Reviews
Four Spirits
Is Abel Selaocoe the most exciting musician in the world right now? Adding to the growing case is his third...
Reviewed by Oliver Craske in issue: October/2025
Tidawt
This new tape from Malian guitarist Ahmed Ag Kaedy and Australian drummer Will Guthrie is full of dynamism. The hot...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2025
Shadows
Shadows is an avant-garde exploration of South East Asian musical traditions. Like the shadow puppetry that Indonesian gamelan often accompanies,...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2025
Far From Nowhere
Josienne Clarke | Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Clarke’s songs always have a focused, condensed intensity of purpose, a sensitivity and strength that come from a combination of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
Wa
Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
This really is like no other Middle Eastern recording you are likely to encounter and it is best to say...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: April/2020
23 Wheels of Dharma
This eclectic music embraces dub, jazz fusion, treated guitar, Tibetan chant, ambient-trance music, and the cool, mute tones of Nils...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Tronzar os Valos
Maria Xosé Silvar – known as Sés – is one of Galicia's most notable artists. Her repertoire ranges across rock,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015
Phylipe Nunes Araújo
With his debut album, the singer-songwriter from Pernambuco adds his own poetic, melodic music to that of similar artists from...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
These Frightening Machines
‘Soften my gaze for a second’, Katherine Priddy sings in ‘A Matter of Time’, ‘a decade swings by’. Too true....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2026
