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TRACK: El Michels Affair – ‘Dhuaan’/’Sha Na Na’: 60s’ exotica brilliance from Big Crown
BROOKLYN’S Big Crown – well, in short, they’ve only gone and done it again. The label of love which just keeps producing cracking little 7″s for lovers of exotic and retro soul, funk and grooves – in short, the kinda 7″ you only usually find when you’re digging in the crates in your dreams, records …
Track: Steve Arrington releases new track, ‘Soulful I Need That In My Life’
Anticipation is rising amongst devoted funksters as Steve Arrington’s new album ‘Down To The Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions’ is due to drop on 18th September on Stones Throw Records. He’s been away for 10 years after quitting the scene to devote time to the ministry, only to be heard in snatches on samples from …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Nude Party – Cure Is You
The Nude Party are set to return with their second album Midnight Manor on 2 October via New West Records and have just unveiled lead single ‘Cure Is You’. The Nude Party formed while the members were students at North Carolina’s Appalachian State University. After honing their chops through incessant practice at their communal band house, they relocated to a property …
TRACK: Bill Callahan – ‘Ry Cooder’: a track for a legend, the penultimate ‘gold’
WE REALLY are that far down the line toward the end of the summer. Bill Callahan has released a track for Monday for nine consecutive weeks now ahead of Gold Record on September 4th, and we really are that close to autumn. His penultimate single drop comes in the shape of “Ry Cooder”: a meandering …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Dan.Akill
For today’s edition of Behind The Boards, Backseat Mafia travels to France, to speak with the producer and beatmaker, Dan.Akill, of Pani Problem Production, in Gironde. Dan.Akill is a veteran musician who has worked with a variety of artists in the United States and France. In May, Dan.Akill teamed up with the Nigerian emcee LuGhz, …
Track: Pauline Murray reveals new track, ‘Shadow In My Mind’, plus album/tour news
Singer/songwriter and bona fide first wave punk pioneer has never rested on her reputation. From the expansive raw highs of Penetration (the only band who could cover Patti Smith and Buzzcock’s numbers with aplomb) to the glacial song-scapes of the Invisible Girls, she has always been a leader. Steadily building an artistic hub around Polestar …
Track: WaqWaq Kingdom, aka DJ Scotch Egg & KiKi Hitomi, reveal new track – Positive Sound
Japanese electronic royalty Shigeru Ishihara (DJ Scotch Egg / Seefeel) and Kiki Hitomi (ex-King Midas Sound) have teamed up for a new EP, Dokkoisho, under their WaqWaq Kingdom moniker – out on 18th September via Phantom Limb. From it the pair have released a new track, Positive Sound. Dokkoisho is a Japanese word, an informal interjection roughly equivalent to …
See: Pillow Queens reveal new video for Holy Show
Pillow Queens have returned with a brand new video for single ‘Holy Show’, the follow up to the much lauded Handsome Wife which dropped in June and put them firmly on our radar. It’s taken from their album In Waiting, which drops on September 25th via Stargazer Records. Holy Show sucks you in with these …
Track: Michael Rother releases new single, ‘Bitter Tang’
The Krautrock pioneer Michael Rother, one half of the remarkable Neu!, recently released a new single. The new track foreshadows Rother’s new album, to be released later this year, entitled Dreaming. The origins of the album’s material date all the way back to the mid to late 90s, when Rother collaborated with British musician Sophie …
TRACK: Liam Bailey – ‘White Light’: tough-edged reggae soul on Big Crown
BROOKLYN’S Big Crown, those fine curators of great groove nuggets where’er they unearth them, has just dropped a new single in the shape of “White Light” by British soul-reggae diamond Liam Bailey. It’s the second single he’s dropped for Big Crown, following last year’s deep toasting melodies on “Champion” / “Please Love Me Again” 7″; …