Mother Finest

Focus here featured virtuoso guitarist Jan Akkerman for the last time, not to work with his long-term writing partner Thijs Van Leer for another ten years. Mother Focus also sees Focus' highly skilled bass player Bert Ruiter try his hand in songwriting. The outcome includes the one of the finest funk tracks on the album – the hilarious "I Need a Bathroom." The album begins with quite possibly the finest track on the album – and maybe the most typical Focus – the titular "Mother Focus." The funky theme underlying the number sets the mood for the rest of the LP with aplomb. Indeed, Mother Focus is far from the usual instrumental material.

Focus here featured virtuoso guitarist Jan Akkerman for the last time, not to work with his long-term writing partner Thijs Van Leer for another ten years. Mother Focus also sees Focus' highly skilled bass player Bert Ruiter try his hand in songwriting. The outcome includes the one of the finest funk tracks on the album – the hilarious "I Need a Bathroom." The album begins with quite possibly the finest track on the album – and maybe the most typical Focus – the titular "Mother Focus." The funky theme underlying the number sets the mood for the rest of the LP with aplomb. Indeed, Mother Focus is far from the usual instrumental material.

Seven years in the making, the official retrospective of one of Somalia's most famous and beloved private bands, Iftin. Digitized from cassettes recorded between 1982 and 1987 at the legendary Al-Uruba hotel's secret studio and the jams for the masses performed in the basement of Somalia's national theater. Banaadiri rhythms from Somalia's south, Mogadishu's finest vocalists, Dhaanto reggae-like guitar licks, and smoldering brass blend seamlessly with the sounds of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to form one of rawest, most cosmopolitan eras of music anywhere. Iftin's Mogadishu is where the world's sounds begin and end.

The unflinching true account of a teenage girl's descent into society's underbelly – and her mother's desperate and ultimately successful attempts to bring her back.

Founded in 2008, the Austrian trio Mother's Cake are set to unleash their third studio album, 'No Rhyme No Reason'. Songs such as first single 'The Killer', 'The Sun' and album opener 'No Rhyme Or Reason' create an immediate impact via an explosive alliance of garage, psych, indie and blues rock, while lengthier sonic excursions such as 'Streetja Man', 'Enemy' and 'H8' delve deeper with elements of psychedelic, progressive and space rock mixed into compelling sound palettes.