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Tristan Allen announces Osni the Flare, the second chapter in a mythic trilogy tracing a mortal’s transformation into the deity of fire. The lead single and video, "Act I: Garden," pairs a "toy orchestra" with a haunting puppet ballet that premiered at La MaMa. klofmag.com/2026/01/tris...
Tristan Allen announces ‘Osni the Flare’ and shares “Act I: Garden” video
Tristan Allen’s Osni the Flare debuts with “Act I: Garden,” a mesmerising track and puppet-ballet video that explores a mortal’s transformation through fire and song.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Tristan Allen announces Osni the Flare, the second chapter in a mythic trilogy tracing a mortal’s transformation into the deity of fire. The lead single and video, "Act I: Garden," pairs a "toy orchestra" with a haunting puppet ballet that premiered at La MaMa. klofmag.com/2026/01/tris...
"There is a hard-won acceptance in Horn’s songs that goes hand in hand with a willingness to take on the world anew. ...she has the gift for breathing life and lived experience into her words, and this muted, wandering album is her best yet." klofmag.com/2026/01/jana...
Jana Horn - Jana Horn (Album Review)
Jana Horn’s music occupies a restless in-between world; she creates a space where traditional genre labels become practically meaningless. This muted, wandering self-titled album is her best yet.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"There is a hard-won acceptance in Horn’s songs that goes hand in hand with a willingness to take on the world anew. ...she has the gift for breathing life and lived experience into her words, and this muted, wandering album is her best yet." klofmag.com/2026/01/jana...
David Moore returns with "Offering," a soul-stirring first look at his upcoming solo piano album Graze the Bell. 🎹✨
The video, directed by Nick Vranizan, translates Moore’s hand-stitched album art into a mesmerising, AI-free visual journey.
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#DavidMoore #RVNGIntl 🦋
The video, directed by Nick Vranizan, translates Moore’s hand-stitched album art into a mesmerising, AI-free visual journey.
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#DavidMoore #RVNGIntl 🦋
Watch: David Moore (Bing & Ruth) shares video for “Offering” from ‘Graze the Bell’
David Moore’s “Offering” is a soul-stirring solo piano meditation. The accompanying video, directed by Nick Vranizan, is a technical marvel that eschews generative AI in favour of human impulse.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
David Moore returns with "Offering," a soul-stirring first look at his upcoming solo piano album Graze the Bell. 🎹✨
The video, directed by Nick Vranizan, translates Moore’s hand-stitched album art into a mesmerising, AI-free visual journey.
klofmag.com/2026/01/watc...
#DavidMoore #RVNGIntl 🦋
The video, directed by Nick Vranizan, translates Moore’s hand-stitched album art into a mesmerising, AI-free visual journey.
klofmag.com/2026/01/watc...
#DavidMoore #RVNGIntl 🦋
🚨 NEW MUSIC ALERT: L.Y.R. announce new album ‘Dark Sky Reservation’ due 3rd April! 🌌
Featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Patrick J. Pearson, and Richard Walters, the band share lead single “Blah! Blah! Blah!” today.
Pre-order now & catch them on their UK tour! 🎫👇
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Featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Patrick J. Pearson, and Richard Walters, the band share lead single “Blah! Blah! Blah!” today.
Pre-order now & catch them on their UK tour! 🎫👇
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L.Y.R. announce New Album ‘Dark Sky Reservation’ and share ‘Blah! Blah! Blah!’
L.Y.R. return with new album Dark Sky Reservation on 3rd April. Featuring Simon Armitage, the band tours the UK this spring following lead single “Blah! Blah! Blah!”.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
🚨 NEW MUSIC ALERT: L.Y.R. announce new album ‘Dark Sky Reservation’ due 3rd April! 🌌
Featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Patrick J. Pearson, and Richard Walters, the band share lead single “Blah! Blah! Blah!” today.
Pre-order now & catch them on their UK tour! 🎫👇
klofmag.com/2026/01/lyr-...
Featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Patrick J. Pearson, and Richard Walters, the band share lead single “Blah! Blah! Blah!” today.
Pre-order now & catch them on their UK tour! 🎫👇
klofmag.com/2026/01/lyr-...
@oracogan.bsky.social announces her @sacredbones.bsky.social debut, ‘Hard Hearted Woman,’ out March 13th! 🕊️
Watch the Paloma Ruiz-Hernandez-directed video for lead single “Honey”—a smoky, psych-folk burn for the resilient at heart. 🥀
UK & IE Tour this spring! 🚐✨ klofmag.com/2026/01/ora-...
