Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Typical Sisters splice Tortoise’s rhythmic precision to the trippy deep-space glow of Stones Throw on ‘Grains’

WITH their new album, Love Beam, out in just under three weeks – and following our premiere of their last single, the brightly rhythmic and curious “Recurring Memory” last month…

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Album review: The Holy Family – ‘The Holy Family’: an exultant, double-album trip into innerspace

MASTERFUL psychedelic imprint Rocket Recordings has added another string to its bow with the signing of the hallucinatory collective The Holy Family, whose first album arrives this Friday. And a…

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Album review: Sebastian Plano – ‘Save Me Not’: a portal to a more ecstatic, more ethereal sonic safe space

ARGENTINIAN composer, cellist, and producer Sebastian Plano is set to release his sixth album and his second for one of the blue-chip labels of modern composition, Mercury KX, this Friday;…

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See: Absolutely Free use AI to teach a computer ‘How To Paint Clouds’ with synth-psych glimmer

THE CANADIAN psych trio of Matt King, Mike Claxton and Moshe Rozenberg, who trade in outer- and innerspace as Absolutely Free, have returned ready to scratch a seven-year psych itch; yep,…

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See: The Lathums lift their heads through the gloom to remind us ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be’

WIGAN’S current chosen few ply an irrepressible line in slightly folky indiepop! gems, ripe for a singalong, sweet as chocolate, and they;re inviting you to drift away on a sunny…

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News: Manchester’s legendary Band on the Wall launches a singles club with the lush future soul of Mali Hayes’ ‘Forgive You’

A VENUE legendary across the North-West, with bands gracing its hallowed boards at least since a stage was installed 90 or so years ago (when it was The George &…

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Track: Bronx Slang are wise to wonder what will become of ‘Jane’

FABYL’S no-messin’ duo Bronx Slang have been bringing us the B-boy flow on a regular basis, track by track, news bulletin by news bulletin, across the past few months; dropping…

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Track: Cellist Gaspar Claus begins the imaginary journey of his September debut for InFiné with the day-into-night odyssey of ‘Une Foule’

A FRENCH cellist who sees no genre boundary, having worked with artists as fine and disparate as Sufjan Stevens, The National, Jim O’Rourke, Third Eye Foundation, Efterklang, Pedro Soler (his…

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Album review: Birds of Maya – ‘Valdez’: Philly stoners come back for your greasy, sexy soul after eight long years

PHILADELPHIA is a city that knows how to properly rock, dirt under its nails, filthy fuckin’ fuzz in its heart. With the news that Philly headz Bardo Pond are getting…

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Track: Dr Joy – ‘Signed, The Body Electric’: a meeting of Toronto minds spills out in psych technicolour

DR JOY is a meeting of minds on the vivacious Toronto psych scene, comin’ atcha with a dose of technicolour sonic blur to administer aurally in their debut single, “Signed…

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