Formed with the intention of calling out shitty behaviour in the conservative Faroe Islands, where the rock scene is filled with boneless homophobes and meat-eating misogynists – and continue to take their aim at general vibe killers everywhere.The live shows are full of energy, with a barrage of songs often under a minute long, like […]
LP – Black Vinyl.Released in 1969, Clouds debut The Clouds Scrapbook showcases the band’s distinctive organ-driven sound, which was a precursor to the styles of later prog-rock icons like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes.Billy Ritchie, the band’s organist, was particularly influential, being one of the first to take a prominent, standing role as a […]
LP – Black VinylPsychedelic dub, Afro-Latin rhythms, and cosmic grooves come together on La Chooma’s self-titled debut, La Chooma, for Batov Records.Drawing on Moroccan Gnawa, Colombian cumbia, Afrobeat, Jamaican dub & roots, and cosmic jazz, the six-piece ensemble create deep, hypnotic music rooted in global traditions and shaped for contemporary dancefloors.Having already captivated local audiences […]
CDBio:When Modern Nature toured their last album, 2023’s No Fixed Point In Space, it became apparent to Jack Cooper – the band’s main creative force – that they were already pulling away from the free, open-ended approach they had spent five years working towards; almost as if the music had become so abstract and elasticated, […]
LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl.Barbara are Brighton brothers Henry & John Tydeman.Their music is influenced not only by the pop greats of the 1970s – The Kinks, ABBA, ELO – but also by the charming, eccentric work of British writers like George Orwell and Harold Pinter; their songs tell stories of strange characters, buffeted […]
Johnny Og is Johnny’s senior’s son and plays the slightly larger two-row button accordion with a beautiful fluent, light touch.The great Joe Burke was one of his early influences.Virtuoso banjo player Brian McGrath, one of the founders of Four Men and A Dog, currently plays in Sean Keane’s Band and At The Racket.He and Johnny […]
Latin Jazz has been an important and evolving current in jazz since the mid-1940s, when Dizzy Gillespie invited the legendary Cuban conga drummer Chano Pozo to join his big band. However, Latin rhythms were present in jazz even earlier, as proven by such recordings as Louis Armstrong’s 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” (a reworking of Cuban […]
“Babble” is the second studio album, released in 1987, by the Northern Irish-, London-based rock band That Petrol Emotion. After the band’s critically acclaimed debut “Manic Pop Thrill” (1986), “Babble” marked an evolution toward a slightly denser, more politically charged sound. The album retains the band’s energetic fusion of post-punk, guitar-driven indie rock, and hints […]
Vibraphonist and band leader Bobby Montez (born in Sonora, Arizona in 1934; he died in Chico, California in 2003) is considered a pioneer of Latin jazz on the West Coast in the late 1950s and early 1960s, stylistically close to the sound of Cal Tjader. Montez came from a musical family and learned to play […]
“Struttin” is the third studio album by the American funk band The Meters, released in 1970. Widely regarded as one of their finest works, it played a crucial role in the evolution of funk music, cementing The Meters’ reputation as one of the most influential instrumental funk bands of the late ’60s and early ’70s. […]
