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SEE: Matmos’s ‘No Concept’: boundary-pushing collagists return

THEY’VE been quietly toying with our minds for many years now, Matmos: like the doll at the back of the wardrobe which, blessed with life, just twitches and stirs enough…

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Film Review: The Fight

I find it highly unlikely that any liberal-minded person would argue that the election of Donald J. Trump was anything other than a disaster for human rights in America. His…

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Track: Secret Shine – Ember

It is really delightful to see Secret Shine back again with a thrilling single, ‘Ember’. Secret Shine were, of course an indelible part of the Sarah Records/C86 era and made…

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See: Takuya Kuroda reveals new video for the jazz/funk of ‘Change’

Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda, perhaps best know for his 2014 Blue Note album ‘Rising Son’ (produced by José James no less) recently signed to First World Records, and has announced…

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Feature: CARDIACS – A Backseat Mafia top ten playlist in memory of Tim Smith

A personal selection from Backseat Mafia contributors Richard Farnell and Briandroid TO CHOOSE just ten tracks from Cardiacs’ impressive body of work is a near-impossible task. You might think they…

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Album Review: Jon Hassell – Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume 2)

When Brian Eno has touted you as ‘the most influential composer of the last 50 years’, when you’re credited as raising cultural awareness with your ground- breaking Fourth World Music,…

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See: Video for Asylums’ ‘Who Writes Tomorrow’s Headlines?’

Asylums recently released the video for Who Writes Tomorrow’s Headlines?, taken from their recent album Genetic Cabaret. The lyrics revolve around “the puppet masters, those ominous figures that are pulling…

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TRACK: The Still Brothers – ‘The Deep’: uplifting jazz breaks for yo feet and yo soul

HOXTON’S Lewis Recordings know a little about a mighty fine groove when they hear one. And the home of artists such as DJ Yoda and Edan has been out there…

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ALBUM REVIEW: William Tyler – ‘Music From First Cow’: chiming soundtrackery from Tennessee gent

IT SHOULDN’T really come as a surprise to anyone who has followed William Tyler’s solo career, or heard him give the background to any of his seductive, chiming guitar odysseys, that…

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TRACK: Milky Wimpshake’s tweepunk starburst ‘You Make A Nice Piece Of Art’ leads for October LP

IF YOU like your indiepop punky and proud, erudite and bearing a manifesto – yeah, like it used to – then Newcastle’s Milky Wimpshake should so be on your shopping…

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SEE: Matmos’s ‘No Concept’: boundary-pushing collagists return

Film Review: The Fight

Track: Secret Shine – Ember

See: Takuya Kuroda reveals new video for the jazz/funk of ‘Change’

Feature: CARDIACS – A Backseat Mafia top ten playlist in memory of Tim Smith

Album Review: Jon Hassell – Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume 2)

See: Video for Asylums’ ‘Who Writes Tomorrow’s Headlines?’

TRACK: The Still Brothers – ‘The Deep’: uplifting jazz breaks for yo feet and yo soul

ALBUM REVIEW: William Tyler – ‘Music From First Cow’: chiming soundtrackery from Tennessee gent

TRACK: Milky Wimpshake’s tweepunk starburst ‘You Make A Nice Piece Of Art’ leads for October LP