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NEWS: Penelope Isles announce dates for 2021; watch the final episode of Penny Isles TV

THE LOVELY, lovely Penelope Isles, who released their debut album Until The Tide Creeps In to acclaim last year, and played more than 100 shows, have announced a string of…

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SEE: Winter Gardens’ ‘Zigzanny’ is a Bladerunner post-punk fuzzbomb

WINTER GARDENS, the Sussex quartet beloved of a big guitar and unafraid of a grandiose statement, even this early in their career – they covered the Cocteaus’ Pearly Dewdrops-Drops on…

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TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Pine Trees’: otherwordly harp delicacy

MARY LATTIMORE, the Los Angeles-based harpist who charms all who enter her graceful, ambient world, has just released the beautiful and glimmering second single from her forthcoming album for Ghostly…

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Track: Hinds With Chai release the collaborative track United Girls Rock’n’Roll Club

Spanish quartet Hinds recently collaborated with Tokyo-based Chai on new single UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB. The track is as ebullient and liberating, if not more, than both of the respective…

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SEE: Laura Veirs – ‘Turquoise Walls’: the late-night blue (-green)s rendered Americana heartbreak

PORTLAND songstress Laura Veirs, who has been delighting our ears for a full 21 years now with her beautifully judged and melodious Americana, is readying herself for the release of…

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Fantasia Festival Review: Special Actors

Of all the countries in the world it’s probably Japan which most regularly creates the most unusual, odd and unlikely cinema. It does seem to be a fertile breeding ground…

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Fantasia Festival Review: Unearth

Whilst fracking is hugely controversial in countries such as the UK, it’s far more prevalent and accepted in America. Indeed, Hydraulic fracturing has been a part of oil and natural…

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SEE: The Last Dinosaur’s ‘Wholeness & The Implicate Order’ now has a short film

THE LAST DINOSAUR is the musical nom-de-plume of Jamie Cameron, of whom we said the following when he first trailed “Wholeness & The Implicate Order” last month; and which we…

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TRACK: Skinshape – ‘The Sun’: shimmering Afro-Anglo guitars trail fifth LP

SKINSHAPE, the London-by-way-Dorset recording artist, is all set to drop his fifth album for Lewis Recordings on the first Friday in September. If you’ve been over to Skinshape’s world before,…

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Premiere: BAIRD releases new single, ‘Sunken Place’

London based dance-pop artist BAIRD has today released his international music debut with a single and accompanying video, Sunken Place, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat…

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NEWS: Penelope Isles announce dates for 2021; watch the final episode of Penny Isles TV

SEE: Winter Gardens’ ‘Zigzanny’ is a Bladerunner post-punk fuzzbomb

TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Pine Trees’: otherwordly harp delicacy

Track: Hinds With Chai release the collaborative track United Girls Rock’n’Roll Club

SEE: Laura Veirs – ‘Turquoise Walls’: the late-night blue (-green)s rendered Americana heartbreak

Fantasia Festival Review: Special Actors

Fantasia Festival Review: Unearth

SEE: The Last Dinosaur’s ‘Wholeness & The Implicate Order’ now has a short film

TRACK: Skinshape – ‘The Sun’: shimmering Afro-Anglo guitars trail fifth LP

Premiere: BAIRD releases new single, ‘Sunken Place’