The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: January 29, 2024
New releases from: Pharoah Sanders, Bill Ryder-Jones and Violent Femmes
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PATRICK JONES recommends a vital anthology from Afghan and Iranian poets where the political and personal fuse into witness-bearing and manifesto-making
WILL STONE is impressed by Hania Rani who is already making a name for herself in the male-dominated world of modern classical music
MIK SABIERS enjoys the theatrical feminist six piece who have a lot of fun that the audience feeds off as the set rolls on
New releases from Ibex Band, Lucy Dacus, and Various Artists
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by characters so un-nuanced as to be unreal, a stereotypical plot and a conceptual vampire
WILL STONE appreciates an artist who can swerve from industrial noise to clubby trance pop without missing a step
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah
(Luaka Bop)
★★★★
HAVING paired Pharoah Sanders with electronic artist Floating Points on 2021’s critically acclaimed Promises, Luaka Bop have now reissued the US jazz legend’s previously hard to find 1976 album.
Recorded in a home-made studio in upstate New York, the set comprises three sections. Twenty-minute opener Harvest Time evolves over a hypnotic two chord vamp from guitarist Tisziji Munoz. With no drums, there is coolness to the track that makes it feel fresh and modern.
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