Bob Baker Fish, Journalist
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The Evolution Of Alice Coltrane's Ecstatic Music
"It's nothing short of the sound of transcendence."
Album Review: Dean Blunt - Black Metal
It’s catchy, confounding as hell and also the most singular work of genius you’ll hear this year.
Album Review: Various - Declan Kelly Presents: Diesel N’ Dub
"The results are mixed"
Album Review: Various Artists - Only Lovers Left Alive Original Soundtrack
Jarmusch’s latest is apparently a vampire film, and the sounds here are suitably sparse and evocative yet still possess a New York experimental swagger.
Album Review: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - A Long Way To The Beginning
From sledgehammer subtle Afrobeat to ballads, there’s a real jazzy feel coexisting alongside Kuti’s highly politicised lyrics, incredible grooves, clipped guitar and intricate stabbing horns.
Live Review: WOMADelaide
Their highly improvised performance was without doubt one of the most powerful of a festival that just keeps giving.
Rocking Traditions
"I think our music is about coming back to listen to the traditional songs."
Album Review: Tinariwen - Emmaar
Whilst wherever they are they’ll always possess the soul of the Mali blues, with one of the most evocative electric guitar sounds around, six albums down it’s these subtle cross-cultural communications that see them expand their palette and continue to feel vital.
Neil Hamburger, Dr El Suavo
Whilst there is some laughter, it’s laughter borne of pain and politeness, as Hamburger uses his caustic shock tactics to mask his own failures in his chosen profession.
Album Review: Neil Young - Live At The Cellar Door
Sure it’s 43 years ago now, but Young’s archives continue to bear fruit.
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