Watch the Paloma Ruiz-Hernandez-directed video for lead single “Honey”—a smoky, psych-folk burn for the resilient at heart. 🥀
UK & IE Tour this spring! 🚐✨ klofmag.com/2026/01/ora-...
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
@oracogan.bsky.social announces her @sacredbones.bsky.social debut, ‘Hard Hearted Woman,’ out March 13th! 🕊️
Watch the Paloma Ruiz-Hernandez-directed video for lead single “Honey”—a smoky, psych-folk burn for the resilient at heart. 🥀
UK & IE Tour this spring! 🚐✨ klofmag.com/2026/01/ora-...
Watch the Paloma Ruiz-Hernandez-directed video for lead single “Honey”—a smoky, psych-folk burn for the resilient at heart. 🥀
UK & IE Tour this spring! 🚐✨ klofmag.com/2026/01/ora-...
North Carolina’s Anjimile announces his new album, You’re Free to Go, out March 13th. Led by the tender single and video “Like You Really Mean It,” the record marks a shift toward organic, folk-inspired sensibilities and nostalgic, late-’90s alternative pop melodies. klofmag.com/2026/01/anji...
Anjimile Announces New Album ‘You’re Free to Go’ and Shares Lead Single and Video
Anjimile returns on March 13 with You’re Free to Go, a luminous celebration of transformation. Watch the video for the lead single “Like You Really Mean It.”
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January 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
North Carolina’s Anjimile announces his new album, You’re Free to Go, out March 13th. Led by the tender single and video “Like You Really Mean It,” the record marks a shift toward organic, folk-inspired sensibilities and nostalgic, late-’90s alternative pop melodies. klofmag.com/2026/01/anji...
...beauty and love seem to be at the heart of Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick's Tragic Magic. It is a radiant album, confident in its unique sound, which lingers in the memory long after its last notes fade out. klofmag.com/2026/01/mary...
Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick – Tragic Magic
Beauty and love seem to be at the heart of Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick’s Tragic Magic, a radiant album, confident in its unique sound, that lingers in the memory long after its last notes fade.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
...beauty and love seem to be at the heart of Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick's Tragic Magic. It is a radiant album, confident in its unique sound, which lingers in the memory long after its last notes fade out. klofmag.com/2026/01/mary...
Tashi Dorji returns with "burn the throne," a meditative rallying cry against the chaos. 🕯️🔥
Accompanied by a monochrome video by Philippe Léonard, the single previews the new album ‘low clouds hang, this land is on fire’—out Jan 30 on Drag City. klofmag.com/2026/01/tash...
Accompanied by a monochrome video by Philippe Léonard, the single previews the new album ‘low clouds hang, this land is on fire’—out Jan 30 on Drag City. klofmag.com/2026/01/tash...
Tashi Dorji Shares New Single “burn the throne”
Tashi Dorji’s “burn the throne” pairs electric guitar meditations with Philippe Léonard’s visuals, previewing his new album, low clouds hang, this land is on fire, out January 30th.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Tashi Dorji returns with "burn the throne," a meditative rallying cry against the chaos. 🕯️🔥
Accompanied by a monochrome video by Philippe Léonard, the single previews the new album ‘low clouds hang, this land is on fire’—out Jan 30 on Drag City. klofmag.com/2026/01/tash...
Accompanied by a monochrome video by Philippe Léonard, the single previews the new album ‘low clouds hang, this land is on fire’—out Jan 30 on Drag City. klofmag.com/2026/01/tash...
Katherine Priddy returns on March 6th with her 3rd album, THESE FRIGHTENING MACHINES, via Cooking Vinyl!
Check out the new single ‘Hurricane’ 🌪️with a stunning video by Jay Bartlett. 💿 Pre-order & catch her on tour in 2026! klofmag.com/2026/01/kath...
Check out the new single ‘Hurricane’ 🌪️with a stunning video by Jay Bartlett. 💿 Pre-order & catch her on tour in 2026! klofmag.com/2026/01/kath...
Katherine Priddy shares new single/video ‘Hurricane’
Katherine Priddy returns on March 6th with her new album, These Frightening Machines. Watch the accompanying video for her new single “Hurricane.” The release precedes a major UK headline tour in 2026...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Katherine Priddy returns on March 6th with her 3rd album, THESE FRIGHTENING MACHINES, via Cooking Vinyl!
Check out the new single ‘Hurricane’ 🌪️with a stunning video by Jay Bartlett. 💿 Pre-order & catch her on tour in 2026! klofmag.com/2026/01/kath...
Check out the new single ‘Hurricane’ 🌪️with a stunning video by Jay Bartlett. 💿 Pre-order & catch her on tour in 2026! klofmag.com/2026/01/kath...
