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SEE: Lost Horizons feat. Marissa Nadler – ‘Marie’: honeyed sorrow from Bella Union

THE NEW album from Lost Horizons, the project of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas, formerly of 4AD label mates Dif Juz, is a hugely ambitious affair. Not only…

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TRACK: Paris Youth Foundation – ‘The Back Seat’: reaching out for that old flame with stirring guitars

GEARING up for a 2020 round of the festivals in which their music is readymade for cans and arms aloft, Liverpool’s Paris Youth Foundation watched the whole circuit vanish in…

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Meet: We interview North East artist Leddie MC

2020 saw a rebirth of North Easy artist Leddie MC. The year saw her starting again with her music, and gracing us with a new single each month before releasing…

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Track: Leddie MC – They Don’t Make ‘Em Like You (Ft Eve Conway)

To start the year off, North East artist Leddie MC has released a track from her EP ‘Made Of Stone’ which she released last year. (Read our review here) The…

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SEE: Chaz Knapp – ‘My TMJ Pain Might Be An Abscess’: all hail the warm organ drune

DALLAS’S Chaz Knapp has a very particular way with an organ drone – or a drune, as he styles it – as you can hear on his forthcoming album, Organ…

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Interview: We meet half of Black Pistol Fire – Eric Owen

With starting the year off by releasing their best album to date (read our review here), and also redefining what a rock duo sound like. Backseat Mafia caught up with…

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Album Review: Black Pistol Fire Release their best album to date – Look Alive

Originally from Toronto but now based in Texas, Black Pistol Fire are a two-man band consisting of vocalist/guitarist Kevin McKeown and drummer/bass synth player Eric Owen. After spending almost a…

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Sundance Review: Censor

The rise of the video nasty created a moral panic across the UK in the early 1980s. These low-budget films were characterised by their violent and bloody content. However, due…

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IFFR Review: Gritt

Art is highly responsive to events in the wider world. In many ways, it acts as a reflection and critique of the socio-political state of the environment in which it…

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SEE: Khruangbin release video for ‘Dearest Alfred’ – and a Knxwledge mix, too

MORDECHAI, Khruangbin’s stunning third album from last summer, set the seal on their position in the music world; a critically adored brew of psych, funk, disco, dub and global influences,…

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SEE: Lost Horizons feat. Marissa Nadler – ‘Marie’: honeyed sorrow from Bella Union

TRACK: Paris Youth Foundation – ‘The Back Seat’: reaching out for that old flame with stirring guitars

Meet: We interview North East artist Leddie MC

Track: Leddie MC – They Don’t Make ‘Em Like You (Ft Eve Conway)

SEE: Chaz Knapp – ‘My TMJ Pain Might Be An Abscess’: all hail the warm organ drune

Interview: We meet half of Black Pistol Fire – Eric Owen

Album Review: Black Pistol Fire Release their best album to date – Look Alive

Sundance Review: Censor

IFFR Review: Gritt

SEE: Khruangbin release video for ‘Dearest Alfred’ – and a Knxwledge mix, too