Reviews
Guiss Guiss
Beginning and ending with a Fela Kuti sound bite about the spiritual power of music, ‘La musique de mélange’ kicks...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
Shy Girl
London-based singer-songwriter Hollie Cook returns with a fifth album that sees her outgrow her feel-good, pop-heavy origins into a punchy...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: January/2026
Lek Mak: A Footprint From Bougainville / Hamoris Lian Timor: Reviving the Sound of Timor
These new ethnographic-oriented albums document recent Pacific projects initiated by Australian-based label Wantok Musik in the two formerly war-torn island...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2025
Celestun
My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel and former Band of Horses lead guitarist Tyler Ramsey have apparently long intended to...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: February/March/2026
Next Of Kin
Belfast-based Larkin follows up her 2021 debut Notes For A Maiden Warrior with the spellbinding Next Of Kin. A mix...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: February/March/2026
Songs from the Temple
Singer and dance artist Bageshree Vaze’s eclectic new release is a mixed affair, though fans of Hindustani music will find...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: February/March/2026
Live in Somerset
Live in Somerset might not sound very rock‘n’roll. But Steve Knightley is a true stadium star of West Country venues...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Red Hot + Fela
This is the latest in the series of albums that the Red Hot organisation have released to raise money and...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
El Saxofón Humano
Fear not, listeners. Contrary to the impression created by his nickname, Aquilino Calzado González is not the even more irritating...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015
