So…dancing with a giant blue, Martian starfish and coming face-to-face with a thrusting toadstool-tipped codpiece, were explicitly NOT on my bingo card for 2026. But that’s my error in lacking the vivid imagination of the inimitable Japanese. Strange Brew is… Continue Reading
In the 1970s, WITCH (an acronym – or backronym – for We Intend to Cause Havoc) were Zambia’s most popular band. Blending the traditional sounds of garage rock with African rhythm and blues, the legendary group released five albums through… Continue Reading
After a three-year musical hiatus during which an exhausted Stella Donnelly was dropped by Secretly Canadian – the U.S label which first brought her lyrically caustic indie folk to prominence – the Welsh Australian singer-songwriter returned last November with the… Continue Reading
Sergio Sayeg (aka Sessa) is one of the most compelling figures in contemporary Brazilian music. Inspired by late-70’s Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) legends such as Erasmo Carlos, as well as esteemed luminaries from the Tropicalia movement like Caetano Veloso, the… Continue Reading
(Divide and Dissolve) On the night of Wednesday 6th September I ‘popped my cherry’ in more ways than one; I attended my first live metal/drone gig, and I wrote my first gig review. The acts to not-so-gently welcome me… Continue Reading