John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: TINGO – ‘Medvind Modvind’: Naturally flowing Nordic jazz-folk which shimmers with a fresh perspective.

Nordic Jazz has always created spaciousness, the musician’s engrained connection to their homeland landscape and climate always seeping through no matter what direction they are taking. From Garbarek to Bobo…

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Album Review: Slough – ‘Slough’: All the way from Kitchener, power pop and scuzzy rock get a spirited refresh.

We Are Busy Bodies partner label Having Fun hit the ground running by unleashing a blast of unfettered new indie rock last year from the likes of Absolute Losers and…

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Album Review: Kali Malone – ‘Burning Song’: Gracefully guiding drone and minimalism to new emotional depths.

It’s been seven years since Stockholm-based composer and musician Kali Malone released her landmark ‘The Sacrificial Code’, a recording which not only opened wider doors for her as an artist…

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Album Review: Andert Tysma – ‘Parallels’: An inspired, restorative walk across the classical/electronic intersection.

Dutch composer/ producer Andert Tysma’s uniquely crafted blend of post-classical, electro-acoustic and electronic music has always seemed fascinated with how and who we are. His soundscapes come peopled with stories…

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Album Review: Braff/Eldh/König- ‘Outside’: A masterful rhythmic conversation from a stellar euro-jazz trio.

Recorded in a week back in 2020, ‘Outside’ is a brief burst from a stellar trio has thankfully now made it into the daylight. Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff, the project’s…

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Album Review: Echoes Of Zoo – ‘Collective Intelligence’: Stunning post-rock jazz with a world of influences.

Coming out of the bold Belgian jazz scene of the late twenty-tens, Echoes of Zoo seem determined to sustain the vital sonic energy from those days with their third album…

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Album Review: BNNT & Radwan Ghazi Moumneh – ‘A Faithful Daughter’: A sobering experimental rock statement for today and beyond.

Recorded in 2018, BNNT & Radwan Ghazi Moumneh’s ‘A Faithful Daughter’ has not so much been gathering dust on the studio shelves as fermenting while time passes. It may be…

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Album Review: Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth- ‘Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth’: bringing something singular to the ambient country soundscape.

Michael Ruth aka Rich Ruth has been at the hub of Nashville’s more experimental fringe for a while now. You may have caught him live as part of Spencer Cullum’s…

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Album Review: Helen – ‘Linda’s Head’: So much more than a retro reminder, Grouper and co refresh the shoegazing soundscape.

It may be over a decade since dream-pop shoegazers Helen first shimmered into view with ‘The Original Faces’ but their follow-up, ‘Linda’s Head’, shouldn’t be seen as a come-back album.…

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Album Review: Also Steve Bates – ‘An Infinite Antenna’: switching wavelengths and finding another dazzling electronic charge.

Montreal-based sound artist and musician Also Steve Bates seems to thrive on setting himself challenges. For his 2022 debut for Constellation, ‘All The Things That Happen’ he focused on the…

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