Emily Portman returns with "Turn Again," a motherhood-inspired single from her upcoming album Dominion of Spells. A Kickstarter campaign for the album and a companion hardback book is live, with two weeks left to run. 🎶📖 klofmag.com/2026/01/emil...
Emily Portman Announces New Album and Shares Luminous New Single “Turn Again”
Emily Portman returns with “Turn Again,” a motherhood-inspired single from her upcoming album Dominion of Spells. A Kickstarter campaign for the album and an accompanying book has also been launched.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Emily Portman returns with "Turn Again," a motherhood-inspired single from her upcoming album Dominion of Spells. A Kickstarter campaign for the album and a companion hardback book is live, with two weeks left to run. 🎶📖 klofmag.com/2026/01/emil...
"Always The Same" by Cate Le Bon feat. St. Vincent is out now! 🕊️
A "silky and green" companion to the #MichelangeloDying sessions, this collaboration is a quietly intense exploration of love and isolation.
Visualiser by H. Hawkline. 🎥
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#CateLeBon #StVincent #NewMusic
A "silky and green" companion to the #MichelangeloDying sessions, this collaboration is a quietly intense exploration of love and isolation.
Visualiser by H. Hawkline. 🎥
klofmag.com/2026/01/cate...
#CateLeBon #StVincent #NewMusic
Cate Le Bon Shares “Always The Same” Featuring St. Vincent
Featuring St. Vincent, Cate Le Bon’s “Always The Same” is a quietly intense “cousin” to her latest album—a silky, iridescent exploration of love’s profound isolation.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"Always The Same" by Cate Le Bon feat. St. Vincent is out now! 🕊️
A "silky and green" companion to the #MichelangeloDying sessions, this collaboration is a quietly intense exploration of love and isolation.
Visualiser by H. Hawkline. 🎥
klofmag.com/2026/01/cate...
#CateLeBon #StVincent #NewMusic
A "silky and green" companion to the #MichelangeloDying sessions, this collaboration is a quietly intense exploration of love and isolation.
Visualiser by H. Hawkline. 🎥
klofmag.com/2026/01/cate...
#CateLeBon #StVincent #NewMusic
New music from Many Hands: There are Moss Balls in Paradise is ambient at its most "restless and freewheeling." 🌿🐟
A "decidedly earthy" take on the genre, Henderson delivers a "watery ode to humanity" that is both "rough at the edges and hauntingly human." klofmag.com/2026/01/many...
A "decidedly earthy" take on the genre, Henderson delivers a "watery ode to humanity" that is both "rough at the edges and hauntingly human." klofmag.com/2026/01/many...
Many Hands – There are Moss Balls in Paradise
Many Hands’ “There are Moss Balls in Paradise” is ambient music at its most restless and freewheeling, a decidedly earthy take on the genre that remains hauntingly human and singularly sincere.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
New music from Many Hands: There are Moss Balls in Paradise is ambient at its most "restless and freewheeling." 🌿🐟
A "decidedly earthy" take on the genre, Henderson delivers a "watery ode to humanity" that is both "rough at the edges and hauntingly human." klofmag.com/2026/01/many...
A "decidedly earthy" take on the genre, Henderson delivers a "watery ode to humanity" that is both "rough at the edges and hauntingly human." klofmag.com/2026/01/many...
As the first cold snap of 2026 bites, Juni Habel delivers the perfect winter refuge ❄️🌲
"Evergreen In Your Mind" promises to be a powerful companion for those seeking connection in the quietest months of the year...a perfect slice of winter forest folk. klofmag.com/2026/01/juni...
"Evergreen In Your Mind" promises to be a powerful companion for those seeking connection in the quietest months of the year...a perfect slice of winter forest folk. klofmag.com/2026/01/juni...
A Breath of Nordic Stillness: Juni Habel Returns with “Evergreen In Your Mind”
As the 2026 cold snap bites, Juni Habel’s “Evergreen In Your Mind” offers the perfect winter refuge. Experience a “perfect slice of winter forest folk” from rural Norway.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM
As the first cold snap of 2026 bites, Juni Habel delivers the perfect winter refuge ❄️🌲
"Evergreen In Your Mind" promises to be a powerful companion for those seeking connection in the quietest months of the year...a perfect slice of winter forest folk. klofmag.com/2026/01/juni...
"Evergreen In Your Mind" promises to be a powerful companion for those seeking connection in the quietest months of the year...a perfect slice of winter forest folk. klofmag.com/2026/01/juni...
