Reviews
Sendero Místico
Bands such as Chicha Libre and Los Chinches have already shown that chicha – essentially cumbia with guitars – sounds...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Metal Metal
Who knows if it was anarchic perverseness, artistic vision, or a bit of both that prompted this formidable São Paulo...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Tomorrow People: The Best of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
The Melody Makers, on the surface, look like Jamaica's version of the Jacksons. Featuring four of Bob Marley's numerous children...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Loving a Fool
This debut album, funded through a Kickstarter campaign, is a masterclass in presenting old and new side by side. Tumbling...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Encyclopedia of Arto
A founding member of seminal New York ‘no wave’ band DNA and long a guitar-shredding pivot of New York's downtown...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Love's Lies
The Magnolia Sisters consist of four women – Ann Savoy, Jane Vidrine, Anya Burgess and Lisa Trahan – who come...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Brasil Bam Bam Bam
‘What was a French boy, living in South London, doing putting up aerials at the age of 15 so he...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour
The one thing we are not told in the evocative and often hilarious liner notes of this album, is whether...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Island Records Presents Roots
When reggae entered its celebrated golden age in the 70s, many of the music’s hallmarks became permanent signifiers not just...
Reviewed in issue June/2014
