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Track: Become “Hooked” by the delicious art/glam of the latest slice from Franz Ferdinand’s new album

Franz Ferdinand’s latest single, “Hooked”, lives up to its name—it’s stuffed to the brim with irresistible hooks. Bold and brash, the track blends their signature art-school rock sensibilities with a…

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Track: Panda Bear releases another slice of forthcoming album, in the shape of the rather lovely ‘Ferry Lady’

Panda Bear’s “Ferry Lady” is a masterclass in genre-blending, nodding towards trip-hop and reggae – the repetitive, insists t bass could have been transported from just about any dub record…

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Album Review: Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki

Think of those records inspired by plants…Stevie’s sprawling ‘Journey Through The Secret Life of’, Edgar Froese’s pondering on ‘Epsilon in Malaysian Pale’, Genesis hailing a ‘Return of the Giant Hogweed’…

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See: Richard Dawson/Circle reveal ‘Methuselah’, an epic rush of folk /metal story telling.

Ever tried keeping up with Richard Dawson? It’s a challenge that always pays off. Over the past couple of years we’ve been gifted his reflective and resonant song craft on…

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News: Villagers announce new album and share video for triumphant, endorphin-releasing single ‘The First Day’

Villagers can do no wrong in my very humble opinion. They are one of the few bands where you know that their new music is always going to be emotionally…

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News: Stephen Malkmus’ cover of Can’s ‘Ege Bamyasi’ released online

CAN’S psychedelic-krautrock classic Ege Bamyasi – the record which seismically shifted the current and future musical landscape many times over, and which further cemented the band’s status in the Krautrock…

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Album Review: James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – The Wide, Wide River

Warm, natural, humorous, gentle, empathic ….all words that justifiably get bandied about in the scrabble to describe James Yorkston’s music. What’s often overlooked is his continued pursuit of different pathways…

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Meet: We interview Shirley Collins ahead of her new album Hearts Ease

At Back Seat Mafia we are eagerly awaiting the release of sixties folk pioneer Shirley Collins new album ‘Heart’s Ease’ via Domino on 24th July. After 2016’s epic ‘Lodestar’ which…

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Track: Alison Mosshart – It Ain’t Water

Alison Mosshart shares her second solo song ‘It Ain’t Water’, and reveals details of a forthcoming 7-inch release via Domino. Available to preorder now for July 31st. Mosshart is to release two…

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See: Dirty Projectors release video for Lose your love

Dirty Projectors have revealed a new single, taken from their second of five EP’s to be released this year, Flight Tower, out on June 26th via the ever brilliant Domino…

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