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An undercurrent of groove and funk… gone dull. [Polar Bear]

11/04/2015

Two tracks in, and the band departs to leave the irritatingly named Leafcutter John to give the audience a few minutes of meandering ambient nonsense....

Cafe OTO Call/Response invocations [Zun Zun Egui]

19/03/2015

Add some Mauritian sunshine with Zun Zun Egui's unique blend of roots, jazz and shoegaze...

Someone we all thought was cool. [Johnny Marr on Chris Spedding]

01/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe name Chris Spedding is likely to garner blank looks or ardent admiration, depending on your conversation partner. While he...

Fogh Depot [Album]

12/02/2015

This is brooding jazz with an electronic twist or, if you prefer, brooding electronica with a jazz twist....

Every myth is a memory, formed through complex layers of tellings through time.

21/01/2015

OE: Orpheus and Euridice: For the next half an hour music and poetry weaved in and out of each other in a richly discursive mesh of words and sounds, sometimes obscuring and at other times refining...

Rufus Reid in Grammy Running

01/01/2015

Inspired by the sculptures of Elizabeth Catlett, the suite of big-band jazz interpretations is neither elitist nor predictable...

Trojan Horse : World Turned Upside Down

28/10/2014

Unlike lesser bands who attempt derivative pastiches of the sounds of 70s progressive rock or 80s post-punk, Trojan Horse actually capture the spirit of the things...

Neil Cowley Trio at the Barbican

08/10/2014

The music is melodic and yet pays homage to the piano's percussive roots....

Dr John : Ske-Dat-De-Dat

01/09/2014

This is not offensively bad, or indeed really bad at all, but it feels like an awful waste of potential. ...

Trioscapes : Digital Dream Sequence

05/08/2014

Throbs with a primal, sweaty and utterly invigorating energy that transcends jazz, funk, metal or rock...

Knifeworld : The Unravelling

22/07/2014

Fans of Zappa should find a lot to like about this record, as should anyone who thinks there should be more bassoons in rock. ...

Taylor McFerrin : Early Riser

22/05/2014

Wringing a sense of soul, warmth and jazz-like complexity out of sequencing, samples, sidechains and good old organic musicanship...

Bugle Boy : The Glenn Miller Story [Musical]

24/04/2014

Den Stevenson's Bugle Boy which, having charmed the West End (a full house standing ovation at the Garrick, for one), now heads out on another tour of the UK....

Polar Bear : XOYO

22/04/2014

This was jazz, but it was jazz with the raw energy and ferocious intensity of a rock show....

Jaga Jazzist : Live with the Britten Sinfonia

25/04/2013

A crazy band who make crazy music, then. And their latest album is suitably mental....

Aidan Baker : Already Drowning

28/03/2013

seven portraits of acoustic melancholy, distorted love and gothic eroticism...

Albums of the Year: Editor’s Picks

25/12/2012

If Lana Del Rey, Flying Lotus or Grimes aren't on any Trebuchet lists this year, it's certainly not because we haven't heard them (indeed, how could we miss them?). And we're not coming over all...

Fontanelle: Vitamin F

22/10/2012

For a devout cadre of vinyl record owning, real ale drinking, herbal cigarette smoking losers Jazz fusion is the pinnacle of music. ...

Make Better Music 34: Quantisation Death Ray

08/03/2011

Make Better Music 34: Quantisation Death Ray. One of the problems I have with electronic music is that missing “human element”. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with robotic music, or...