by Joel Dwek | May 8, 2022 | Reviews
By creating original pop songs with a traditional flair, The Sakishima Meeting have managed to innovate while preserving culture… It can be easy to fall into the trap of seeing countries as culturally homogenous within themselves, when that is rarely, if ever,...
by Danny Wiser | Sep 19, 2021 | Reviews
Mexican masters of music Maná prove their worth with an engaging and varied album, as well as an all-time great track for good measure… After lengthy research into the rock scenes in different countries across the world, it seems that Mexico, comparatively to...
by Danny Wiser | Sep 5, 2021 | Reviews
Can pop stars become rock stars? Let’s head to Kuala Lumpur to find out Picture the scene. Imagine you are a musician adored by fans across the continent. Whether you are in a nightclub in Jakarta, a swanky hotel in Singapore, or even in a shop back home in...
by Danny Wiser | Feb 4, 2021 | Reviews
The album is enjoyable but more so than that, balances ambition and endeavour to break the status quo without relinquishing Euphoria’s obvious pop sensibility… Legends of the Indian pop game, Euphoria, decided to break convention from producing the expected...
by Danny Wiser | Dec 27, 2020 | Reviews
Pop-rock maestro Lucio Dalla merges an array of styles to create a beautiful sound… Despite being an immense admirer of all things Italian, as a non-Italian speaker who has never had the opportunity to live in Italy as of yet, I sometimes feel as though I cannot...
by Danny Wiser | Oct 28, 2020 | Reviews
Andorran singer Marta Roure provides a hugely enjoyable set of Catalan-language pop rock tunes… Whilst Marta Roure comes from a nation known internationally mostly for its skiing resorts, the Eurovision Song Contest should have been a perfect opportunity to show...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 3, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
An album full of hits that celebrates the freedom of the post-dictatorship era… When I first listened to Nacha Pop’s El Momento, I thought it was middle-of-the-road cheesy 80s pop rock. To some extent I was right. However, amid our discussions of albums that...
by Danny Wiser | Jul 24, 2020 | Reviews
Non-conformist, raw, and overtly ’90s in its style, Morissette’s lyrics still bear immense relevance today in the ‘MeToo’ era… Typically at NoiseNomad we address artists that are not so well-known in the Western world, however, we are...
by Danny Wiser | Jul 16, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
The punky polyglot produces musical poetry; simultaneously playful and political… Rachid Taha’s final album, Je Suis Africain, was released a year after his tragic passing. Yet, even after his death his message remains pertinent, and his boisterous, cheeky...
