Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

NEWS: Lewsberg unveil new 7″, video, UK tour dates

ROTTERDAM lofi darlings Lewsberg are poised to make a three-pronged assault on your expectant guitarpop consciousnesses. First out, the band have announced the release of a new 7”: a new…

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SEE: The Streets’ new single ‘I Wish You Loved You …’

Mike Skinner has released the video for new track “I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him” – the second track to be trailed from his forthcoming…

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SEE: Fuzzbox re-enter the fray with X-Ray Spex cover

BIRMINGHAM’S bubblegum punk legends We’ve Got a Fuzzbox And We’re Going To Use It are back – with a shiny reimagining of the X-Ray Spex classic “I Can’t Do Anything”. …

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SEE: Appendix back in: Alasdair Roberts revisits his roots

ACROSS a trio of albums for Drag City leading into the 21st century – The Rye Bears A Poison, Daylight SavIng and The Night Is Advancing, Callander’s Appendix Out made…

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SEE: Archers of Loaf shuffle forward a new 7″

THE BEST made plans of mice and men: this year has seen everyone’s diary go into the shredder. US alt.rock mainstays Archers of Loaf are no exception. With Record Store…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jetstream Pony – ‘Jetstream Pony’

FOR those who study the form, Sussex/Surrey four-piece Jetstream Pony are serious indie thoroughbreds. Four singles under their belts (should that be their harness?) the band’s self-titled debut LP is…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Built to Spill – ‘Play the Songs of Daniel Johnston’

DANIEL JOHNSTON’S story is, of course, one of the saddest, yet heartening, to come out of the US indie underground. Taken from us too soon last year at the age…

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SEE: Standard Fare’s Emma Kupa returns with folksy gem ‘Nothing At All’

EMMA KUPA has been something of British indiepop’s best-kept secret this past decade. Starting out in North Derbyshire trio Standard Fare, who released two albums of cracking, bouncy guitar pop,…

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SEE: The Blinders up the darkness on ‘Mule Track’

MANCHESTER-based, Doncaster-bred goth-punk outfit The Blinders are back in the fray, with their second album in the can – and their latest single “Mule Track” is a dark thrust into…

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SEE: M83’s Jordan Lawlor steps out on his own with J. Laser EP

FORMERLY a member of French shoegazers-turned synth-wielding dreampop angels M83, Jordan Lawlor has stepped outside the fold with a bright new EP, J Laser, due for release on June 26th.…

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