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Echolocation
The incendiary debut album from guitarist Ava Mendoza and bassist Devin Hoff (with James Brandon Lewis on tenor sax and Ches Smith on drums) evokes a fusion of Sonny Sharrock and Sonic Youth, or Black Flag and Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time, finds Sean Kitching
As a teenager, Denzil Bell felt that his religious beliefs and his love of grime were incompatible – until he heard the lyrics of Ghetts and Stormzy. As Ghetts releases a new LP, Bell explores the relationship between Christianity and grime
Paddy Shine is one of the most relentless instigators in the underground, both as part of Gnod and in myriad other projects. Ahead of the release of the debut album by his weird folk group Moundabout alongside Phil Masterson on Rocket this summer, he guides Harry Sword through 13 vital slabs