The Fabulous Knobs were legendary in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) at the dawn of the 1980s. Their music was an intoxicating mix of power-pop, 1960s Southern soul, and good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. Void of any… Read More
John B. Sebastian and the Lovin’ Spoonful used to sing that “there’s 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville”—and that was back in 1967. Surely there’s more than that now with the Music City blossoming into a commercial country hub, not to… Read More
If you’re like me, you probably did a double-take when you heard that Yellow River Blue would be Yu Su’s debut LP. Yu Su has been one of the brightest new stars in electronic music for several years now, and… Read More
Well known for an oeuvre of work that explores the moral complications that lie between the social classes, filmmaker Claude Chabrol managed to corner the French film market that surged with the popularity of the murder-mystery during the better part… Read More
Like a lot of artists, Slowthai had a long time to himself to think about things. Lockdown has been the source of inspiration for many performers, and the Northampton rapper is no exception. The time between his new album, TYRON,… Read More
Firefly Lane, a Netflix original series released this month, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah. It tells the story of Kate Mularkey and Tully Hart, who have been best friends since their early… Read More
When the news arrived on Thursday that jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Chick Corea had died of a rare form of cancer two days before, the music world was shocked. It was not just that Corea was a jazz “star”… Read More
On Saturday, 13 February, to celebrate the release of their new studio album, As The Love Continues, Mogwai broadcast a premiere live performance from Glasgow’s Tramway venue. In the brief introduction, Stuart Braithwaite remarks, “the main thing I love about… Read More
Listening to Joshua Chuquimia Crampton is like watching a guitarist perform with a thought bubble over their head. We’re aware of his physical motions, his hand’s motion on the instrument’s strings, the fall of his feet on the pedals. But… Read More
After years of negotiation with the national government, Ostinato Records released the first album ever produced in the Republic of Djibouti for international distribution: The Dancing Devils of Djibouti, a cosmopolitan masterpiece. Landmark that it was, it has only marked… Read More