Danai Molocha - Writer & Editor

Michael Gira and his sonic cohorts gave birth to Swans in the famously bleak, dystopian cityscape of early 80’s downtown New York. Minimalist, ritualistic and downright brutal, the band delivered a relentless assault to the senses—swallowing you gently and gradually …

Coughing. Breathing heavily. Rhythmically banging sheets of metal. Confronting mortality – confronting anything that might get in her way. New York artist Pharmakon. a.k.a. Margaret Chardiet has been snarling, wailing, baring her soul to global audiences for a decade now …

It was 1977 when Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis formed Aksak Maboul — a Belgian ensemble going down the winding road of avant-rock and pop.

Léks Rivers is a Londoner serving up a whole new strain of soul and he’s here to prove to sceptics, who have long stopped looking to the West of the capital for innovation, wrong.

Word of mouth following The Black Angels killer live shows this summer has done a good job gathering people at their autumnal London gig. In four words, it’s a sell out.

Having created quite a buzz over the past year, Transviolet, a four-piece made up of Sarah McTaggart, Judah McCarthy, Michael Panek and Jon Garcia have just released ‘Close’, giving their mesmerising electro-pop another big boost. A sparkling tale of young …

Another all-day festival, another breathless attempt to speed stage-to-stage, shoving kids with Bratwursts in hand for that ideal stage view. Another all-day festival, another breathless attempt to speed stage-to-stage, shoving kids with Bratwursts in hand for that ideal stage view. …

Bonobo, the British master of eloquent, immersive electronic music has released ‘Break Apart’, building up suspense for his sixth album ‘Migration’.

For those who delighted in, or totally missed out on, Σtella’s self-titled debut in 2015; the Athenian singer-songwriter has more great work in-store.

Since 2004, when Joanna Newsom released her first studio effort The Milk-Eyed Mender, something entirely fresh and enigmatic appeared in the sonic horizon of 21st-century folk.

A revolutionary figure and a global superstar whose musical and spiritual allure, over three decades after his passing, remain undiminished, Bob Marley brought Jamaican reggae into every Western household.