Arcade Fire's Win Butler promised Reflektor would sound like a mix of "Studio 54 and Haitian Vodou," prompting calls of cultural appropriation. Now, he co-owns a Haitian restaurant and fuses American pop and Haitian konpa as DJ Windows 98. Haitian music nerd David Henderson traces Butler's Haiti obsession back to its source
Facilitator for some of the most influential names in music, and one of the most overlooked forces in left-field British sound, Annie Hogan picks out the seven-inch records that shaped her childhood, and sowed the seeds for a remarkable career
At the sixth edition of Portugal's Semibreve — with performances from Laurel Halo, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Jonathan Saldanha — Mat Colegate finds a festival not without its cathartic frenzy, but with a unique and refined focus, inviting its audience to really experience what's in front of them