by Danny Wiser | Dec 28, 2021 | Interviews
Six years on from their previous release, and despite being hampered by the pandemic, Tuvan folk-rockers Yat-Kha delighted fans earlier this year with the release of their most stripped back album to date, We Will Never Die. Fortunate enough to be joined by lead...
by Danny Wiser | Nov 13, 2021 | Reviews
Rocking the boat of dictatorship from the 1980s until today, this Soviet rock record by Kino is not to be ignored… As far as I am concerned, any music that undermines and disrupts the order of the day gets a seal of approval from me; when those powers that be...
by Joel Dwek | May 26, 2021 | Reviews
Rowdy party music with a cynical edge, Russian rockers Leningrad hide a nihilistic message within their upbeat tunes… Russian ska punk rockers Leningrad certainly know how to make some noise. The album title translates to minced meat, and even before you’ve...
by Joel Dwek | Mar 7, 2021 | Reviews
Challenging the stereotypes of their nation, Staritsa have made a folk-electro album with a mission statement… Folk fusion can be a tricky genre to pull off. Folk music, depending on the country of course, can have an image as a stuffy and old-fashioned genre...
by Joel Dwek | Jul 28, 2020 | Reviews
It’s perfectly acceptable bubblegum pop, but can the success of Russian girl band Blestyashchiye tell us anything about the influence of Western culture in modern Russia?… Some of the artists we speak about on here contain multitudes, either in their music...
