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Oct 10, 2022
Autechre – Barbican, London
Over the past decade, British experimental electronic duo Autechre have been playing live shows in the dark. Not the darkness of a...
Oct 7, 2022
Global Music Column – November
Sarathy Korwar – Kalak Sarathy Korwar has a light touch behind the drum kit. Since debuting with 2016’s Day to Day, where he mixed the...
Sep 9, 2022
Global Music Column – October
Mabe Fratti – Se Ve Desde Aquí Life after lockdown has been a time of creative change for Mabe Fratti. The Guatemalan cellist and...
Sep 5, 2022
Beatrice Dillon and Kuljit Bhamra – review
The release of producer Beatrice Dillon’s 2020 debut album, Workaround, heralded a unique talent. Over 14 compositions – each clipping...
Aug 23, 2022
Jaubi, Union Chapel – review
Pakistani quartet Jaubi are best described as improvisers rather than a band that operates within a particular genre. Although their...
Aug 16, 2022
Global Music Column – September
Star Feminine Band – In Paris Benin’s Star Feminine Band have had a remarkable journey to releasing their music. The seven-piece...
Jul 24, 2022
Jamie T – The Theory of Whatever review
Fifteen years ago, Wimbledon singer-songwriter Jamie Treays – AKA Jamie T – released his debut album, Panic Prevention. Armed with a...
Jul 15, 2022
Global Music Column – August
Lamin Fofana – The Open Boat Across the eight tracks of Lamin Fofana’s latest album trilogy, the Sierra Leonean producer builds on his...
Jun 17, 2022
Global Music Column – July
Tumi Mogorosi – Group Theory ‘New Black music is this: find the self, then kill it.” The US poet Amiri Baraka wrote these words in the...
May 20, 2022
Global Music Column – June
Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar – Shruti Dances Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar has made a career of unifying unexpected collaborators....
May 19, 2022
Kabul Goes Pop review – a fizzing tribute to bubblegum songs of hope
Early 00s pop TV was fertile ground for hyperactive performances. From the flirty cheek of TMi to the saccharine staging of CD:UK,...
Apr 22, 2022
Global Music Column – May
Joe Rainey – Niineta The drum is central to powwow music. Singers beat in unison on its skin as their voices overlap with vibrato-laden...
Mar 25, 2022
Global Music Column – April
Horace Andy – Midnight Rocker Few singers have better mirrored the mercurial sound of dub than Horace Andy. Finding prominence with a...
Mar 16, 2022
Yves Tumor review – a star-making statement of intent
The last time I saw Sean Bowie, AKA Yves Tumor, they were shirtless and writhing on stage, wreathed in dry ice. Their tall frame paced...
Feb 25, 2022
Global Music – March
Sélène Saint-Aimé: Potomitan In Haitian Vodou, the potomitan is the central pillar that holds up the temple. At its base is where ritual...
Feb 19, 2022
Dave review – pyrotechnics and endearing vulnerability
Earlier this month, Streatham rapper Dave closed the Brit awards wielding an electric guitar that shot flames out of its neck while he...
Jan 28, 2022
Global Music Column – February
Debit – The Long Count There is an uncanniness in listening to a musical instrument you have never heard being played for the first time....
Dec 21, 2021
The 10 best global albums of 2021
10. Sarah Haras - Mirage Bahraini experimental producer Sarah Haras meanders between ambience and aggression on Mirage, warping the...
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