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Luluc share “No One Else’s Pen”, a big old love song and a paean to living and loving with integrity, gratitude and presence of mind, set to a video built around printmaker Fleur Rendell’s artwork. klofmag.com/2026/06/lulu...
Our latest Mixtape featured Frankie Archer, Zoh Amba, Simon Joyner, Johnny Bell, Brown Wimpenny, Iona Zajac, Stein Urheim, The Modern Folk, The Deadlians, Hack-Poets Guild, Deer Scout, Josh Kimbrough, Nora Brown, anne annie, Robert Wyatt, Maxine Funke & more. klofmag.com/2026/06/klof...
Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and producer Mike Simonetti have shared their cover of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See A Darkness”. The accompanying video, starring Taylor and David Bredin with Jarvis Cocker and Sian Ahern, plays like a televised Samuel Beckett play. klofmag.com/2026/06/alex...
Elanor Moss announces her debut album “The Knife, The Needle,” out August 21st on Merge Records, and shares the single and video “Sarah Waiting in the Car.” This album is sure to be on many End-of-year lists. klofmag.com/2026/06/elan...
Shearwater share “Slugs In The Marigolds”, the third single from “The New World”, and it’s a side of the band we’ve not heard before: slinky and carefree. Watch the video - Meiburg gives a friendly banana slug the trip of a lifetime. klofmag.com/2026/06/shea...
MMM (Gayle Brogan, Elizabeth Still, Nick Jonah Davis) provide a fascinating, deep listening experience on “Lunistice Alignments”. Somehow sounding ancient and contemporary, light and dense: MMM ask for close attention and repay it in full. klofmag.com/2026/06/mmm-...
Reviewed: Shabason & Krgovich’s “Four Days in June”. This is music that settles on you gently, sometimes like a fine rain or sometimes like dust — Deceptively light, wholly profound art. klofmag.com/2026/06/shab...
Lambchop share ‘Stella’, the 2nd track from ‘Punching The Clown’, their new album due 21st August via City Slang. Guitar and banjo intertwine beneath an omnipresent choir in a state of lush minimalism — the band’s first record in nearly four years, following ‘The Bible’. klofmag.com/2026/06/lamb...
Chicago trio Black Duck and Basque musician Elena Setién announce their self-titled debut, out August 28th via Thrill Jockey. Listen to lead single “Land of the Many Eyes” — four players conversing at the boundaries of improvisation and composition. klofmag.com/2026/06/blac...
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Elanor Moss announces her debut dreamy psych-folk album, out this August, and shares a new single.
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Catch her at Cecil Sharp House on Thu 3 Dec.
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Lambchop share ‘Stella’ from new album ‘Punching The Clown’, due 21st August via City Slang — lush minimalism of banjo, guitar and choir.
Shearwater share “Slugs In The Marigolds”, a slinky, sunlit third single from “The New World” — Doug Wieselman’s sax summoning the ghost of Roxy Music.
MMM (Gayle Brogan, Elizabeth Still, Nick Jonah Davis) — “Lunistice Alignments” is a fascinating deep listen, both ancient and contemporary.
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Alexis Taylor and Mike Simonetti cover Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See A Darkness” for their EP, out 12th June via Smugglers Way. Watch the video directed by Ben Crook and featuring Jarvis Cocker and S...
Announcing their self-titled debut for Thrill Jockey, the quartet share “Land of the Many Eyes” — improvisation and composition meeting where every subtle gesture carries weight.
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Shabason & Krgovich’s “Four Days in June” settles gently like fine rain — deceptively light, wholly profound art that takes stock of middle age.
