Track: Rural Tapes releases debut single, Pardon my French
As a member of The No Ones, Kjelsrud Mathisen has played alongside R.E.M. members Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck for years. Now he’s going solo for the first time in…
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Jim F
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Founder of Backseat Mafia, obsesser of music, hoarder of records, player of notes, defender of the unheard, ignorer of genre, writer of words, hater of preconceptions.
See: Left Field Messiah release new video for ‘Young Libertine’
You might recognise some of the names in Left Field Messiah. All the protagonists have form, with Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat, Jeremy Ruzumna from Fitz & The Tantrums,…
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See: Sparks release new video for ‘Left Out In The Cold’
Taken from their recent long player ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’, the bothers Mael are back again with a new video for album favourite ‘Left out in the cold’. The…
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Exclusive: The Last Morrell records Picking In Stitches live in session
We’ve already had Yorkshire raised singer-songwriter The Last Morrell in session once before, and it created such a spark that we couldn’t wait to get him back in. Or maybe,…
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Meet: We talk to Stuart A. Staples of Tindersticks on new album ‘Distractions’, lockdown and more
TINDERSTICKS are in danger of becoming a national treasure. After all they’ve (or more pertinently lead figure Stuart A Staples has) since 1991, largely making thought-provoking dark pop and emotive…
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Track: Lou Main releases the melancholic debut, Orchard
Birmingham born, Bristol based singer-songwriter Lou Main has just released his debut single Orchard, the first of a series of releases he’s got planned for 2021. Of his outlook, Lou…
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Rising: We meet brilliant Sheffield quartet Sister Wives ahead of their new release
Those scamps at Delicious Clam always manage to grab our attention, and they’ve struck gold again, signing brilliant Sheffield band Sister Wives to their roster. We’ve already fauned over ‘I…
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Track: Cherym release brilliant new single ‘Kisses On My Cards’
Northern Irish pop-punks Cherym have celebrated signing to Alcopop! Records by releasing a new single, Kisses on my Cards, out right now. The Derry trio released the record just in…
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Premiere: Daniel God Damn Byrom releases new video for the lo-Fi beauty of ‘Apple Bobbing’
Following a compulsion to write songs, Wild Cat Strike frontman Daniel ‘God Damn’ Byrom borrowed a Tascam 8-track tape recorder, and recorded his new EP ‘Live from Dead Tuesday’s’, using…
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Track: Juliana Hatfield releases brilliant new single, Mouthful of Blood
Always moving forward, Juliana Hatfield has kept the open ears of her fans full to busting with her releases which veer between the original (Pussycat, Weird) and covers (..sings Olivia…
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