'Arquetipas' is the latest album from Tipa Tipo who marry South American and North American musical styles such as cumbia and salsa into an infectious sunny blast of sunshine and rhythm.

'How to Land a Plane' is the latest album from Swedish sisters 7ebra.

'XXX' the is the latest album from Anatolian band BaBa Zula who weave psychedelic rock, reggae, dub, trance into their releases.

Public Service Broadcasting took the jaw-dropping audio-visual feast of their live show to London's Ally Pally for their biggest ever headline show, in celebration of the eleventh anniversary of their...

'Kikuyu Land' is the story of Kenya’s tea highlands and one a man’s claim to his family’s stolen land and the journalist who set out to investigate the chilling truth about the history of how tea is p...

Vanishing Twin’s new album 'Archives' has an elastic sense of nostalgia and modernism with the band redefining their mix of electronic and organic instruments with their innate sense of scuffing up 60...

I first discovered Stockholm-based four-piece Clutter at the beginning of last year, when I reviewed their debut single ‘Jesus’, and I fell in love with the fuzzy, distorted 90s-influenced sound enoug...

'Baby Ghost' is the debut album from singer/bass player and sonic experimentalist Jordan Sand.

Matt Finucane releases neo-goth, post-punk single 'Dead Artform'.

It must be getting on for 14 years since I last set foot in The Underworld. I used to come here regularly in a past life, so it was bloody marvellous to be back. And what better excuse for a return th...

Punk n Roll Rendezvous returned to The Water Rats for their annual festival, with a predictably excellent line up of some of the finest punk bands from the capital and beyond. Saturday's escapades wer...

Cinder Well's latest album is A Blooming Body which highlights an innate ability to write small songs about big concepts as well as focus on life’s minutiae. She was kind enough to give Joyzine a trac...

After a splendid first day spent in the ruins of Reading Abbey in the company of the likes of Antony Szmierek and Kathryn Joseph (review here), we're back in the glorious mid-September sun for a furth...

“It began as fragments of reflections and evolved into a body of work shaped by transformation — a document of endings and awakenings.” Transformation is the catalyst for Josefin Öhrn's debut solo alb...

Lucida Records have been running their all-electronic nights for a few years now, building a strong reputation as the go-to events for fans of alternative electronica. The Dublin Castle, a venue usual...

If we're going to take a musical spin around the Queens district of New York City, who better to show us around than a musician and former tour guide? Thankfully, we know just the guy - Will Schwartz,...

Orbital finally release their legendary Glastonbury 1994 set. (WARNING: Contains repetitive beats)

Moodie Black is the band name of experimental rap artist Kristen Martinez and 'All Natural, Moodie Black' is an album built from the heat of the Verde Valley, Arizona, and fuelled by the turbulence of...

With a discography that is deliberately as confusing to get into as it is sprawling, OFF COURSE is a surprisingly accessible prog journey for anyone interested in Osees. The album consists of five tra...

It was good to be back at the Hope & Anchor on Wednesday night. I hadn’t been down there for a few weeks, but sometimes life just gets in the way of a good time. Fortunately, Shake Some Acton always f...

With Joy Division's 'Eternal (LIVE)' we get a box set of music that was born out of their Punk and youthful venom.

'Vale of Tears' is the new album from harp player Andy Aquarius, recorded during a 7-day retreat that was his way of repairing the damage done by modern life.

The Tubs invoke the nostalgia of R.E.M. and the Smiths, which results in a crowd of half fifty-year-olds - half twenty something indie-heads. They are such an excellent band live that, no matter your ...

Mount Slatra release thrilling thrash debut. Everyone will be Tolkien about it.

Gilla Band are back with 'Pugnello 'which is the band's most obvious step into dance culture and their most experimental album to date

Review of Death Cab For Cutie's September 2026 live show at O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester.

Garth Jennings began his creative career as one half of director-producer duo Hammer & Tongs, responsible for some of the most memorable pop videos of the turn of the millennium. Since then, he’s gone...

Agnes Obel's new album 'The Meaning of Flowers' is her first for six years and inspired by the birth of her daughter.

Since arriving in Reading a fortnight ago it seems to have been trying its hardest to impress me. I arrived with the sounds (though thankfully not the smells) of the annual bank holiday mega-fest fill...

Any regular readers of my reviews will know I am often late to the party when it comes to discovering bands. Perennial are no exception. I am joining them on album number four – Modernism and this is ...

The 3rd and 3th volumes of the Somali group Dur Dur Band, another amazing release from the Analog Africa label.

In a departure from my recent punk rock adventures for Joyzine (and possibly a departure for Joyzine itself), I rolled into London to head for the Dome just over the top of the Boston Arms in Tufnell ...

It’s the modern Cinderella story. A shy, awkward beanpole of a boy, preferring the fantasies of Doctor Who to the realities of human contact, is transformed by the power of pop music and grows into a ...

After a few months' hiatus, Camden Rocks Presents made a welcome return to North London this summer, and Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was at recently revitalised legendary NW1 venue The Barfly, camera in...

HEALTHY JUNKIES/DESENSITISED/FRENCH TOAST/BAD MILK BLOOD ROBOT/SNM/GURU HONEY BADGER/JAZ SILVA I made it along to the second full night of the annual Punk n Roll Rendezvous Festival, at the Water Rats...

At Cardiff’s Canopi, three very different bands played a wicked gig. From hypnotic folk-rock (St. Cecilia), post-hardcore (Pushbike), to power-pop (Bramwell). With aesthetic differences aside, what th...

Alejandro Burbano was the Pink Room, Manchester for Frog and Wyatt

If you’re a complete music obsessive like me (and if you’re reading Joyzine, that’s 99.9 per cent likely) then you probably also enjoy learning more about the artists you listen to, and maybe about al...

STUDIOCANAL continue their series of restored and mastered Blu-ray / 4K releases with a collection of Peter Sellers films from an 8-year period in his career from The Ladykillers (1955) through to Hea...

In the year that Leg Puppy celebrate their 10-year anniversary we give some highlights of the reviews and interviews Joyzine has given them over the years.

Stoke post-punkers Formal Sppeedwear release collection of funky bangers and are more than a-ware of their influences.

Writer/Photographer Kristy Eighteen was at Manchester's Albert Hall to capture The Dresden Dolls celebrating 20 years of the album 'Yes, Virginia' plus support from Sam Buttery.

The Meffs are a band that tick a lot of boxes for me- from Essex like myself- tick, punk- tick, political- big tick, noisy duo- even bigger tick. Having seen them live at Rebellion Festival in 2025 an...

LABELS have given Joyzine readers the first chance to see and hear the onslaught of sound that is their new single ‘Void’.

Friko's second album Something Worth Waiting For is highly ambitious; it had to be, following the brilliance of their debut. Branching between noise rock and slower ballads, the result is a set of son...

Enneads new self-titled album is a lush bathing in harmonics, drone-like mesmerism, and ethereal wonderment from the New York experimental trio.

Electroniq is a showcase of some of the best up-and-coming names in electronica. With a focus on live vocals and immersive visuals, the event puts female artists front and centre, highlighting the tal...

I've been searching for some calming but interesting music. Something to play when everything else is just a bit too... much? Something with a bit of character. Something with a story, requiring a bit...

This year was the 5th year in a row I took my annual pilgrimage to my musical Mecca, LOUD WOMEN fest. I am sure the vast majority of Joyzine readers are aware of the amazing festival spearheaded by th...

Exeter-based Detour deliver an irresistible slice of chamber pop with their 2nd single.