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Jules Reidy shares “Clerestory Windows V,” the final movement of the solo suite from their forthcoming album “Clerestory,” due September 25th via Thrill Jockey. klofmag.com/2026/08/jule...
Jules Reidy Shares Solo Guitar Piece “Clerestory Windows V” | KLOF Mag
Jules Reidy shares “Clerestory Windows V,” a solo hex guitar piece from the forthcoming “Clerestory” — out September 25th via Thrill Jockey.
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Hollow Hand shares the video for “Heavy Metal T-Shirt,” the final single from fourth album “Wish Road South,” directed by Mega Bog’s Erin Birgy and shot in Dublin. klofmag.com/2026/08/holl...
Hollow Hand shares Mega Bog-directed video for ‘Heavy Metal T-Shirt’
Hollow Hand shares “Heavy Metal T-Shirt” from “Wish Road South,” with a Dublin-shot video directed by Mega Bog’s Erin Birgy.
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Sam Burton signs to Captured Tracks and shares "I'm A Stranger," the lead single and video from his third album Fairweather Friend. A song caught between nostalgia and alienation, directed by Otium. klofmag.com/2026/08/sam-...
Sam Burton Shares “I’m A Stranger” Video, Signs to Captured Tracks
Sam Burton shares lead single “I’m A Stranger” from “Fairweather Friend,” his third album and first release on Captured Tracks.
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Ed Askew's "The Final Painting" captures the fragile poignance of a great artist in the December of his years...somewhere between Bowie's "Blackstar" and Cohen's "You Want It Darker," not raging against the dying of the light but dancing towards it with outstretched arms. klofmag.com/2026/08/ed-a...
Ed Askew – The Final Painting
Ed Askew’s posthumous “The Final Painting” is a beautiful mystery — a great artist’s last creative gasp, dancing towards the dying of the light with outstretched arms.
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New Orleans' Twisted Teens follow Blame the Clown with a third album in two years. CPN also sings on Cinder Well's A Blooming Body — both former Blackbird Raum members. The title track video is a gem, directed by Jack Massuci with cinematography by Jackson Bear. klofmag.com/2026/08/twis...
Twisted Teens share video for “Florida Water Blues” title track
Twisted Teens share a video for “Florida Water Blues,” the title track of their third album, out now on Going Underground Records.
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Isik Kural's new album "Motorcycles and Cherry Wind" is due October 30th on RVNG Intl. Lead single "Winter Sun" is a thing of unhurried tenderness — violin, piano, and fleeting photographic imagery. Nine musicians, field recordings from Istanbul to Scotland. klofmag.com/2026/08/isik...
Isik Kural Shares “Winter Sun” Single and Video from Forthcoming Album
Isik Kural announces “Motorcycles and Cherry Wind” on RVNG Intl. and shares tender lead single “Winter Sun” with a Glasgow-shot video.
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy announces Ghosts of American Psychonauts, a new live album recorded in LA over Valentine's Day weekend 2025. Eight songs drawn from across a thirty-year career, with a stellar cast of guests. klofmag.com/2026/08/bonn...
Bonnie “Prince” Billy shares live “London May” from new live album ‘Ghosts of American Psychonauts’
Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” is a new live album reworking tracks from across his career, out September 18th.
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Sir Richard Bishop's "Hillbilly Erotica" pairs gentleness with hidden teeth — mostly improvised solo guitar that ebbs and flows with sharp dexterity. A worthy companion to last year's "Hillbilly Ragas." klofmag.com/2026/08/sir-...
Sir Richard Bishop – Hillbilly Erotica (Album Review)
Sir Richard Bishop’s “Hillbilly Erotica” ebbs and flows with sharp dexterity — minimalist maximalism of remarkable prowess from a unique guitarist.
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Hana Stretton's shares Video for 'From' – made during a dark storm. Stretton opened all the windows and recorded it with her dog Roo asleep next to her, using a hairbrush on the guitar alongside synth and a tiny harp. + News of Special Edition. klofmag.com/2026/08/hana...
Hana Stretton Shares “From”, the Final Single from Forthcoming Album “tiarn”
Hana Stretton shares the video for “From”, the final single from “tiarn”, out August 7th, as Phil Elverum announces a special edition of the album.
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"'Reunion' is an album that looks into and through the darkness, and sees something weird and joyous and worth saving." Perfectly stated @klofmag.com!
Mama’s Broke – Reunion (Album Review)
On “Reunion”, Mama’s Broke’s third album, the Nova Scotia duo of Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria look into the darkness and see something weird and joyous and worth saving.
