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Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore Announce New Album ‘Tragic Magic’ and share “Melted Moon”

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 18h

Celebrated composers Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore announce their new album, Tragic Magic, out January 16th via InFiné, alongside a 2026 tour. Listen to their stunning new single, “Melted Moon,” and watch the accompanying live video. klofmag.com/2025/10/juli...

Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore announce their new collaborative album, Tragic Magic, out January 16th. Listen to the haunting single “Melted Moon” and find 2026 tour dates now.

SML share “Chicago Four” from new album

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 19h

Los Angeles supergroup SML have shared “Chicago Four,” the latest single (accompanied by a video) from their highly anticipated second album, How You Been, set for release on November 7th via International Anthem. klofmag.com/2025/10/sml-...

Los Angeles supergroup SML have shared “Chicago Four,” the latest single (accompanied by a video) from their highly anticipated second album, How You Been, set for release on November 7th via…

Steve Gunn Shares Video for “Morning on K Road”

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 20h

Steve Gunn has released “Morning on K Road,” the second single from his forthcoming album, Daylight Daylight. The track was inspired by a real-life chance encounter with an old friend. Watch the video featuring atmospheric footage Gunn recently shot while in Mexico City. klofmag.com/2025/10/stev...

Steve Gunn has released “Morning on K Road,” the second single from his forthcoming album, Daylight Daylight, which arrives with a video featuring atmospheric footage that Gunn recently shot in Mexico...

Glyders Share New Single/Video “Moon Eyes”

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 20h

Chicago trio Glyders have released “Moon Eyes,” the latest single and video from their forthcoming Drag City LP, Forever, and announced a full US tour. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Sean Pierce and Karen Schmitz. klofmag.com/2025/10/glyd...

Chicago trio Glyders have released “Moon Eyes,” the latest single and video from their forthcoming Drag City LP, Forever, and announced a full US tour. Watch the video here.

Lieven Martens –Archipelago of Shadows

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KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 21h

In his latest release, Archipelago of Shadows, Belgian composer Lieven Martens presents a work of profound gravity. The album, a five-track suite of field recordings and electronics, is directly shaped by his experience as a humanitarian aid worker in eastern Congo. klofmag.com/2025/10/reco...

In his latest release, Archipelago of Shadows, Belgian composer Lieven Martens presents a work of profound gravity, directly shaped by his experience as a humanitarian aid worker in eastern Congo.

D.C Cross release first live album: Live at the Red House

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 1d

Australian guitarist D.C Cross has released a live album, a recording of a recent gig at Red House in Earlwood, Sydney, a venue run by Nick Shimmin, who also ran People’s Republic. Take a listen to ‘No Old Man’. klofmag.com/2025/10/d-c-...

Australian guitarist D.C Cross has released a live album, a recording of a recent gig at Red House in Earlwood, Sydney. Take a listen to ‘No Old Man’.

Black Brunswicker – A Raga Called John (Song of the Day + Documentary)

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 1d

Our Song of the Day is A Raga Called John, the new single from Indiana-raised, Manchester-based Etta Helfrich, aka Black Brunswicker. Also, watch an intimate documentary on Black Brunswicker’s background, music, and creative journey. klofmag.com/2025/10/blac...

Our Song of the Day is A Raga Called John, the new single from Etta Helfrich, aka Black Brunswicker. Plus, watch an intimate documentary on Black Brunswicker’s background, music, and creative journey.

Off the Shelf with Madi Diaz

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 1d

Our latest Off the Shelf guest is American singer-songwriter and musician Madi Diaz, who has just released her new album, Fatal Optimist, via Anti- klofmag.com/2025/10/off-...

Our latest Off the Shelf guest is American singer-songwriter and musician Madi Diaz, who has just released her new album, Fatal Optimist, via Anti-, her most stark and haunting collection to date.

Cerys Hafana – Angel (Album Review)

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 4d

Cerys Hafana’s relationship to the Welsh language is defined by deep-rooted knowledge and appreciation of Welsh folklore, and it’s this immersive attitude to culture, music, language and myth that gives her new album, Angel, its eerie, swooning, dreamlike quality. klofmag.com/2025/10/cery...

It’s Cerys Hafana’s immersive attitude to Welsh culture, music, language and myth that gives her new album, Angel, its eerie, swooning, dreamlike quality.

Subscriber Exclusive: KLOF’s Ten Recommendations #2

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KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 4d

The ten recommendations for this month’s Subscriber Exclusive include The Thorn, Joseph Shabason and Thom Gill, Toby Hay, Walter Hus, Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen, The Owl Service, Why Horses?, Great Lake Swimmers, Lando Manning and Norma Dream. klofmag.com/2025/10/subs...

The ten selections for this month’s Subscriber Exclusive include The Thorn, Joseph Shabason and Thom Gill, Toby Hay, Why Horses?, Great Lake Swimmers, Lando Manning, Norma Dream and more.

Lande Hekt share new single/video ‘Favourite Pair Of Shoes’

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 6d

Lande Hekt has released “Favourite Pair of Shoes,” the sparkling first single from her upcoming album, Lucky Now, due out January 30th, 2026, on Tapete Records. Watch the accompanying video, created by David Goodchild and filmed on Dartmoor and in Exeter. klofmag.com/2025/10/land...

Lande Hekt has released “Favourite Pair of Shoes,” the sparkling first single from her upcoming album, Lucky Now. Watch the accompanying video, filmed on Dartmoor and in Exeter this year.

