James Kilkenny, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Luca Yupanqui – Sounds of the Unborn

The proportion of ‘firsts’ occurring in music (experimental or otherwise) would, in all likelihoood, greatly diminish over time. However, it may also be likely that other sources could blow open…

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See: Slow Dance Records signs Aga Ujma, releasing new visuals for ‘In The Ocean’

Polish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aga Ujma has signed to Slow Dance Records, the first single for which was released today. Ujma uses seemingly disparate influences and instruments – her incredibly…

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Album review: DJINN’s ‘Transmission’ commands an increasingly colourful palette

Transmission perfectly commands an increasingly colourful palette, an enriching conduit to what could be termed DJINN’s equally chasmic sound

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News: Stephen Malkmus’ cover of Can’s ‘Ege Bamyasi’ released online

CAN’S psychedelic-krautrock classic Ege Bamyasi – the record which seismically shifted the current and future musical landscape many times over, and which further cemented the band’s status in the Krautrock…

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Track: Matt Berry releases psychedelic gem ‘Abroad’ alongside album details

Matt Berry has celebrated a decade being signed with groundbreaking, eclectic record label Acid Jazz, as well as marking his subsequent album, via his new single ‘Abroad’. The ever-prolific musician/actor…

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Live Review: Black Country, New Road at the Southbank Centre

BC, NR's performance at London’s Southbank Centre was as much of a dense and vivid visual spectacle as it was an aural one: the album’s entirety given new life in a gorgeous live setting, whilst newer tracks were also displayed beautifully.

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Premiere: Urdog release visuals to the space psych of ‘Eyelid of Moon’

Urdog- a band whose lifespan may have been somewhat transient, yet whose mysterious, mercurial musical force perforated for eons- originally released and performed their mantric form of viscous, “spacey psych”…

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News: Iceage announce fifth album, ‘Seek Shelter’, with ‘Vendetta’

A SIMMERING, fervid forge of modern post-punk, Copenhagen’s Iceage have unravelled in unexpected and thrilling fashion since their 2011 iconic debut. Forthcoming album Seek Shelter, as glimpsed previously with Holding…

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EP REVIEW: Årabrot – ‘The World Must Be Destroyed’ EP review; an album follows

A SURPRISE EP was released by the Norwegian band Årabrot, the duo of Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park, a few weeka ago, featuring a striking roster of guest musicians: Dana…

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See: The video for Luca Yupanqui’s ‘V4.3 pt.2’, genuine womb music

MAKING history as the “first album created by a person while they were still inside the womb”, the creation of Luca Yupanqui’s music was aided by her parents – her…

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