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Track: Another Michael reveal the beautiful indie folk of ‘I know you’re wrong’

Philadelphia indie folk three piece Another Michael have announced details of their new album ‘New Music and Big Pop’. It’s due out on 19th February via Run For Cover records,…

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TRACK: Zola Jesus beautifully refashions the Armenian folk standard, ‘Krunk’

ZOLA JESUS has gone back to her roots with a beautiful and deep take on the Armenian folk standard, “Krunk”; be enraptured by our embed herein. The track was originally…

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News: Lanterns on the Lake announce live dates, plus rescheduled release

“One for the introverts and dreamers, the ones that still find beauty and magic in things” Now, technically speaking, we at Backseat Mafia have already previewed this back in October,…

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Feature: The 50 best albums of 2020

Well, it’s been a bit of a year, hasn’t it? Global pandemics, George Floyd, environmental issues, terrorism, dissatisfaction with those in charge, not least in the ongoing (it seems) fallout…

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Track: Benjamin Lazar Davis releases new track ‘What if I’

You may have picked up on Benjamin Lazar Davis from his 2018 debut ‘Nothing Matters’, an impressively carefree collection of contemporary song-writing, rhythmic heartbeats and lush musical landscapes. Or maybe…

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PREMIERE: Ben Eisenberger – ‘Soloists’: hear a set of warming folk grace from Omaha tunesmith

Beautiful and drawing respectfully on a number of strands in the wider folk pantheon, Ben's songwriting, arranging talents and his musicianship pull this record into a pretty special place indeed

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TRACK: Becca Mancari – ‘I’m Sorry’

HAZY music is indeed the trademark of Captured Tracks, so that Becca Mancari has made another turn towards an increasingly layered Americana for her debut with the label is no…

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TRACK: Leif Vollebekk – ‘Long Blue Light’: beautiful alt.folk from Montreal

CANADA’S Leif Vollebekk is another excellent alt.folk singer-songwriter in a country that seems, these past few years, to produce them just for fun. Andy Shauf, Patrick Watson, Yves Jarvis, Sing…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Fleet Foxes – ‘Shore’

An uplifting and ecumenical return for Robin Pecknold's band

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TRACKS: Erland Cooper – ‘Landform’: a digital companion to the Orkney trilogy

ORCADIAN soundscaper and composer Erland Cooper has today released one final digitally streamed companion piece to accompany his beautiful Orkney Triptych. Take a listen below. Its a seven-track, 35-minute ambient…

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