PACKED as usual with words about music.
"On the cover: Masma Dream World: Devi Mambouka channels the voices of the spirits on new album PLEASE COME TO ME. By Emily Pothast. Inside: Louis Laurain: The French cornettist cooks up fresh brass constructions on new album C(or)N(e)T. By Clive Bell; Caxtrinho: The Brazilian guitarist maps Rio’s outer regions through his dense, cubist songwriting. By Derek Walmsley; Able Noise: The European duo forge meticulous decontructions of rock’s conventions. By Abi Bliss; Polonius: Soundtracking the imagination. By Miloš Hroch; Macie Stewart: Moving staircases. By Peter Margasak; Chris Cundy: Wild flowers. By Julian Cowley; Invisible Jukebox: Lydia Lunch: Will the no wave legend get jerked around by The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Claire Biddles; Unlimited Editions: Pointless Geometry explores every angle of the Polish underground. By Daryl Worthington; The Inner Sleeve: Jules Reidy on Chris Abrahams’s Play Scar; Global Ear: Tijuana’s Static Discos label sits at the crossroads of electronica in the Americas. By Juan San Cristóbal Lizama; Against The Grain: In a new opinion column, George Rayner-Law argues folk music has always been an act of storytelling; Epiphanies: Sachiko M experiences a creative reboot at a European festival. Plus 40 pages of reviews including: Xhosa Cole: Think like a Monk. By Daniel Spicer; Edvard Graham Lewis: Stripping out the Wire. By Dan Barrow; Bonus Beats: Rare & Unreleased Finnish Electro 1990–2002: Cold rock a party. By Derek Walmsley; London Contemporary Music Festival 2024: Send in the trolls. By Robert Barry; and much much more."
