THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS: Open The Gate
STONE MONKEY
14/03/2025
It might’ve been a while since we last heard from The Mighty Mocambos but new single Open The Gate resoundingly blows the cobwebs off their
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DANZÓN EL GATO feat. MARINA Y SU MELAO: La Lucha
STONE MONKEY
14/03/2025
Pitched somewhere between funk and hip-hop, La Lucha is the second slice of heavy-hitting Latin action that MB has featured in twenty-four hours. This time
NIGHT OWLS: Hercules (feat. THE LIONS with ALEX DÉSERT) b/w Tell It Like It Is (feat. ASDRU SIERRA)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
13/03/2025
L.A. funky reggay supergroup Night Owls strike gold again on their new 45 (like you expected them to do otherwise!) – the final one in
PYRAMID BLUE: Amal feat. HABIBA CHAOUF b/w La Esperanza (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
13/03/2025
Better known for their Ethio-jazz output, the new 45 from Pyramid Blue delivers an Afro-funk beast (with the emphasis more on the funk than the
LANCE FERGUSON: Swimming Pool
STONE MONKEY
12/03/2025
The wheeze of artist/ musician/ producers creating soundtrack-style music for a film that only ever existed in their heads has developed to the point over
LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL 2025: Thursday 17th April – Easter Sunday 20th April
STONE MONKEY
12/03/2025
You can’t keep a good thing down can you? Now in its thirty-seventh year, 2023’s London International Ska Festival was supposed to have been the
CREATE-A-MESS: The Wreckage LP
STONE MONKEY
07/03/2025
Long overdue some coverage on MB (it’s been out just over a month) is new eight-track hip-hop mini-album The Wreckage from Create-A-Mess a.k.a. Soundsci founder
SMOKE & MIRRORS SOUNDSYSTEM: Return Of The Numbers LP
STONE MONKEY
05/03/2025
It seems like barely any time has elapsed since Smoke & Mirrors Soundsystem dropped last summer’s No. 10 Dubbing Street LP which covered Big Audio
BETTY BLACK & THE FAMILY FORTUNE: Sweet Dreams (SMOOVE Extended Remix)
STONE MONKEY
28/02/2025
His birth name lost in the mists of time, there is a producer known to many as Smoove – even his mum apparently. Famed far
FOLD: In The Goodness Of Time
STONE MONKEY
27/02/2025
Out just last Friday, the latest musical missive from the Fold camp couldn’t be more timely – especially given the speed at which global military-political