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SEE: Sigma’s ‘High On You’: it’s a summer club earworm

SIGMA, who garnered a Brit Awards nomination in 2015 for their chart-topping “Nobody To Love” are back with another, windows-down, sultry summer city evening earworm in the shape of “High…

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Track: Secret Machines – Talos’ Corpse, plus news of return with album ‘Awake in the Brain Chamber’

One of the most exciting bands of the 2000’s for me, Secret Machines, have released a new single ‘Talos’ Corpse’ and announced a new album after a long hiatus. ‘Talos’…

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Track: Bretton Lee John – Rock Show

Straight out of Calgary, Bretton Lee John’s deep sonorous vocals and wry sense of self-deprecatory humour immediately entice: there are elements of Jonathan Richmond, David Berman (Silver Jews) and a…

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Album Review: Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink follows up Nadine Shah’s Mercury Prize nominated 2017 album Holiday Destination which received critical acclaim including AIM Awards ‘Independent Album of the Year’, a #7 ‘Album of the…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: On Jabee’s Stunning New LP, The OKC MC Hopes for the Best & Prepares For the Worst

When I spoke to hip hop artist Jabee, via Zoom last week, the Oklahoma City native seemed tired, but at peace. In the past several weeks, he had attended rallies…

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TRACK: Martha Hill’s ‘Grilled Cheese’ is proud, anthemic indie

NEWCASTLE guitar-toter Martha Hill has been around on the SoundCloud/Bandcamp scene for a couple of years now, steadily, writing, recording and releasing a clutch of songs for download. She left…

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Feature: Asian Death Crustacean give us an exclusive track by track from new album Baikal

We’ve been incredibly excited by experimental metal band Asian Death Crustacean here on Backseat Mafia, with the London quartet bringing elements of Jazz, post-rock and Ambient / Electronic music into…

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TRACK: Bastien Keb’s ‘Rabbit Hole’ has a bone-deep 3am chill

AS renaissance men in the underground music scene go, Bastien Keb has to be near the top of the pole. Reckoning himself to be a guitarist first and foremost, he’s…

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SEE: Karen Gwyer remixes Nathan Fake’s ‘Tbilisi’

TAKE two of the more eclectic producers working in British IDM today, and let one loose on a track by t’other. It’s a tried and tested formula, but it always…

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Feature: London-based producer Kamau Kuru gives us a track by track on his new album, Oxydental

London-based producer and beatmaker Kamau Kuru has today released his new album Oxydental – a project he described to us as ’a fusion of back-catalogue samples from 70s-era India, Turkey,…

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SEE: Sigma’s ‘High On You’: it’s a summer club earworm

Track: Secret Machines – Talos’ Corpse, plus news of return with album ‘Awake in the Brain Chamber’

Track: Bretton Lee John – Rock Show

Album Review: Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink

Droppin’ Knowledge: On Jabee’s Stunning New LP, The OKC MC Hopes for the Best & Prepares For the Worst

TRACK: Martha Hill’s ‘Grilled Cheese’ is proud, anthemic indie

Feature: Asian Death Crustacean give us an exclusive track by track from new album Baikal

TRACK: Bastien Keb’s ‘Rabbit Hole’ has a bone-deep 3am chill

SEE: Karen Gwyer remixes Nathan Fake’s ‘Tbilisi’

Feature: London-based producer Kamau Kuru gives us a track by track on his new album, Oxydental