Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

ALBUM REVIEW: Leeches – ‘Easy’: big up the West Country stoner vibe

SPEAKING as a West Country lad myself, it comes as no surprise, with all the plaudits and freewheelin’ fertility surrounding the harder end of the Antipodean jam-psych scene – led…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Check Masses – ‘Nightlife’

FOR MY money, Edinburgh is the most beautiful first-division city in these isles. Its architecture, its hills, its views north and east over silvered cold seas. And, god, the culture.…

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SEE: AK/DK’s ‘Shared Particles’ leads for third LP

BRIGHTON’S double-drum synth groove assassins AK/DK are back in the (twin) saddle, and have shared a video for “Shared Particles” (watch below) as a taster for album number three, which…

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TRACK: Suburban Living – ‘Indigo Kids’: halcyon dreampop uplift

WITH an album in the can for EggHunt Records, the Virginia label best known for bringing Lucy Dacus to the attention of the music world, Philly’s dreampoppers Suburban Living look…

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News: Jonathan Richman’s fourth finally back on vinyl

IT’S NEWS that will raise a cheer from many a fan of quirky and plain damn lovely songcraft. Boutique reissue specialist Craft Recordings is to repress Jonathan Richman’s fourth solo…

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SEE: The Orielles’ ‘7th Dynamic Goo’ gets animated

HALIFAX’S finest, indie-funksters The Orielles, have released a brilliant animation to accompany “7th Dynamic Goo”, from their second LP, Disco Volador. The video was directed by Berlin-based Stacie Ant. The…

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NEWS: first of PJ Harvey’s Island vinyl reissues announced

UNAVAILABLE for years, bootlegged time and time again, and changing hands for feverish sums often well into the three figures, it’ll come as a relief to many a wax junkie…

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TRACK: Wheelup’s ‘Ndebele’ is full of polyrhythmic goodness

DANNY WHEELER, who creates fine broken beatz for Brighton’s ever-cracking Tru Thoughts as WheelUp, has released a new digital-only four-tracker, The Ndebele EP. Underpinned on a fine jazzy keys vamp,…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Surprise Chef – ‘All News is Good News’

ALL NEWS Is Good News is the debut album by Melbourne instrumental funkmasters Surprise Chef. Originally released in a very limited pressing on the band’s own College Of Knowledge label…

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Her Songs’ ‘Lost A Little’ is a graceful, global soul cut

HER SONGS is a worldwide female collective working across the creative disciplines. The collective consists of London-based Dane Marie Dahlstrom, Brooklyn-based Colombian Dani Murcia,New Zealand-based Emily C Browning, French Londoner…

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