Reviews
On the Dancefloor
This is a super-tight Latvian acoustic dance band whose sets range from Talking Heads and Neil Young covers to a...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: May/2026
De Lado a Lado
This Franco-Colombian sextet continues to find their feet on this fourth album, showcasing their “Colombian crunch music”. Echoing the group’s...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
Disco Chimi
This is a seriously bonkers release, the reason, no doubt, why DJ Coco Maria chose it as the first non-compilation...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
NTU Futurism
L8 Antique have been winning converts on the Johannesburg circuit since the mid-2000s. Usually performing with just four people on...
Reviewed by Kwanele Sosibo in issue: May/2026
Chasing Shadows
Despite the plethora of guests that guitarist and bandleader Tom Excell’s nine-piece outfit has employed over the course of five...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
Tambó
Tenor saxophonists are invariably talented improvisers, but not all are equally accomplished composers. Sanchèz, however, operates in the mould of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
Cantigas
On Cantigas Nilza Costa takes a direct approach to music that is often exoticised or treated as ornament. Born in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2026
The Endless Dance
A Northern Irish composer and a Chinese percussionist have developed their musical acquaintance into a propulsive, electro-percussive suite of experiments....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
Identity
Sawhney’s back catalogue is freighted with album titles such as Migration, ...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2023
