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ALBUM REVIEW: Jim Ghedi – ‘In The Furrows Of Common Place’: a bold, proud album of working class folk

In The Furrows Of Common Place is a bold and proud album of working class folk. It bears witness with an unflinching melodious anger - it's the first essential album of 2021

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ALBUM REVIEW: John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas and Greg Coates – ‘Witch Egg’

There's so many ideas in Witch Egg, from so many genres and eras: mod, krautrock, free jazz, even acid jazz; they're arrived at, explored at once, captured, moved on from. It speaks much of the restless creativity at the heart of this, John Dwyer. It's quite a journey for a fringe music head

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EP: VayFlor – Too Far Gone

From the relatively young dance label ‘Somma’, comes their next EP ‘Too Far Gone’, from producer VayFlor and features two original tracks and a remix. Deep, Melodic or Progressive House,…

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Album Review: Still Corners release the majestic album “The Last Exit”: a magical journey of mystery, romance and isolation.

In ‘The Last Exit’, Still Corners have perfectly captured a magical ethereal desert landscape in the spacious layers of their songs. Crystal sharp guitars, soaked in reverb and mystery, punctuate…

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Album Review: Buck Meek – Two Saviors

Big Thief guitarist presents a new album of (mostly) quiet Americana lullabies

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ALBUM REVIEW – POM POKO – CHEATER.

Pom Poko were first brought to Backseat Mafia’s attention early last year when they released their single “Praise” from their debut album Birthday released in 2019. Since then, they’ve been…

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ALBUM REVIEW – FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY – MECHANICAL SOUL

My Spotify Wrapped for 2020 showed that I listened to a lot of Fear Factory throughout the year. A lot – an obscene amount. What’s always been fascinating about the…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Mueller – ‘Family Secret’: an immersive drone palimpsest

Family Secret is a journey of deep interiority: it's implicit that it be served fresh, after dark, suitably lit with no distractions. Clever, eerie and beautiful, it's an album that will continue to reward you

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