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Review of Addis to Omega

Addis to Omega

Dub Colossus

Top of the World

IRL Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Those familiar with the heavily Ethiopian-influenced band heard on the last three Dub Colossus albums will hardly recognise this new...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Gamel

Gamel

00100

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★

00100 is a cyber symbol for the middle finger gesture in a chat room or text message, and the name...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Cycling Music

Cycling Music

Richard Durrant

Long Man Records

Rating: ★★

Richard Durrant is a brave man – he is attempting to tour his new album around the UK by bike....

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of The Morning Key

The Morning Key

Hatful of Rain

Union Music Store

Rating: ★★★★

Although their 2012 debut, Way on Up the Hill, was impressive enough to garner acclaim from the likes of Bob...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Whiskey Cambodia

Whiskey Cambodia

Cambodian Space Project

Metal Postcard

Rating: ★★★

For their third album, Cambodian Space Project have traversed the Pacific and landed in the Motor City, to team up...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Inspiration

Inspiration

Jah Wobble Presents: PJ Higgins

Sonar Kollektiv

Rating: ★★★★

You wait and wait for a PJ Higgins album and then two come along at once. Although, while this Jah...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Anti Hero

Anti Hero

Circle of Sound

Baithak Records

Rating: ★★★★

On the follow-up album to Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger's deservedly praised debut album, the pair widen their musical vision,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Can’t Hold the Wheel

Can’t Hold the Wheel

The New Line

Brendan Taaffe

Rating: ★★★★

This is a fine collection of traditional-styled American tunes performed with great respect by The New Line. The group produce...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Al Qantara

Al Qantara

Majid Bekkas

Igloo Records

Rating: ★★★

Majid Bekkas is a Moroccan multi-instrumentalist who has previously explored the meeting points between Maghrebi Gnawa music and the blues....

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Review of Carnival Flower

Carnival Flower

Molotov Jukebox

Molotov Jukebox

Rating: ★★★★

Fans of the cult TV series Game of Thrones will doubtless be familiar with the catchphrase ‘Winter is Coming.’ For...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

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