Reviews
De Platino
This Belgium-based band take their name (meaning ‘the bodysnatcher’) from a novel by Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguay's most celebrated fiction-writer....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2014
Me Sijum Underground/I Am Underground
There's long been an underground Roma rap scene across Eastern Europe – in the late noughties Czech rapper GypsyCZ attracted...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2014
A Lindisfarne Gospel
In the early eighth century on Holy Island in Northumberland, a man named Eadfrith, working alone, created a glorious masterpiece,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014
Borders Behind
You can understand the youngest of the three Joubran brothers wanting to branch out and record his own album. Le...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Si Vita Si
If you're imagining Barbara Furtuna as a comely chanteuse from mainland France – perhaps you've spotted that Jacques Brel's ‘Song...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Apr/May/2014
Saulem Ai
A galloping, multicoloured horse brightens the cover of Saulem Ai (My Beloved), an appropriate emblem for the music of this...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2014
These Changing Skies
Like an Americanised version of Pentangle, Elephant Revival apply Superior instrumental acumen, idiosyncratic style, and a knack for compelling writing...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014
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The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records (1917-1927) Volume One
Think of this as a time capsule. But not just any time capsule. This is more like a 10kg, bunker-busting...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014
Origines
For his second full-length album, Marseille-based urban poet Ahamada Smis has pointed his musical compass towards the country of his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2014
