Reviews
Kinshasa In Action
“In Action” is the key part of this title. A release bristling with life and possibility, KINACT’s Kinshasa In Action...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: May/2026
Karakoz
Mai Mai Mai is the audio-visual project of musician and artist Toni Cutrone, which explores folklore, hauntology and traditions from...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2026
WE MEAN IT, MAN!
Eugene Hütz’s American-Ukrainian gypsy-punks have always favoured heavyweight rock producers, with Steve Albini (Nirvana) and Rick Rubin (Metallica/Aerosmith) among those...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
NTU Futurism
L8 Antique have been winning converts on the Johannesburg circuit since the mid-2000s. Usually performing with just four people on...
Reviewed by Kwanele Sosibo in issue: May/2026
Dub Will Keep Us Together
Formed by the late great Nick Page after a visit to Ethiopia, Dub Colossus were an inspired and experimental British...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Taiga Trans
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the eight-piece collective Fauna offer up a colourful tapestry of sounds in which Eastern instruments and...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: May/2026
Blessing On the Wing
The shadows cast by the current US government upon its Canadian neighbour haven’t darkened the sunny sharing of musical styles...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2026
De Lado a Lado
This Franco-Colombian sextet continues to find their feet on this fourth album, showcasing their “Colombian crunch music”. Echoing the group’s...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
Through the Walls
Anna Lowenstein is a fine UK-based klezmer violinist and composer. This record is a very personal one, based on her...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2026
