Soundtrack of our lives: Queens based artist Will Kaplan give us his picks as his TransBorder Art residency begins
By Jim F
/ October 3, 2023
New Jersey born, Queens based artist Will Kaplan crosses boundaries of mediums, techniques and text to create his work. Exploring…
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Feature: Ed Kuepper’s Ten Favourite Things – The Saints/Laughing Clowns legend gives us an exclusive look at some of his favourite things.
By Arun Kendall
/ August 24, 2023
Having just released reissues of his classic solo albums ‘Electrical Storm’ and ‘Honey Steel’s Gold’ (see details here) through Remote…
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Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Magna Zero
By Duncan Holzhall
/ October 27, 2022
For many of us who grew up playing in garage bands, we daydream about what life could’ve been like if…
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Soundtrack of Our Lives: Emma Spartz
By Duncan Holzhall
/ July 28, 2022
It’s one thing to admire an artist’s work from afar, behind a screen, or in the crowd of a show….
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Playlist: Rising soul singer Mica Millar gives us an exclusive playlist for International Women’s Day.
By Jim F
/ March 10, 2022
This being the week of International Women’s Day, we managed to get an exclusive playlist from Manchester singer Mica Millar…
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Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Patrick Pearson of LYR
By Jim F
/ December 1, 2021
If you heard last years brilliant Call In The Crash Team, no doubt you’ll be a fan of LYR, the…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Baltimore’s Zen Master Of Sound, Shine
By MD Semel
/ May 17, 2021
And we back…nah, nah, nah… Veteran Baltimore, Maryland producer Shine recently released his new album, As The Beauty Became, a…
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Soundtrack of Our Lives: Bo Moore of The Peacers brings the groove
By Chris Sawle
/ May 13, 2021
SAN FRAN’S Sic Alps, living guitar legends, were one of those bands which, with the amount of the talent in…
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Soundtrack of Our Lives: Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles freewheel us through great handpicked tracks
By Chris Sawle
/ May 6, 2021
BILL MACKAY, the Chicago-based guitarist, improviser of note and all-round scion of six strings, sure loves to enter into a…
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Soundtrack of our lives
Artists from around the world give us their favourite tracks and curated spotify playlists to create a background to their own music
- Soundtrack of our lives: Queens based artist Will Kaplan give us his picks as his TransBorder Art residency begins
- Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Magna Zero
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: Emma Spartz
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: Who Parked The Car
- Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Patrick Pearson of LYR
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: Bo Moore of The Peacers brings the groove
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles freewheel us through great handpicked tracks
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: breaking psych-folk troubadour E.R. Jurken takes us a for a trip through the music of his life
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: New Bums’ Ben Chasny takes us for a musical trip
Artist Playlists
Artists pick, create and make their own playlists and top tens
- Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Magna Zero
- Soundtrack of Our Lives: Who Parked The Car
- Playlist: Rising soul singer Mica Millar gives us an exclusive playlist for International Women’s Day.
- Track: Thrillhouse – 2045 plus top ten favourite songs
- TOP TEN: Fair Mothers’ Kevin Allan picks the albums that made the difference
- Playlist: Trembling Bells pick ‘tour bus jammers and tequila slammers’ playlists
Label Playlists
We make playlists about labels we like, sometimes picking out our own favourites, sometimes making complete discographies. We also get labels to pick out their own favourites as well.
- Playlist: Sarah Records – The Hundred
- Feature / Playlist: Factory Records – A complete Spotify discography
- Feature: Merge Records celebrate 30 years – Interview and exclusive playlist
- Playlist: Rare gems from the Warp Records Catalogue 1989-1994
Magazine /Radio Show Playlists
We take our favourite Magazine Polls, albums tracks or artists of the year / decade, classic radio shows, and make playlists of their tracks.
- Feature / Playlist: Every track (on Spotify) for every John Peel festive 50
- Playlist: John Peel Show 10.12.1976 The Punk Special
- Playlist: John Peel Show 26.6.88 tracks
More Magazine / Radio Show Playlists
Classic DJ Set Playlists
We take some memorable DJ Sets and make playlists out of them so you can relive, or experience for the first time a snapshot of Club History
- Playlist: Carl Cox @ Opening Party, Space Ibiza, Spain 31st May 2009
- Playlist: Graeme Park – Hacienda, Manchester 28.3.92
Playlists: Our Picks
Our Staff picks on artists, genres, events and more. As ever with Backseat Mafia, completely cross genre. Includes our picks of the year playlists and more
- Playlist: New Years Ode playlist
- 100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist
- Her Voice : A playlist for International Women’s Day 2021
- Droppin’ Knowledge: A 10 Song Hopeful Playlist For A Time That Strains Hope
- Droppin’ Knowledge: Listening To Music During a Pandemic – 10 Hip Hop Songs To Help You Carry On
- Feature: The 50 best albums of 2020
More from Playlists: Our Picks
