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ALBUM REVIEW: Paul Molloy – ‘The Fifth Dandelion’: psych-pop sunshine beamed forward from ’68

SOMEONE put music journalist and band connections-mapper Pete Frame on speed dial, because the various groovy psych-pop iterations spiralling off from The Wirral’s The Coral are like a Mandelbrot set…

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TRACK: Alex Jayne – ‘Backseat’: the city from a taxi with an acoustic guitar

ALEX JAYNE, the London grown-up pop songwriter with an eye for the odd side of life, has revealed her latest track, “Backseat”. She’s following “90s Dream” , in which, surreally,…

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Track: Dokken Share Second Single ‘No Answer’ Taken From Their Lost Songs Album

“No Answer” is the second single to be taken from Dokken’s new record The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 out 28 August, Silver Lining Music, an album which is a treasure trove of unheard tracks…

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TRACK: Pole – ‘Röschen’: Berlin textural ‘tronica legend is back; new album in November

BERLIN’S Stefan Betke, digidub mastering legend and masterful glitchtronica/deep groove recording artist in his own right as Pole, has announced details of his new album for Mute, and has also…

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Fantasia Festival Review: Free Country

It has become commonplace today for American studios to remake successful films from around the world. As we’re sadly all too aware, it usually doesn’t end well. The list of…

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Fantasia Festival Review – The Columnist

In the beginning, the internet was a magic and mysterious place. A place where you could connect with people around the world at the touch of a button. Where information…

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SEE: Marie Davidson & L’Oeil Nu – ‘Renegade Breakdown’: electro chill and strength

MONTREAL’S Marie Davidson, veteran of that city’s DIY scene, musical polymath, fierce declaimer; like Grace Jones, you wouldn’t mess, frankly. Have a watch of the lyric video for the latest…

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Meet: Gregory Porter ahead of his album release ‘All Rise’

As you know at Back Seat Mafia we feature music of quality and distinction, well known and unknown, anything that has integrity…no pretenders. So when the chance came up to…

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SEE: HAAi – ‘Rotating In Unison’: expansive future tech for Mute

LONDON-based Teneil Throssell, who records for Mute as HAAi, has certainly undertaken a deep geographical and musical journey to where she is today: poised to release her second EP for…

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Album Review: Sons of Southern Ulster – Sinners and Lost Souls

It would be hard to talk about the new album from Sons of Southern Ulster and not to reference the currently exploding Fontaines D.C. – the same vein is gloriously…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Paul Molloy – ‘The Fifth Dandelion’: psych-pop sunshine beamed forward from ’68

TRACK: Alex Jayne – ‘Backseat’: the city from a taxi with an acoustic guitar

Track: Dokken Share Second Single ‘No Answer’ Taken From Their Lost Songs Album

TRACK: Pole – ‘Röschen’: Berlin textural ‘tronica legend is back; new album in November

Fantasia Festival Review: Free Country

Fantasia Festival Review – The Columnist

SEE: Marie Davidson & L’Oeil Nu – ‘Renegade Breakdown’: electro chill and strength

Meet: Gregory Porter ahead of his album release ‘All Rise’

SEE: HAAi – ‘Rotating In Unison’: expansive future tech for Mute

Album Review: Sons of Southern Ulster – Sinners and Lost Souls