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Chris Sawle

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Sometime scribe and inveterate crate-digger, adoring all things C86, psych, soundtrack, breakbeat, electronica and post-rock from the toe of West Cornwall.
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TRACK: Liam Bailey – ‘Champion (Remix)’ feat. Black Thought: Roots man reprises for Notts reggae star

  • October 2, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
NOTTINGHAM’S Liam Bailey, who’s dropped some excellent singles throughout the summer ahead of the release of his forthcoming third album, Ekundayo, for New York’s cooler-than-you’ll-ever-be Big Crown, has shared a…
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NEWS: Short film celebrating ‘Smokers Delight’ quarter-century premieres at 4pm today

  • October 1, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
AN ABSOLUTE stone(d) classic when it was released, up there with Massive Attack’s Blue Lines, Tricky’s Maxinquaye and Portishead’s Dummy as providing the heady downbeatz for a generation, it’s something…
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NEWS: Leron Thomas to stream his new album live from Rough Trade – with a very Pop-ular guest

  • October 1, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
THE HOUSTON-born, NYC-resident jazz musician Leron Thomas, who’s dropped some superb, intelligent and eclectic funky tracks right across this year, is celebrating the release of his new album, More Elevator…
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NEWS: World of Echo launches label with Mutabor! 12″ repress – hear a track

  • October 1, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
LONDON’S excellent World of Echo record shop, out on Columbia Road in E2, has taken the step from not just stocking an excellently curated selection of records, but issuing them…
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MEET: Donald Johnson and Martin Moscrop of A Certain Ratio, on the release of ‘ACR Loco’

  • October 1, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
A CERTAIN RATIO, overlords of multifaceted Mancunian funk, have been with us now an incredible 43 years: hard to believe, isn’t it? They were the first artists to release a…
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TRACK: Keep Dancing Inc – ‘No Milkshakes In Hell’: tough-edged new wave synth-sweep

  • October 1, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
KEEP DANCING INC are breaking out of the French alternative scene armed with a line in synthy post-punk fire. They’re barely in their twenties but the now-trio – we’ll come…
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TRACK: Yo La Tengo share the warm hush of ‘Bleeding’ from their new EP

  • October 1, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
AWW, YO LA TENGO, when they’re on (sleepy) fire, you just have to adore them; and they really are, right now. They’ve just shared a second song from their forthcoming…
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SEE: Red Rum Club’s ‘The Elevation’: brassy pop for the blue-tick age

  • September 30, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
AS THE rain starts to wrap us in autumn, at least Liverpudlian sextet Red Rum Club are here to bring a little thoughtful pop sunshine. Today they’ve dropped a video…
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PREMIERE: Fixtures – ‘Five Ft One, Six Ft Ten’: proper scruffy, shredding alt.guitar pop like they used to make

  • September 30, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
BROOKLYN five-piece Fixtures know how to do a ridiculously fun guitar pop rush. Really, they do. They’ve just signed on the dotted with Spain’s Bobo Integral, and will be releasing…
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SEE: Quantic – ‘Theme From Selva’: vinyl to follow, Selva label comp announced

  • September 30, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
WILL HOLLAND, the Brooklyn-based, British-born musician who dazzles us with his absolute nous in a array of deeply danceable styles, has announced a twin celebration for the first anniversary of…
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