Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

TRACK: Fjord boy Kristian Grostad debuts with widescreen ‘Feels Lighter’

KRISTIAN GROSTAD is a fjordgutten – a “fjord boy”. Hailing from Steinkjer on the craggy Norwegian west coast, an eight-hour drive from Oslo, Kristian grew up in a musical household…

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NEWS: Margo Price’s third gets July date: watch a taster

JULY 10th will finally see Margo Price’s hotly anticipated third studio album, That’s How Rumors Get Started, hit the shelves. With its original release date of May 8th trashed by…

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TRACK: Internet Death’s ‘NOT YOUR DOG’ is industrial gabba fury

CHARTING the times we are in, with all the fear, anger, hostility and frustration inherent, is something of a mission for Finlay Anderson – the man behind those purveyors of…

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SEE: The Close Lobsters have still got the guitar shimmer nailed – ‘Godless’

STRAIGHT outta Paisley on the back of the C86 guitar pop wave, Close Lobsters were a little unfortunate to fly under the radar compared to some of their contemporaries. The…

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SEE: Sally Anne Morgan spins fine Appalachian Thread for Thrill Jockey

STEPPING out on her own after underpinning the work of acclaimed fellow travellers such as Appalachian purists The Black Twig Pickers, it’s time for Sally Anne Morgan to take a…

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SEE: unsettling Aberdeenshire folk noir from Fair Mothers

A TREMULOUS, held guitar note, fed through fuzz and vibrato, with the raw quality of a wire fence shuddering in the wind; a darkly delicate piano arpeggio, as if remembered…

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SEE: Turin’s Cijan set out their postrock manifesto with “Homecoming”

HAILING from the northern Italian city of Turin, Cijan are quickly making a name for their themselves on the domestic scene. Their debut longform set, REA-0919, was released last year;…

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SAY PSYCH: Allah-Las’ man gives solo career a lick of Paint

HAVING cut his teeth as a songwriter and guitarist in LA garage-psych evangelists Allah-Las, Pedrum Siadatian is stepping outside the fold for a second time with recordings under his Paint…

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SEE: bathed in black and red: Tally Spear’s new single, ‘Already Gone’

LONDON-based darkpop songstress Tally Spear has released the video for her third single, “Already Gone”, the footage for which was entirely self-shot and edited during the current lockdown. None-more 2020…

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SEE: Dub Pistols lay a positive vibe with legend Rhoda ahead of autumn LP

BREAKZ and bass old hands the Dub Pistols have announced the release of their eighth studio album, Addict, which Sunday Best Recordings will unleash on the dancefloor on September 11.…

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