T BIRD & THE BREAKS: T Bird & The Breaks LP
STONE MONKEY
08/03/2026
If the music scene were a meritocracy, Texas band T Bird & The Breaks would have received their dues long ago. Veterans of three excellent
MICHELLE DAVID & THE TRUE-TONES: Soul Woman LP
STONE MONKEY
28/02/2026
The quality of the singles in the run-up to the release of Soul Woman, Michelle David & The True Tones’ second LP for Record Kicks
MICHELLE DAVID & THE TRUE-TONES: Golden Sun
STONE MONKEY
25/02/2026
With LP Soul Woman dropping at the end of the week, their surely couldn’t be time for one more Michelle David & The True-Tones single
BROTHER WALLACE: Gone With The Wind
STONE MONKEY
24/02/2026
On new single Gone With The Wind, Brother Wallace seemingly pays homage to The Four Tops’ Sugar Pie Honey Bunch with a piano chord motif
ANNAMÁRIA D’ALMEIDA: History Repeating (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
24/02/2026
Actually not a cover of The Propellerheads’ Shirley Bassey-featuring 90s affair of the same name, Annamária D’Almeida’s History Repeating nonetheless shares a similarly 60s retro-vibe
MARCO BENEVENTO: Frizzante/ Turandot (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
23/02/2026
The latest Big Crown signing is multi-instrumentalist and sometime El Michels Affair keyboardist Marco Benevento and his debut for the label is this 45 featuring
MUNGO’S HI FI X AZIZA JAYE: That Thing EP
STONE MONKEY
23/02/2026
As anyone with even a passing interest in reggae will know, the genre has a long tradition of taking hits from other genres and re-imagining
SMOOVE: Paid In Pounds b/w Ghetto (WACK RECORDS 29)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
15/02/2026
There’s double Eric B & Rakim remix action from Berry Geordie here as Smoove applies his production magic to both Paid In Full and In
LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL 2026: Friday 2nd April – Saturday 4th April
STONE MONKEY
15/02/2026
It’s the run-up to The London International Ska Festival once again with just over a month and a half to go until Easter weekend 2026
SMOOVE: Push It Good b/w Scandalized Lifetime (WACK RECORDS 28)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
10/02/2026
The start of the monkey’s year seems to have been characterised by two things thus far: 1) – a near constant onslaught of rain and