Sunday Mourners deliver an angular, hooky-single with ‘When Your Dreams Come True’

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 6d

A thrilling fusion of Art-Punk restraint and raw, primal energy. Check out Sunday Mourners' angular, hooky new single ‘When Your Dreams Come True’, from their debut album, ‘A-Rhythym Absolute,’ out January 16th. klofmag.com/2025/10/sund...

Sunday Mourners is a band whose diverse backgrounds have shaped a sound that is uniquely their own—a thrilling fusion of Art-Punk restraint and raw, primal energy. Their latest single, ‘When Your Drea...

Melvin Gibbs’s new album, Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2, drops October 14, 2025, via Hausu Mountain. This avant-jazz odyssey channels the spirit of Miles Davis’s ’70s fusion, blending recordings across ...

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 6d

Melvin Gibbs’s new album, Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2, drops October 14, 2025, via Hausu Mountain. This avant-jazz odyssey channels the spirit of Miles Davis’s ’70s fusion, blending recordings across two decades with collaborators like Greg Fox and the late Pete Cosey. klofmag.com/2025/10/reco...

Lia Kohl Finds Art in the Ordinary with Various Small Whistles and a Song

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 6d

Experimental cellist and sound artist Lia Kohl has announced her new album, Various Small Whistles and a Song, which takes direct inspiration from Ed Ruscha’s artist book, Various Small Fires and Milk. Listen to a three-track preview, one of which features claire rousay. klofmag.com/2025/10/lia-...

Experimental cellist and sound artist Lia Kohl has announced her new album, Various Small Whistles and a Song. Listen to a three-track preview, one of which features claire rousay.

Hirons Shares Surreal New Single and Visualizer “Rabbit Hole”

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 6d

Jenny Hirons shares her latest single, Rabbit Hole, a sonic journey into the ethereal. Born from a vivid summer night’s dream, Hirons channels a memory of childhood escape. Watch the accompanying visualizer. klofmag.com/2025/10/hiro...

Inspired by a memory of childhood escape, British-American songwriter Jenny Hirons shares her captivating new single, “Rabbit Hole,” taken from her forthcoming debut EP, Future Perfect.

The Mountain Goats share “Cold At Night” and “Rocks In My Pockets”

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 7d

Taken from their forthcoming new album, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, listen to The Mountain Goats’ two new singles, “Cold At Night” and “Rocks In My Pockets.” klofmag.com/2025/10/the-...

Taken from The Mountain Goats’ forthcoming new album, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, listen to their two new singles, “Cold At Night” and “Rocks In My Pockets.”

Beverly Glenn-Copeland announces new album and shares Double Single

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 7d

Beverly Glenn-Copeland announces his new studio album, Laughter In Summer. This deeply personal project is a collaboration with his wife, eco-poet, actress, and producer Elizabeth Copeland, born from their nearly half-century-long love story. klofmag.com/2025/10/beve...

Beverly Glenn-Copeland announces his new studio album, Laughter In Summer, a collaboration with his wife, eco-poet, actress, and producer Elizabeth Copeland. Listen to their double single, “Children’s...

The Dwarfs Of East Agouza – Sasquatch Landslide

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 8d

Reviewed: The Dwarfs Of East Agouza’s “Sasquatch Landslide”..."While it sounds like it could be messy, it’s not; it’s more like the semi-organised bustle of a busy souk, with its tension between chaos and order, where every sound has its meaning and its place." klofmag.com/2025/10/the-...

Sasquatch Landslide, the latest offering from The Dwarves of East Agouza, is an album resembling the semi-organised bustle of a busy souk, with its tension between chaos and order…every sound has its ...

KLOF No. 55 (Folk, Experimental, Pagans Label)

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KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 8d

Enjoy our latest Mixtape: www.mixcloud.com/folkradiouk/...

Our latest Mixtape walks the line between tradition and experimentation courtesy of French label Pagans, alongside music from Anna & Elizabeth, Joseph Decosimo, Nathan Bowles, Jack Rose, Bill MacKay, ...

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KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 8d

Centred on themes of dreams and the supernatural, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage’s fifth album, The Strangers’ Share, sees a return to the single microphone intimacy of their debut. A captivating reminder of how, especially in the hands of this duo, less can so often be more klofmag.com/2025/10/hann...

Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage – The Strangers’ Share (Review)

The Strangers’ Share is a captivating reminder of how, especially in the hands of this duo, less can so often be more. The album is indeed a shared pleasure.

Video Premiere: Hedera - Sterretjie

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 9d

Premiere: Filmed against the sweeping ochre cliffs of the Jurassic Coast, Bristol-based chamber folk quintet Hedera share a video for 'Sterretjie', the first offering from their long-awaited eponymous debut album. klofmag.com/2025/10/vide...

Bristol-based chamber folk quintet Hedera share video for ‘Sterretjie’, the first offering from their long-awaited eponymous debut album (due for release February 2026, Cuculi Records).

The Monday Morning Brew #123

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KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 9d

Our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist features music from Tindersticks, Smog, Dory Previn, Low, Gillian Welch, Jim White, Giant Sand, Ellen McIlwaine, Scott Walker, Nick Lowe, Grinderman, Vic Chesnutt, Dean & Britta, Martha Wainwright, Meg Baird and Karen Dalton. klofmag.com/2025/10/the-...

A new playlist ft. Tindersticks, Smog, Dory Previn, Low, Jim White, Giant Sand, Ellen McIlwaine, Scott Walker, Nick Lowe, Grinderman, Vic Chesnutt, Dean & Britta, Martha Wainwright, Meg Baird and more...