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TRACKS: Power of Attorney – ‘Changing Man’: super-rare jailbird funk 7″ gets a reissue
NOW here’s an extremely sexy 7″ reissue for the scarce groove crate-diggers out there: Philadelphia’s Brewerytown Beats imprint has reissued the ultra-rare single that Power of Attorney released for Nicetown in 1973, “Changing Man”/ “I’m Just Your Clown”, with all four extra tracks cut at the same sessions to follow, none of which have been …
Track: Bradford return with first new music in three decades with ‘Like Water’
We (well, I..) here at Backseat Mafia have loved Bradford for a long time. So the excitement generated by the bands first new material in over three decades here at our offices (my kitchen) has generated a palpable sense of excitement. Numbering original members Ian H. (vocals) and Ewan Butler (guitar) joined by the producer …
SEE: Neil Cowley’s ‘Eureka Pulse’: solo piano grace from new triptych of EPs
NEIL COWLEY is someone who has lived and breathed music his whole life. He took on a Shostakovich piano concerto at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall at the age of 10; not so many years later he developed a reputation as a go-to pianist and keyboardist in British funk, working with Zero 7, Gabrielle and The …
TRACK: Cardiacs release previously unheard track, ‘Vermin Mangle’
CARDIACS have shared a poignant farewell in the form of a previously unreleased song. “Vermin Mangle” was shared to mark the funeral of bandleader Tim Smith, who died in July aged 59. Along with the new song, the band shared a touching tribute: “Of stars and planets,of darkness and light,of all universal energies issues forththe …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Bei Ru
And we back… Bei Ru, the Los Angeles based musician, beat maker and budding vocalist, has been making interesting and compelling music since the early oughts. In 2010, he raided his parents collection of Armenian pop music and released his first full-length, Little Armenia (L.A.), a funky amalgam of hip hop beats and Middle Eastern …
See: Maxïmo Park return with new track ‘Child of the Flatlands’ and visual art piece
After a gap of four years, Maxïmo Park have returned with a new track, Child Of the Flatlands, and an accompanying visual art piece from experimental designer, visual artist, and recent Daniel Avery collaborator Greg Hodgson. Casting its lyrical net into the waters of urban life, surrounded, indeed often overtaken by the persistent grip of …
Track: Sally Anne Morgan releases ‘Polly On The Shore’
It’s getting mighty crowded in the psych-folk district right now. So to stand out you need that little something else … enter Sally Anne Morgan. A fiddler, banjo player and vocalist with a growing reputation as a member of the Black Twig Pickers and the duo House and Land, the time is so right for …
Track: Kasperi Sarikoski releases ‘Wide Lanes’ ahead of new album
The trombonist – always the bridesmaid, the ugly duckling – you sometimes wonder where jazz would be if Miles or Coltrane were trombone players. Sure the big band era had its fair share of t-bone wielding leaders, JJ Johnson showed the slider could rip up be-bop’s rule book and more recently Trombone Shorty has delivered …
Track: Melbourne psychedelic pop outfit Sunfruits share ‘Bonsoy’
There must be hallucinogens in the Australian waters as the newest wave of psychedelic acts coming from the land down under continues to sweep across the international shores. A whole kaleidoscopic cocktail of glorious acts have emerged over the recent year including the likes of Bananagun, Lazy Eyes, Dear Doonan, Leah Senior, Badgers, Kimono Drag Queens, Luke …
NEWS: Quest Ensemble’s ‘The Other Side’ finally gets vinyl release
QUEST ENSEMBLE, the British trio comprised of pianist Filipe Sousa, cellist Tara Franks and violinist Preetha Narayanan, are finally releasing their warmly evocative LP The Other Side on vinyl this Friday, September 18th. With bottlenecks in vinyl pressing yet another of the many-headed hydra of consequences of the corona virus, the vinyl arrives for purchase …