Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

SEE: Emma Swift’s gorgeous ‘Queen Jane Approximately’

AUSTRALIAN chanteuse, Nashville resident and partner of Robyn Hitchcock, Emma Swift has saddled up to ride into your hearts with the video for her cover of Dylan’s “Queen Jane Approximately.” …

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NEWS: Horsemeat Disco get back on the floor with Kathy Sledge

GLITTERBOX, Defected’s boutique disco imprint inspired by the Ibiza club night of the same name, has released a second collaborative single by the Horse Meat Disco boys and Sister Sledge…

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TRACKS: Hear Mattiel take on The Clash and the Beasties

HEAVENLY Recordings’ retro rock singer Mattiel has released a brace of lockdown covers, with both tracks contributing to the NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) defence…

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TRACKS: The Shacks – ‘Smile Now, Cry Later’/Brainstory – ‘Runaway’: crate-diggin’ deliciousness

BROOKLYN-based crate-diggers’ delight Big Crown Records has been keeping searchers of the groove content since 2016. A couple of years back, it compiled and curated the music of Sunny &…

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SEE: Black Marble’s take on Wire’s ‘In Manchester’; covers EP to follow

BLACK MARBLE, the recording alias of American east-coast Anglophile Chris Stewart, has released a video for his take on Wire’s “In Manchester”, ahead of a covers EP next month. The…

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NEWS: John Carpenter releases new songs; coloured vinyl in August

EERIE soundtrack overlord John Carpenter has released a brace of new songs digitally ahead of a dizzying array of vinyl options in late August. The two songs, “Skeleton” and “Unclean…

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TRACK: Bill Callahan reveals second from ‘Gold Record’

AS GOOD as his word, “just like the responsible, trustworthy father you wish you always had” (it says here), Drag City’s premiere gravelly voided heartbreaker Bill Callahan has released the…

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EP REVIEW: The Ricos – ‘Spirit State’

PHILADELPHIA’S languid, lofi outfit The Ricos is the brainchild of artist Joseph (Joe) B. Purcell. The band rose from the ashes of Purcell’s past projects with the intention to provide…

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NEWS: Tom Meighan departs Kasabian

A SHOCK announcement has come at the top end of the indie music world, with a statement being issued to the effect that vocalist Tom Meighan has left Kasabian “by…

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NEWS: Soundtrack legend Ennio Morricone has died

ITALIAN soundtrack scion Ennio Morricone has died, aged 91, in his birth city of Rome. Morricone’s life almost took an entirely different path: a talented footballer, he signed for his…

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