Tracks of the Week 02.09.23
After graduating with a degree in musicology in 2014 and self-releasing the acclaimed albums Njoum and Arb’een (40), dialogues between vocals and oud which explored loops in time and modes of narrative...
Tracks of the Week 18.03.23
Sometimes a wind blows and nothing rises. No plastic bags which remain wantonly discarded on the sidewalk filled with rainwater and city sediment, no helium mysteries or daydream fantasies or premonitions of...
Tracks of the Week 23.10.21
On raven wings, the violinist Laura Cannell and cellist Kate Ellis are joined by the award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson as they swoop into autumn. Liz Harris is back as Grouper, spanning...
Tracks of the Week 30.01.21
FKA twigs and Headie One grapple with judgement and self-love, from recriminations of the heart to the hazards of systemic racism. Celebrity and the perils of trying to play it cool are...
Tracks of the Week 05.09.20
After releasing her latest record on Juneteenth, Teyana Taylor uses still photographs and archival footage to reconstruct a history of black grief, through all the strife and tears still holding out hope...
Tracks of the Week 01.08.20
In a world that teeters on the brink of exhaustion, Koffee strains to withstand all the pressure, Brandy and Alanis Morissette precariously balance hunger and heartache with lack of sleep, while even...
Tracks of the Week 18.07.20
More tracks than you can shake a stick at or get through listening in time for next week, from the continent-spanning crime dramas of the London grime artist Ghetts, to the open...
Tracks of the Week 27.06.20
The Spanish word ‘mequetrefe’, which roughly translates as ‘good-for-nothing’, can be applied equally to a lousy person or a shoddy product and carries other connotations, of nosiness, boisterousness, a sort of persistent...
Tracks of the Week 30.05.20
Zola Jesus rings out ‘Changes’ by Black Sabbath, The Soft Pink Truth take on crust punk by the Swedish band Totalitär, and Whitney and Waxahatchee traverse the Blue Ridge Mountains to the...