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The best albums of 2026 so far

From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9

Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt: Almost Waking review – cellist and guitarist unite for tender harmonies and torrid tangles

The Guatemalan newcomer and US veteran find striking common ground on an intimate collaboration full of agitation, complexity and uncanny chemistry

The Guardian - UK · May 22

Add to playlist: the dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week’s best new tracks

This hyped anonymous duo match the oddness of their costumes with shredding metal, microtonal flourishes and Dalek-style vocals

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13

Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes review – rich, rewarding, spellbinding music from a true original

The full-blooded and emotionally driven fourth solo album from the avant garde pop cellist is abundantly melodic, constantly surprising and unequivocally fantastic

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024

‘Doubt is exciting’: cellist Mabe Fratti on chaos, curiosity and climbing volcanoes

An acclaimed new voice in experimental music, the Guatemalan cellist swapped scaling literal and creative peaks for a more exploratory mindset, finding community and fertile collaborations in Mexico City’s improv scene

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023

Titanic: Vidrio review – joyous Mexico City duo are unbounded by genre

Somewhere between jazz and chamber pop, multi-instrumentalist Hector Tosta pairs a dizzying variety of sound with Mabe Fratti’s strings and vocals

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

On my radar: Oneohtrix Point Never’s cultural highlights

The experimental musician and producer on a mind-blowing Guatemalan cellist, the joys of ‘smear frames’ in old-school animated films and his favourite brand of vegan caviar

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023

5 great Latin albums of 2022 (not by Bad Bunny or Rosalía)

After five years of Latin music's meteoric ascent in the American mainstream, it's hardly surprising — at least to anyone paying attention — that Bad Bunny and Rosalía's exhilarating new albums have eclipsed even the most popular Anglophone artists of today. While the Puerto Rican heartthrob's summer smash, "Un Verano…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022

Mabe Fratti: Se Ve Desde Aquí review – cathartic and powerful experimentation

The Guatemalan musician layers soft vocals and jarring textures to create a direct and forceful new tone

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022