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Rotterdam producerAfrohamis back on Melting Pot Music with ‘Portrait of Self,’ a slow burning rap track built around the voice of Texas MCDominick Giovanni.It’s the latest step in a steady run of releases from Afroham, who announced himself to a wider audience with his debut EPQuantum Love(MPM, 2023). Equal parts neo-soul, hip hop, and lofi, it found its people and stuck.On ‘Portrait of Self,’ mellow production meets introspective bars as Dominick Giovanni delivers verses shaped by movement, growth, and lived experience. Raised in a military family and constantly relocating, the New York born MC channels that perspective into sharp, reflective…
Thin Lear: Many Disappeared (First City Artists)LP | DLOut NowFrom the foremost Poet of the Broken Heart and cosmopolitan musician’s musician, we are presented with collected reports of the life less travelled, resulting in this brief yet epic journey into the days of wine and roses. MK Bennett settles in.So I didn’t know really who was kissing me for the very first instant but now I knew and knew everything more than ever, as, grace-wise, she descended to me from the upper dark where I’d thought only cold could be..Maggie Cassidy – Jack KerouacThis man’s brilliance really needs to be…
Spring is set to be a defining moment for Miami-based Venezuelan/Lebanese artist Amal Nemer, with a new release and a major debut performance happening within weeks of each other. Nemer teams up with internationally acclaimed producer TWENTY SIX for ‘Besame Lento’, out May 22 via Mood Child Records. The track is a warm, rolling house sound for summer, with sun-soaked grooves, subtle melodies, and a sensual lead vocal. The melancholy horn details add depth, balancing emotion, rhythm and late-night energy on the record. The release is on Mood Child, the label founded by Sirus Hood and Manda Moor, who won…
Having recently signed to Heavenly Records, Dexys Midnight Runners will release their first album for the label on September 4. According to the press release, LOVE “gathers stories spanning Kevin Rowland’s life – from his second generation Irish childhood and family relationships to late-life romance, loss and reconciliation.” The album was produced by David Holmes, aided and abetted by Peter Schweir, with additional contributions from long-time collaborators Sean Read, Mike Timothy, Jim Paterson and string arranger Brian Irving. Watch a video for the first single “My Life In England Pt 1” below: Says Kevin Rowland: “We put out a version…
Paul speaks his mind, and (John Lennon voice) minds his Speke I wrote about the new Paul album for the new issue of Uncut, and for the latest Uncut Greats which is out next week. It’s a really good record. Or, as I say more formally here: In among the many key 20thcentury artists that Paul McCartney has in his collection – we’re thinking alongside the paintings by Magritte and de Kooning – he also has an extensive collection of Paul McCartney. The classic Beatles instruments, which he acquires when Abbey Road want more space in the cupboard. His old…
10 things we learned…Uncut is the oldest here by about 40 years…which isn’t always the way when the music is melancholic Americana and slamming indie rock, as it is with Mitski. A Dead Oceans artist – as is Phoebe Bridgers – Mitski has pulled in a devoted fandom of empathetic youth to her dark vignettes.People are catching on at different speedsOdd to relate but on the same tour that she sells out the 6000 capacity Albert Hall in about ten minutes, she also played the New Music stage at Radio 1’s Big Weekend. She’s been doing record shop pop ups.…
Photo: Nick BarberWell that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year anniversary event featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and you know, others of our ilk, you can head over here to nab yours, starting from £40 including all booking fees. In the meantime we leave you dear reader with a newly recorded version of Steve Earle’s City of Immigrants, a folk-rock song celebrating NYC’s diversity which was originally released in 2007 on Washington Square Serenade featuring Forro in the Dark. The new video directed by Steve Buscemi is a timely…
You can read my report on page 100, but I was in Ireland at the start of May for the Kilkenny Roots Festival. Alongside established greats like Jody Stephens leading the Big Star Quintet and Rodney Crowell, the festival also provided a brilliant opportunity to sample plenty of upcoming bands. I wasn’t alone in having my head spun by Florry – as heard on last year’s Sounds Of The New West Vol 7, and a wild and vivid force live. It strikes me that one of the best parts of this job is discovery – hearing new music and sharing…
XCOMM have dropped ferocious new single ‘PIRATES’ featuring Ghostemane, arriving as the final warning shot before the release of their debut album ‘Time To Burn’. Credit: Darren Graig The Venice Beach hardcore outfit’s first full-length record lands May 22 via Blowed Out Records, and if ‘PIRATES’ is anything to go by, it’s going to hit like a brick through a windscreen. Produced by legendary producer Ross Robinson, whose résumé includes landmark releases from Korn, Slipknot, Glassjaw and At the Drive-In — ‘Time To Burn’ captures XCOMM at their most volatile: loud, messy, funny and completely out of control in the…
JPEGMAFIA has dropped a major new statement piece with the release of his latest album ‘EXPERIMENTAL RAP’, a 25-track project written, produced and mixed entirely by the artist himself. Positioned as one of his most ambitious and unfiltered works to date, the record pushes further into his trademark collision of rap, noise, punk and experimental production, reinforcing his reputation as one of modern hip-hop’s most unpredictable creative forces. The release is accompanied by a new video for ‘¥ (Yen)’, a jittery, high-impact visual that matches the track’s themes of wealth, paranoia and excess. Built around fractured production and sharp, clipped…
The Rasmus have announced ahuge European and UK headline tour for 2027, continuing the momentum behind their latest album ‘Weirdo’ after what’s already been a massive couple of years for the Finnish rock veterans. The 23-date run will see the band bringing both new material and fan favourites across Europe, with UK dates featuring support from Skarlett Riot. Following a hugely successful 2025 and an already packed 2026 schedule, the tour marks anothermajor chapter for a band that have spent decades balancing arena-ready hooks with darker, emotionally heavy songwriting. According to frontman Lauri Ylönen, the response to ‘Weirdo’ has gone…
A season of profound renewal, a new artistic identity, and significant international recognition. May 2026, Saturday 23rd: Amnesia Milano prepares to bring the curtain down on its 2025/26 season with a party that caps off months in which this venue has redefined its role in the Italian and international clubbing scene. This is confirmed by Amnesia Milano’s entry into DJ Mag’s Top 100 Clubs, a new entry at number 94, which represents a significant milestone and confirmation of a clear and ambitious direction. Since last October, Amnesia Milano has evolved in terms of vision, programming, and atmosphere; It has been…