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In our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist & Newsletter: New offerings led by Clara Mann, two sixties one-album-wonders, a cult 80s reissue, and Artists of the Month Mama's Broke. Plus Magic Tuber Stringband Deep Digs and more. open.substack.com/pub/klofmag/...
The Monday Morning Brew #166 (Playlist)
New offerings led by Clara Mann's 'News from Home', two sixties one-album-wonders, a cult 80s private pressing reissue, and Artists of the Month Mama's Broke.
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We review the latest album from Mama's Broke: songs that touch on the darkest aspects of human life with openness and admirable musical originality. "Reunion" is an album that looks into and through the darkness, and sees something weird and joyous and worth saving. klofmag.com/2026/08/mama...
Mama’s Broke – Reunion (Album Review)
On “Reunion”, Mama’s Broke’s third album, the Nova Scotia duo of Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria look into the darkness and see something weird and joyous and worth saving.
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This week’s Mixtape ranges from archaic old-time to more ambient vibes. Ft. Angel Autumn, The Powers Ensemble, JP Harris, Laura Veirs, Blake Hornsby, M G Boulter & Jenny Sturgeon, Twilark, J.J. Gregg, Jason Dungan / Johan Carøe, Duffy x Uhlmann & more. klofmag.com/2026/07/klof...
KLOF No. 92 (Folk, Americana, Ambient, Avant-Garde)
This week’s Mixtape sweeps from archaic old-time vibes to the more ambient and avant-garde end of the spectrum.
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Anna McLuckie has shared a video for “Blackberry Love”, the opening track from her album “The Little Winters”, filmed by Lucy McLuckie. klofmag.com/2026/07/anna...
Anna McLuckie Shares ‘Blackberry Love’ Video – The Little Winters
Anna McLuckie shares a video for “Blackberry Love” from her album “The Little Winters”, out now on Hudson Records.
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Golden Samphire Band — Junkboy's Hanscombs plus Hannah Lewis — share a video for "Waking Moment," rooted in shinrin-yoku swims off Seaford Head. From "Dream Is The Driver," out now via Wayside & Woodland Recordings. klofmag.com/2026/07/gold...
Golden Samphire Band – “Waking Moment” Video Premiere
Golden Samphire Band share a “Waking Moment” video from debut album “Dream Is The Driver,” out now via Wayside & Woodland Recordings.
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LA duo Big Trouble's debut single "Mel" turns Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree into a rocker about the cost of activism — first taste of "On Elephant Hill", out September 18th via Royal Oakie Records. klofmag.com/2026/07/big-...
Big Trouble – Debut Single “Mel”
Big Trouble share debut single “Mel”, the first taste of “On Elephant Hill”, out September 18th via Royal Oakie Records.
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Caleb Nichols' new single "A Feeling of a Feeling of a Feeling" is out now, with a new album on the way this October — twelve songs built from his own poetry, tracked in five days with engineer Jay Pellicci. klofmag.com/2026/07/cale...
Caleb Nichols SharesNew Single “A Feeling of a Feeling of a Feeling”
Caleb Nichols announces “Stone Age Is Now: Poems from Lithic”, out this October via Royal Oakie Records, following new single “A Feeling of a Feeling of a Feeling”.
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Jason Dungan and Johan Carøe have shared “Mornings with Rita”, the second single from “Routine”, their first album together. Out on Tonal Union on September 25th. klofmag.com/2026/07/jaso...
Blue Lake’s Jason Dungan & Johan Carøe Announce “Routine” on Tonal Union
Jason Dungan and Johan Carøe share “Mornings with Rita” from “Routine”, their first album together, out on Tonal Union on September 25th.
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Lee Ranaldo has reworked “The System”, his score for Joris Postema’s documentary on three climate activists, resequencing it to fifteen tracks and adding two pieces held back from the 2025 release. Featuring Leila Bordreuil, Jim Jarmusch and Brian Chase. klofmag.com/2026/07/lee-...
Lee Ranaldo – The System | Silver Current Records
Lee Ranaldo reworks “The System”, his climate-documentary score, for Silver Current Records — fifteen tracks, two previously unreleased, digital out now and vinyl in October.
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Following the sad news of the passing of Glen Hansard, age just 56, we revisit his 2019 album 'This Wild Willing' - "I hope that history sees it as one of the finest albums to ever come out of Ireland." open.substack.com/pub/klofmag/...
Glen Hansard (1970-2026)
Following the sad news of the passing of Glen Hansard, we revisit his 2019 album 'This Wild Willing' - "I hope that history sees it as one of the finest albums to ever come out of Ireland."
