This September, KLOF crosses the Atlantic for FME, the 24th edition of Canada’s Festival De Musique Émergente in Rouyn-Noranda. Over 80 concerts across four days on stages that range from lakeside settings to petrol station forecourts. We picked five acts from the wider lineup — from Erika Hagen’s punk-folk fury to Malaimé Soleil’s cosmic noise rock.

Made in collaboration with LeRoy Bach, with contributions from drummer Quin Kirchner and a cameo from Ben Lamar Gay, Marvin Tate’s new album, Controlled Burn, drops on August 29th via Amalgam Music. Watch the video for the album single ‘First You Hear’, – a musical firework exploding in your cerebellum.

Hollow Hand deliver a fully harmonious union of folk and indie pop on ‘Wish Road South’, their best album to date. It’s a vibrant record in which you can feel the fun coursing through it, as the zest of a reconfigured and tightly knit group of musicians burns as brightly as the beautifully melodic and unique songs that they’ve forged here.

Jeremiah Chiu has announced his new album, Edge Conditions, and shared the lead single, Plastic Mind / Elastic Machines, accompanied by a feverish and surreal animation by Korey Martin. The album has been described as a shining display of Chiu’s range and depth as both a composer and producer, in which every facet of his collaborative work and sonic personality feels represented.

Today, Natalie Wildgoose has released Rural Tapes, a live EP of songs taken from Rural Hours – “I made Rural Tapes during a day of heavy rainfall up north, there was nothing else to do other than stay indoors, windows open and play the piano.”

Riffing off 70’s soul while recounting the ICE raids in Los Angeles during June 2025, Big Trouble, the Los Angeles based project led by Justin Kohlberg (Moonrun) and Daniel Talamantes, have shared their new single Dange, ahead of On Elephant Hill, their forthcoming album on Royal Oakie Records.

On “Run Around,” Chase Elodia turns love-song clichés inside out. The Brooklyn drummer and poet’s vocal debut, “Real Ones,” is due October 23rd on Long Echo Records. After hearing him sing, you can understand why he has been compared to Arthur Russell — a relationship heightened by his new single’s strong percussive elements, calling to mind the groove-driven avant-garde of Russell’s World of Echo.

Marvin Tate’s “Controlled Burn” is a hallucinogenic portal into a world that’s similar to ours, but the furniture is rearranged. Recorded as duo improvisations with longtime collaborator Leroy Bach, then remodelled and refined into the tightest 12 tracks, the method is brave, and the results speak of the angelic geometry of the universe within.

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Hana Stretton – Tiarn
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Blake Hornsby – Brugmansia
Nora Stanley – Glass
The Powers Ensemble – Kindling
Creekbed Carter Hogan – Peasants Revolt

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