Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

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TRACK: Tree Trunks – ‘Reaction’: elegant synthpop for a lovers’ summer

LONDON outfit Tree Trunks have been around for a little while now, nibbling at pristine pop, picking up airplay, seducing the ears. There’s been four singles in the past couple…

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NEWS: Screamadelica star Denise Johnson has died

MORE sad news from the world of music: it has been reported that Mancunian soul voice extraordinaire Denise Johnson has died unexpectedly at the age of 56. She began her…

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TRACK: A quintet from Bill Callahan with ‘The Mackenzies’: not a dry eye in the house

IT’S become a lovely little start-of-the-week tradition through the dead centre of this mournful summer: the Monday teasing of another new Bill Callahan track ahead of September’s Gold Record. And…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ian Skelly – ‘Drifter’s Skyline’: Coral man takes a country-psych sabbatical

THEY came rushing off the Wirral back in 2002 – was it really that long ago now? – with the woozy and seductive psych shanties of “Dreaming Of You” and…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Dmitry Evgrafov – ‘Surrender’: fashioning post-classical into new shapes

FATCAT’S boutique 130701 imprint is neck and neck with Erased Tapes as the stable of the sometimes rarified, always immensely listenable world of modern- and post-classical; especially the piano-based end…

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NEWS: Doves announce UK dates for 2021, reveal Comet is Coming remix

MUCH-loved Mancunian trio Doves have announced a UK tour for 2021. Jimi and the boys will include a homecoming at Manchester’s O2 Apollo, Brixton Academy and Glasgow Barrowlands visits among the…

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SEE: Matmos’s ‘No Concept’: boundary-pushing collagists return

THEY’VE been quietly toying with our minds for many years now, Matmos: like the doll at the back of the wardrobe which, blessed with life, just twitches and stirs enough…

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TRACK: The Still Brothers – ‘The Deep’: uplifting jazz breaks for yo feet and yo soul

HOXTON’S Lewis Recordings know a little about a mighty fine groove when they hear one. And the home of artists such as DJ Yoda and Edan has been out there…

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ALBUM REVIEW: William Tyler – ‘Music From First Cow’: chiming soundtrackery from Tennessee gent

IT SHOULDN’T really come as a surprise to anyone who has followed William Tyler’s solo career, or heard him give the background to any of his seductive, chiming guitar odysseys, that…

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TRACK: Milky Wimpshake’s tweepunk starburst ‘You Make A Nice Piece Of Art’ leads for October LP

IF YOU like your indiepop punky and proud, erudite and bearing a manifesto – yeah, like it used to – then Newcastle’s Milky Wimpshake should so be on your shopping…

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