REVIEW Waaju – Grown
The second album from this young London-based quintet is, in terms of its musical influences, about as diverse as one... Read Article
New Music Round-Up (Setenta, Orquesta Akokán, ¿Qiensave?, Mental Abstrato, ESSO, Limoncello, Grupo Kual?, Nico Gomez, Alexia Bontempo, ‘El Ruiseñor’)
There’s a plethora, some might say a plenitude, of colourful singles to buoy us up in these times of solitary... Read Article
REVIEW Battle of Santiago – Queen & Judgement
One of the so-called historical Battles of Santiago that presumably inspired the Toronto-based band’s name was the football match in... Read Article
REVIEW Mental Abstrato – Pure Essence
By now, there should be a copy of Mental Abstrato‘s second album, Uzoma, in every hip household in the land.... Read Article
Two Blasts from Brazil’s Past (Sebastião Tapajos & Pedro Dos Santos, Marcos Valle)
It may be a case of chalk and cheese, but this pair of contrasting re-issues from Vampisoul testifies to the... Read Article
REVIEW LPT – Sin Parar
“The dressing rooms are getting nicer. As in now we have some.” The laconic words of lead singer Josué Cruz... Read Article
Jean-Luc Thomas – Oficina Itinerante / Simon Bolzinger – Ritmos Queridos
Two worthy South American-themed new releases arrived via a French connection recently. The two musicians in question hail from opposite... Read Article
REVIEW Marcos Valle – Braziliance!
The New Rage of Brazil! suggests the back cover of Mr. Bongo’s re-release of Marcos Valle‘s third album – which... Read Article
Alta Fidelidade: Chance Encounters of the Random Kind
“Life’s like that, isn’t it? Only the other day…,” I was sitting on a coach bound for Paris, on my... Read Article