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The Dan Haywood & Harvey Lord 'Ten Signs' compact discs have arrived- pictured are a few on the back on my favourite axe, on my favourite sofa. Well, my only sofa. Order via @bandcamp.com today... or indeed Bandcamp Friday (Aug 7). @klofmag.com @louderthanwar.bsky.social @kestrelblazer.bsky.social
Charlie Parr spent years living in Minneapolis rooming houses. "Rooming House" turns that into a seven-song folk opera, with Dave King of The Bad Plus on drums. Smithsonian Folkways, 16th October. klofmag.com/2026/07/char...
Charlie Parr Announces “Rooming House” Folk Opera, Shares Video
Charlie Parr announces “Rooming House”, a seven-song folk opera out on 16th October on Smithsonian Folkways, and shares an animated title track video.
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Prairiewolf's "Zone Poems" takes live sets from Crestone and Denver and layers, manipulates and rearranges them. The band reckon none of the live versions had a final form, only versions. "Zone Poems" provides a definitive one. klofmag.com/2026/07/prai...
Prairiewolf – Zone Poems
Prairiewolf’s “Zone Poems” puts a new spin on the live album — precise, clean songs made with painstaking detail and a light touch.
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Elanor Moss has shared "Fixer", the track that named her debut album "The Knife, The Needle." Video by H. Hawkline; album out 21 August on Merge. klofmag.com/2026/07/elan...
Elanor Moss shares “Fixer”, final single from debut album
Elanor Moss shares “Fixer”, the final single from debut album “The Knife, The Needle”, out 21st August on Merge, with a video by H. Hawkline.
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Richard Thompson's 20th album, "Hippies, Thugs and Heroes", is out on 16 October on New West. The first single, “Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking” — a hustling London song carried by strutting, raw-nerve riffs is out now: klofmag.com/2026/07/rich...
Richard Thompson Shares ‘Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking’ — New Album October 2026
Richard Thompson announces 20th album “Hippies, Thugs and Heroes” for October via New West, and shares first single “Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking”.
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The Powers Ensemble share the mutant DNA of Will Oldham & Robbie Basho, there’s a freshness to “Kindling” which is disarming but also makes your blood sing with recognition. Each song captures a communal rush of discovery — messy ecstasy achieved with flair and concision. klofmag.com/2026/07/the-...
The Powers Ensemble – Kindling
The Powers Ensemble’s “Kindling” is dilated and devotional — a communal rush of discovery, messy ecstasy achieved with flair and concision.
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Clara Mann's second album "Wishbone" arrives on 23rd October on state51. Watch the visualiser for her lead single "News From Home": klofmag.com/2026/07/clar...
Clara Mann announces Wishbone, shares “News From Home”
Clara Mann announces second album “Wishbone”, out 23rd October via state51, and shares waltzing lead single and video “News From Home”.
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Eliza Carthy pays tribute to her dad Martin Carthy on her new single ‘Mr Sits in the Dark‘, made with her writing partner and co-producer Ben Seal. Check the accompanying video, created by Marry Waterson. New album on the way. klofmag.com/2026/07/eliz...
Eliza Carthy and The Restitution - Mr Sits in the Dark (a Tribute to Martin Carthy)
Eliza Carthy pays tribute to Martin Carthy on her new single ‘Mr Sits in the Dark’, out today on Hem-Hem Records. Her new album, Frenemies, follows in the Autumn. Watch the accompanying video by Marry...
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This week’s Monday Morning Brew features new tunes from M.G. Boulter & Jenny Sturgeon, Alex Dupree, Colin Stetson & Brighde Chaimbeul, Bitichin Bajas, Cinder Well, Minna, Jeffrey Silverstein, Le Ren, Ben McElroy, Jackson Hoyt & Kaia Kater, Karine Polwart and more. klofmag.com/2026/07/the-...
The Monday Morning Brew #165
This week’s Monday Morning Brew features new tunes from M.G. Boulter & Jenny Sturgeon, Colin Stetson & Brighde Chaimbeul, Karine Polwart, The Deep Dark Woods and more.
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Andrew Weathers turns up twice on our latest Mixtape, 5 years apart: a duo with The Modern Folk from 2020, and a track from his solo album "Littlefield". Stella Kola's 2023 debut returns too, reissued by Aguirre + Kevin Coleman, Cinder Well, Creekbed Carter Hogan & more. klofmag.com/2026/07/klof...
KLOF No. 91 (Folk, Americana, Avant-Garde)
KLOF No. 91: fourteen tracks including Kevin Coleman, Cinder Well, Nick Granata, Dan Haywood, Creekbed Carter Hogan, Martin Carthy live at Sidmouth in 1978 and more.
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