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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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NEWS: Spiers & Boden are back! Live stream tonight

  • August 31, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
NOW that’s a brilliant turn-up for the books as summer sadly wanes; Spiers & Boden, the folk duo of John and Jon who announced they were splitting up back in…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Skinshape – ‘Umoja’: a fine interweaving of Afro-Anglo guitar pop

  • August 31, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
DORSET-born Will Dorey is a man with a far-reaching, eclectic musical vision, which he gives to the world via the medium of his recording alias Skinshape. He’s a fellow traveller…
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TRACK: El Ten Eleven – ‘Shimmered’: yearning and dynamic postrock from their upcoming triple

  • August 31, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
EL TEN ELEVEN have really pushed the boat out on their soon-coming latest, Tautology: it’s a massive, conceptual triple set, predicated on a disc each representing youth, middle, and old…
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Marble Mammoth – ‘Have The Sun Lick Your Mind’: big Swedish rock shapes

  • August 30, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
COMING atcha out of Stockholm, Marble Mammoth have an interesting thing goin’ on, mining in that space somewhere between harder edged psych and classic hard rock like Led Zep –…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Bill Callahan – ‘Gold Record’: Bill pans for nuggets and strikes again

  • August 30, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
BILL CALLAHAN. Question: can you imagine a world where we don’t have his grace, his eye for the humanity of the everyday, his profound bass-voiced grace, those songwriting abilities. Scary…
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Track: Palace Winter – ‘Won’t Be Long’: intelligent synthpop duo trail their third LP; tour dates

  • August 30, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
PALACE WINTER, the Australian-Danish duo comprised of lead singer and guitarist Carl Coleman and classically trained pianist and producer Caspar Hesselager, are leading up to their upcoming third long player…
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TRACK: Natty Wylah – ‘Cinders’: atmospheric and sharp North London rhymes

  • August 29, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
NATTY WYLAH, the north-of-the-Thames lyricist who’s been carving out a reputation over the past year or so with single drops like the musically laidback but lexically bold and proud “WHOAMI”…
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TRACK: Lizette & Quevin -‘Talk To Me’: another Sunny classic given the finest of rerubs

  • August 29, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
BIG CROWN. It’s a helluva label, period, is the Brooklyn purveyor of retro excellence to capture yo’ heart. It’s the kinda imprint you could swoon for; don’t believe me? Take…
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The Green Child – ‘Low Desk: High Shelf’: seductive synth-psych trails the new LP – maybe avoid the picnic

  • August 29, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
THE GREEN CHILD is the musical avatar of Mikey Young and Raven Mahon, who met, hung out and started to spark when their previous respective bands – Mikey’s Australian synth…
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SEE: Dennis Ferrer – ‘Sunny Days’: bringing the togetherness groove for Defected

  • August 29, 2020
  • Chris Sawle
THE PRODIGAL son returns; after an absence of more than four years – since the release of “Right Thing”, back in June 2016 – intelligent house music legend Dennis Ferrer…
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