Reviews
Hot Carne Seca
‘Hot Carne Seca’ is a type of spicy beef jerky common in northern Mexico. Likewise, New Mexican string band Lone...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2026
Wind of Oirat
Ts Bayandalai is a Mongolian musician and sound artist living in China. Wind of Oirat is his first album-length release....
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2026
Loitsui ja taikoi
Fiddler-vocalist Vilma Jää learned to perform eerie, high-pitched Karelian herding calls as part of her master’s degree research into Finno-Ugric...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2026
Neon Summer Skin
Neon Summer Skin, the latest from Bedouine, the project of Syrian-American Azniv Korkejian, is a comfortingly assured collection of songs....
Reviewed by Joe Mulhall in issue: July/2026
Trio Asesino
Founder of Latin funk band Grupo Fantasma and psychedelic soul act Black Pumas, Adrian Quesada has spent the last few...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2026
Sabába
Sabába feels like an immersion in tradition, a collection of instrumental pieces that might have been passed down through generations....
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: July/2026
The Black Door
This is a very satisfying, clever and immaculately presented set. Californian guitarist Cole Berliner is best known for his work...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2026
Prymat
Closely following the stellar recent album by Poland’s Oberkas Travel, members Jan Emil Młynarski and Piotr Zabrodzki are back with...
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: July/2026