As they gear up for their UK album tour, read our interview with Midlake frontman Eric Pulido to learn more about A Bridge To Far’s hopeful message, the behind-the-scenes magic of its creation, and why Midlake is more thankful than ever for their journey. klofmag.com/2026/01/midl...
Midlake: The KLOF Mag Interview
Midlake frontman, Eric Pulido, talks hope, new sounds, and the “unbiased” magic of their latest album, A Bridge To Far, ahead of their upcoming 2026 UK shows.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
As they gear up for their UK album tour, read our interview with Midlake frontman Eric Pulido to learn more about A Bridge To Far’s hopeful message, the behind-the-scenes magic of its creation, and why Midlake is more thankful than ever for their journey. klofmag.com/2026/01/midl...
Chicago supergroup Pullman returns with III, a “quietly kaleidoscopic” triumph. Recorded between 2016 and 2023 following drummer Tim Barnes’s early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the album is a poignant, abstract meditation on camaraderie. Rewards multiple listens. klofmag.com/2026/01/pull...
Pullman – III (Album Review)
“III” is a profound, “quietly kaleidoscopic” return for Pullman. Forged through resilience, this masterful collection of abstract soundscapes offers an elegant, deeply emotive meditation on camaraderi...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Chicago supergroup Pullman returns with III, a “quietly kaleidoscopic” triumph. Recorded between 2016 and 2023 following drummer Tim Barnes’s early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the album is a poignant, abstract meditation on camaraderie. Rewards multiple listens. klofmag.com/2026/01/pull...
Marta Del Grandi returns on January 30 with Dream Life. Shifting from the bucolic nature of her 2023 debut, Selva, toward a more detailed, contemporary aesthetic, listen to the title track and "Shoe Shaped Cloud," a brittle, brooding study of a relationship gone awry. klofmag.com/2026/01/mart...
Marta Del Grandi shares two new singles from her new album ‘Dream Life’
Marta Del Grandi shares two new singles from her album Dream Life, out January 30, described as a multi-dimensional panoramic snapshot punctuated with serene disillusionment, that transcends musical b...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Marta Del Grandi returns on January 30 with Dream Life. Shifting from the bucolic nature of her 2023 debut, Selva, toward a more detailed, contemporary aesthetic, listen to the title track and "Shoe Shaped Cloud," a brittle, brooding study of a relationship gone awry. klofmag.com/2026/01/mart...
Buck Meek’s new album, The Mirror, arrives February 27, led by the frenetic single “Gasoline.” Directed by Noel Paul, the video highlights a collaborative spirit featuring James Krivchenia’s production. The record also boasts an impressive cast. klofmag.com/2026/01/buck...
Buck Meek announces new album ‘The Mirror’ and shares video for lead single ‘Gasoline’
Buck Meek announces The Mirror (out Feb 27) and shares “Gasoline” video. Collaborators like Adrianne Lenker and Mary Lattimore join Meek on his experimental folk-electronic journey.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Buck Meek’s new album, The Mirror, arrives February 27, led by the frenetic single “Gasoline.” Directed by Noel Paul, the video highlights a collaborative spirit featuring James Krivchenia’s production. The record also boasts an impressive cast. klofmag.com/2026/01/buck...
New Album: Iron & Wine has announced Hen’s Teeth, arriving February 27 via Sub Pop. A companion to 2024’s Light Verse, the record features collaborations with I’m With Her and Sam Beam’s daughter, Arden. Watch the video for the lead single “In Your Ocean” klofmag.com/2026/01/iron...
Iron & Wine Announces New Album Hen’s Teeth
Iron & Wine’s new album Hen’s Teeth drops February 27 via Sub Pop. Watch the video for the lead single “In Your Ocean”…2026 world tour.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
New Album: Iron & Wine has announced Hen’s Teeth, arriving February 27 via Sub Pop. A companion to 2024’s Light Verse, the record features collaborations with I’m With Her and Sam Beam’s daughter, Arden. Watch the video for the lead single “In Your Ocean” klofmag.com/2026/01/iron...
Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces We Are Together Again (Watch the video “They Keep Trying To Find You”), exploring themes of community and persistence and meeting modern anxieties with defiant harmony, friendship, and the stubborn joy of making art with others. klofmag.com/2026/01/bonn...
Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces new album ‘We Are Together Again’
Bonnie “Prince” Billy returns on March 6th with We Are Together Again. Led by the single (and video) “They Keep Trying To Find You,” the record explores themes of community and persistence.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces We Are Together Again (Watch the video “They Keep Trying To Find You”), exploring themes of community and persistence and meeting modern anxieties with defiant harmony, friendship, and the stubborn joy of making art with others. klofmag.com/2026/01/bonn...
