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Track: The Blinders- ‘Black Glass’
THE BLINDERS’ latest track, “Black Glass”, is a seamlessly evolving, six-minute behemoth, is the final single to be featured from their upcoming album. The track begins tantalisingly slowly, before lead vocalist Thomas Haywood’s commanding “Black Glass” cry is subsequently offset by a parry of jolting lead guitar. The pace then catapults into a violent and …
TRACK: Darkstar unveil remix 12″ with Loraine James cut
AIDEN WHALLEY and James Young, better known to IDM heads as Darkstar, have a proper work ethic. Not content to rest on the laurels of last month’s Civic Jams set, their fourth LP for Warp and fifth of their career, they’ve released a Loraine James’ mix of “Wolf” from the album as a teaser for …
SEE: Guided by Voices’ ‘Haircut Sphinx’
THERE’S every chance that by the time you’ve finished reading this sentence Guided By Voices will have recorded and released their next three albums, such is their legendary work ethic and productivity. I don’t recall reading a single feature on Robert Pollard which hasn’t focused on this incredible feat of industriousness (107 albums and counting); …
Track: Erland Cooper – A Nightingale Sings Outside Our Window
To highlight Mental Health week; BBC Radio 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins invited composer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper to write a piece of music that highlights how music and sound can help our mental health. The finished track features field recordings by 6 Music listeners made whilst in lockdown, Paul Weller, Galya Bisengalieva (Solo Violin), Robert …
Track: Lianne La Havas – Can’t Fight And Announces Exclusive Worldwide Live Show From London Roundhouse July 15th
Soulful Lianne La Havas is back to fill our ears with joy with her new track ‘Cant Fight’, taken from her self titled album, due 17th July via Warner Music Group. Co-written and produced by Mura Masa – ‘Can’t Fight’ is a beautifully crafted ode to the push-pull of a relationship that is struggling to find its …
Track: Aidan Knight – Rolodex
Singer songwriter Aidan Knight is sharing his second single ‘Rolodex’, taken from his forthcoming self-titled album, due 28 August via Full Time Hobby. Aidan explains, “It’s a song exploring my intrusive thoughts about relationships and divorce and having kids. What a dark thing to worry about and wonder about and write a song about. I find it’s …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Spectacular Diagnostics
Producer and creator of instrumental hip hop, Spectacular Diagnostics, just dropped his latest instrumental LP, thebeautifulmusic. Backseat Mafia is fortunate to host him for this week’s episode of Behind the Boards. The Chicago-based artist mixes and mashes a variety of sounds for the new record, to create a jazzy and dusty collection of songs that …
TRACK: It’s Monday, it’s a beautiful third from Bill Callahan – ’35’
IT’S MONDAY: we’re in the groove now, and we know to expect a little nugget from Bill Callahan, as he previews September’s Gold Record track by track on a weekly basis. The third to be released in this way has everything you need from him. “I can’t see myself in the books I read / …
Track: Jazz Supergroup Dinner Party Share New Single Sleepless Nights (feat Phoelix)
Dinner Party, the incomparable new supergroup consisting of Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder, has released their much anticipated, self-titled debut album Dinner Party, out today on Terrace Martin’s Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE. Coinciding with this news is the release of the group’s new animated music video for the album’s second single and intro track, “Sleepless Nights” featuring Chicago vocalist Phoelix. …
Premiere: Mindset – I Still Use Ur Netflix
Recently we premiered Columbia, South Carolina artist Mindset’s single ‘Breakfast in Bed’, this Britton Rauscher produced synth heavy track, that when the chance came to also premiere the follow up, ‘I still use Netflix’, we jumped on it. Of the track, Mindset says “The title “i still use ur netflix” came to me before writing …