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Review of All That Remained

All That Remained

Lucidvox

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

If there was any naiveté on show in Lucidvox’s last album, We Are, it has surely been worn away by...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2024

Review of Échos des Mers du Nord

Échos des Mers du Nord

Nordri

Nordri

Rating: ★★★★★

Considering their deep and mutual love for Nordic music, it’s not hard to see why Québécois foursome Nordri’s debut, Échos...

Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: March/2024

Review of Udolç

Udolç

Alba Careta & Henrio

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

The Càntut collection is a project dedicated to collecting and disseminating music orally transmitted in the region of Girona, in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2024

Review of Cuckoo Storm

Cuckoo Storm

Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley

One Little Independent

Rating: ★★★

Marry Waterson has delivered an eclectic array of duet recordings over the past decade or so, from 2011’s The Days...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024

Review of Deep of Time

Deep of Time

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cory Seznec’s fourth album, Deep of Time, conceived and produced during the COVID-19 lockdown, presents a contemplative, metaphysical, ethereal side...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024

Review of Chaos

Chaos

Lagos Thugs

Top of the World

Immensum Music

Rating: ★★★★

On first play of this sparkling debut album from Nigerian 12-piece Lagos Thugs, it’s hard to believe you’re not listening...

Reviewed by Russel Higham in issue: March/2024

Review of Dusa

Dusa

Monika Wierzbicka

Garaż Artystyczny

Rating: ★★★

Monika Wierzbicka is no newcomer to the Polish music scene. Active since the early 2000s, she co-founded a pop band...

Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: March/2024

Review of Celebration

Celebration

Common Kings

Mensch House Records

Rating: ★★★

Like many of their Oceanic compatriots, ever since their 2013 debut California-based quartet Common Kings have managed to craft a...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024

Review of Early Life Forms

Early Life Forms

Vitja Pauwels

W.E.R.F. Records

Rating: ★★★★

This feast for axe freaks captures the live debut of a new supergroup assembled by Brussels-based multi-instrumentalist and sound sculptor...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: March/2024

Review of The Night Dwells in the Day

The Night Dwells in the Day

Jozef Van Wissem | Jozef van Wissem

Incunabulum Records

Rating: ★★★

Josef Van Wissem is on a mission, to transform the image of that ancient instrument, the lute, and “to update...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2024

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