New Mixtape: Journey through the 1970s, exploring the dawn of ambient soundscapes and Eastern-influenced fusion. From the suburban field recordings of Ernest Hood and the mysticism of Don Cherry to the “hippie folk” of Vashti Bunyan, C.O.B and the Incredible String Band. klofmag.com/2026/01/mixt...
Mixtape: KLOF No. 69 (Hippies, Troubadours and Mystics - a 1970s Special)
Explore 1970s ambient pioneers and Eastern-influenced jazz alongside folk troubadour favourites. Featuring Ernest Hood, Vashti Bunyan, and Don Cherry, this mix captures a decade’s spiritual evolution.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
New Mixtape: Journey through the 1970s, exploring the dawn of ambient soundscapes and Eastern-influenced fusion. From the suburban field recordings of Ernest Hood and the mysticism of Don Cherry to the “hippie folk” of Vashti Bunyan, C.O.B and the Incredible String Band. klofmag.com/2026/01/mixt...
New York/Berlin duo Church Car—Big Daddy Mugglestone and Ian Douglas-Moore—debut with Church Of, a remarkably coherent album that feels like traversing a surreal role-playing game...the pair shuttles between grainy psych minimalism and structured melodicism. klofmag.com/2026/01/chur...
Church Car – Church Of
Church Of is a surreal, genre-blurring debut from Church Car, blending avant-rock and field recordings into a coherent, game-like landscape that constantly puzzles and excites.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
New York/Berlin duo Church Car—Big Daddy Mugglestone and Ian Douglas-Moore—debut with Church Of, a remarkably coherent album that feels like traversing a surreal role-playing game...the pair shuttles between grainy psych minimalism and structured melodicism. klofmag.com/2026/01/chur...
Post-rock supergroup Pullman (members of Tortoise, Come, and Rex) returns after two decades with “Bray,” a fuzzy, ambient-noise single from their upcoming album III. klofmag.com/2026/01/pull...
Post-rock supergroup Pullman (members of Tortoise, Come, Rex) share “Bray”
Chicago supergroup Pullman returns with “Bray,” a distorted ambient single from their new album III, honouring drummer Tim Barnes’s legacy through a lens of sonic resilience.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Post-rock supergroup Pullman (members of Tortoise, Come, and Rex) returns after two decades with “Bray,” a fuzzy, ambient-noise single from their upcoming album III. klofmag.com/2026/01/pull...
Geologist’s new single, “Government Job,” features a rare collaboration with his son, Merrick, on acoustic guitar; the track is brought to life by Michael R. Bernstein’s kaleidoscopic music video. klofmag.com/2026/01/geol...
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Geologist’s new single, “Government Job,” features a rare collaboration with his son, Merrick, on acoustic guitar; the track is brought to life by Michael R. Bernstein’s kaleidoscopic music video. klofmag.com/2026/01/geol...
Ahead of her ambitious new album Next Of Kin, acclaimed songwriter Dani Larkin joins us for our latest “Off the Shelf” feature. Moving from the sweeping orchestral landscapes of her music to the intimate corners of her home, Larkin shares ten personal objects. klofmag.com/2026/01/off-...
Off the Shelf with Dani Larkin
Ahead of the release of her new album, Next of Kin, acclaimed songwriter Dani Larkin shares ten cherished objects from her home, and the personal stories behind them.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Ahead of her ambitious new album Next Of Kin, acclaimed songwriter Dani Larkin joins us for our latest “Off the Shelf” feature. Moving from the sweeping orchestral landscapes of her music to the intimate corners of her home, Larkin shares ten personal objects. klofmag.com/2026/01/off-...
Recorded in the rugged Northwest Arkansas wilderness, Chaz Knapp’s Winter Music is a haunting, solitary audio diary...a powerful, “microfolk” masterpiece—a rudimentary yet accomplished immersion into the beautiful isolation of deep winter. @auralcanyon.bsky.social klofmag.com/2026/01/chaz...
Chaz Knapp – Winter Music
Chaz Knapp’s Winter Music is a solitary “microfolk” masterpiece, blending earthy acoustic improvisation with Arkansas field recordings to create a haunting, powerful diary of environmental isolation.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Recorded in the rugged Northwest Arkansas wilderness, Chaz Knapp’s Winter Music is a haunting, solitary audio diary...a powerful, “microfolk” masterpiece—a rudimentary yet accomplished immersion into the beautiful isolation of deep winter. @auralcanyon.bsky.social klofmag.com/2026/01/chaz...