Tag Archives: 2006 in Bristol

Malachai certainly are a cryptic, capricious, Bristol-based duo whose perplexing, structurally erratic cut-and-paste tracks keep the unmistakable imprint of basic late-’60s/early-’70s British rock and roll — psychedelia, prog, heavy blues, and white-boy garage-soul — stitched as well as traces of trip-hop, hip-hop, dub, Krautrock, and more. Similarly impudent within their …

Even though commercial ascendance of rock and roll & move virtually eradicated traditional jazz from British radio, bandleader Tommy Watt was the exception towards the rule, having a mainstream profile elevated in large part because of the uniform brilliance of his crack supporting unit, highlighted by tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes, …