected urgency with rare confidence. klofmag.com/2026/03/kath...

Setting Share New Single “Gum Bump” Ahead of Self-titled Thrill Jockey Debut Syncopated grooves and erupting synthesisers: Setting’s ‘Gum Bump’ channels the euphoria of communal creation into a singular, smouldering dynamic funk all their own.

On Gum Bump, the new single from Setting, they craft their own singular dynamic funk. Built on long exploratory sessions, Fennelly, Bowles and Westerlund have developed a shared syntax that transforms electric spontaneity into something more elaborate and impactful. klofmag.com/2026/03/sett...

Brown Wimpenny Share Experimental Reimagining of Irish Anthem “Raglan Road” Brown Wimpenny’s Raglan Road probes the space between cacophony and beauty — a dense wall of sound built around one of Irish folk’s most enduring anthems.

Brown Wimpenny’s experimental take on Raglan Road builds a dense wall of sound around Patrick Kavanagh’s Joycean poem of longing and loss. Outstanding. klofmag.com/2026/03/brow...

Bonnie “Prince” Billy Shares “Life is Scary Horses” Bonnie “Prince” Billy shares “Life is Scary Horses” — a “spiritual cover” featuring Sally Timms — ahead of new album We Are Together Again, out Friday.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy shares video for “Life is Scary Horses”, the final preview of We Are Together Again. A “spiritual cover” of the Sally Timms / Jon Langford composition, it sees Timms herself appear on the track with strings arranged by Oldham’s cousin Ryder McNair. klofmag.com/2026/03/bonn...

Adam Ross Announces New Album and Shares “Berkeley Street” Adam Ross has shared Berkeley Street, the lead single and video from his forthcoming third solo album, Bring On The Apathy, due via Fika Recordings on 15th May 2026.

Berkeley Street, the lead single and video from Adam Ross’ forthcoming third solo album, Bring On The Apathy, finds Ross sifting through Glasgow memories with characteristic lyricism and warmth. It’s one of his richest recordings yet. klofmag.com/2026/03/adam...

Riley/Radley – Hookahs of the Cave (Album Review) Riley/Radley’s Hookahs of the Cave is an exciting debut of electric guitar and drum excursions. Recorded in one night with just two microphones, it’s dynamic, deep, and addictively listenable.

An exciting, confident debut from Bristol-based instrumental guitarist Danny Riley and drummer Noah Radley, Hookahs of the Cave is dynamic, deep, and addictively listenable. klofmag.com/2026/03/rile...

The Standing Stones Share “Twa Sisters” Ft. Iona Zajac & Daragh Lynch Jimmy Cauty and Jem Finer’s “The Standing Stones” return with ‘Twa Sisters’, featuring Iona Zajac and Lankum’s Daragh Lynch – a fitting vessel for one of the oldest and darkest Scottish Ballads.

Jimmy Cauty and Jem Finer’s “The Standing Stones” return with ‘Twa Sisters’, featuring Iona Zajac and Lankum’s Daragh Lynch – a fitting vessel for one of the oldest and darkest Scottish Ballads. klofmag.com/2026/03/the-...

KLOF No. 74 (Folk, Ambient, Experimental, Alternative) Our latest Mixtape draws together a constellation of artists we've been championing lately — Bill Callahan, Buck Meek, Tōth, The Notwist, Iron & Wine, Juni Habel, and more — alongside a few welcome di...

You can listen to our latest Mixtape via Mixcloud - Bill Callahan, Buck Meek, Tōth, The Notwist, Iron & Wine, Juni Habel, and more — alongside a few welcome discoveries. www.mixcloud.com/folkradiouk/...

Mixtape: KLOF No. 74 (Folk, Ambient, Experimental, Alternative) Our latest Mixtape draws together a constellation of artists we’ve been championing lately – Bill Callahan, Tōth, Buck Meek, Juni Habel, Magic Tuber Stringband, Iron & Wine, Barry Walker Jr. and more.

Our latest Mixtape draws together a constellation of artists we’ve been championing lately — Bill Callahan, Buck Meek, Tōth, The Notwist, Iron & Wine, Juni Habel, and more. From highway-wide Americana to quietly devastating folk, sun-bleached indie to avant-garde drift. klofmag.com/2026/02/mixt...

Caminauta Shares New Video for ‘Encounters’ Caminauta shares Encounters, a new single and video from debut album Unseen Dimensions, arriving March 2026 via Wayside & Woodland Recordings — field recording ambience from the edge of solitude.

Premiere: South American field recording artist Caminauta shares "Encounters", the video captures the same unhurried, observational spirit as the music itself — organic, atmospheric, and quietly essential. klofmag.com/2026/02/cami...

Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth (Album Review) Darker than its sibling and richer for it — Iron & Wine’s Hen’s Teeth finds Sam Beam leaning into the South’s shadows with quiet mastery.

Sam Beam knows that a lot can happen in the span of a single song, and here he leans ever further into the South’s musical traditions, surrounding himself with collaborators who double the vulnerability at the heart of his most open-hearted work in years. klofmag.com/2026/02/iron...

Tōth – And The Voice Said A cracked, flawed and glorious vision — Tōth’s ‘And The Voice Said’ balances Buddhist calm with inner turmoil, delivering an emotional rollercoaster of psych-folk, art-pop and confessional songwriting...

There aren’t too many musicians making heart-on-sleeve emotional rollercoasters with this much control, poise and skill. ‘And The Voice Said’ moves in all directions at once, and ends up exactly where it should be. klofmag.com/2026/02/toth...

More close-listening and nice writing about my band The Early's new music.

"Lewis and Nussbaum pass through landscapes, lighting them up and leaving them changed for the better"

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The album is out tomorrow.

Blood Sucking Maniacs: Terry Allen’s Multigenerational Family Band Announce Self-Titled Debut Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen’s multigenerational family band Blood Sucking Maniacs announce their self-titled debut, out April 24th on Paradise of Bachelors. Listen to the title track.

Blood Sucking Maniacs, the multigenerational family band led by Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen, have announced their self-titled debut album, out April 24th via Paradise of Bachelors. klofmag.com/2026/02/bloo...

The Early – I Want to be Ready/Cusp On their latest EP, Cusp, and album, I Want to be Ready, The Early pass through landscapes, lighting them up and leaving them changed for the better; a resounding success.

Across their latest EP, Cusp, and album, I Want to be Ready, Lewis and Nussbaum pass through landscapes, lighting them up and leaving them changed for the better. A resounding success. klofmag.com/2026/02/the-...

Colleen shares new single ‘Mis armas se habían caído al suelo’ Colleen shares Mis armas se habían caído al suelo, a quietly disarming opener from forthcoming album Libres antes del final, out March 20th via Thrill Jockey.

Colleen has shared "Mis armas se habían caído al suelo," the opening piece from her forthcoming album — a declaration of vulnerability that sets the tone for what Cécile Schott calls her most emotionally intense work. klofmag.com/2026/02/coll...

The Wave Pictures – Gained / Lost (Album Review) Over twenty years deep, The Wave Pictures fashion familiar touchstones into new shapes - there’s no one else quite like them, and Gained/Lost is another bright star in their constellation.

From Proustian throbs of memory to blazing solos, “Gained/Lost” is accessible, varied, and endlessly rewarding—another bright star in their constellation. klofmag.com/2026/02/the-...

Bill Callahan – My Days of 58 (Album Review) Embracing uncertainty has made Bill Callahan’s songs wiser than ever — also funnier, sadder, deeper. My Days of 58 is serious music that rewards every listen.

My Days of 58 finds Bill Callahan embracing uncertainty — and it has made his songs wiser than ever. They are also funnier, sadder, deeper. Live energy, partly improvised performances, a spirit of collaboration: these are the things that make Callahan tick... klofmag.com/2026/02/bill...

Seamus Cater & Fredrik Rasten – Strange the Grass Grows (Album Review) Handled with grace, elegance and quiet confidence, Seamus Cater & Fredrik Rasten’s “Strange the Grass Grows” is a deeply considered album — one you’ll find yourself returning to again and again.

Strange the Grass Grows breathes and blooms with quiet confidence, its traditional ballads and originals handled with such grace and elegance that it stays with you long after the final note. klofmag.com/2026/02/seam...

Magic Tuber Stringband announce new album and share “Tribute to the Angels” Magic Tuber Stringband announce Heavy Water, out May 22nd — a haunting meditation on nuclear displacement and ecological loss, led by the luminous single Tribute to the Angels.

Magic Tuber Stringband have announced Heavy Water, out May 22nd — their most expansive album yet, rooted in the ecological and human fallout of nuclear arms production in rural South Carolina. Listen to lead single Tribute to the Angels: klofmag.com/2026/02/magi...

Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl & Macie Stewart Share Darkly Cinematic “laundry | blood” Darkly cinematic and compellingly unhurried, “laundry | blood” finds Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart at their most brooding — a slow-burn highlight from BODY SOUND.

Darkly cinematic and compellingly unhurried, “laundry | blood” finds Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart at their most brooding — a slow-burn highlight from BODY SOUND. A live performance video directed by Derrick Alexander accompanies the single. klofmag.com/2026/02/whit...