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Premiere: Luke Hogan – Windowpane

Taken from Portland singer/songwriter Luke Hogan’s debut album ‘Thank You Stranger’, we’re delighted to premiere the track Windowpane here on backseatmafia.com Of the single, Luke told us that “I wrote…

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Album Review: Song, By Toad -Split 12″ Series Vol. 7

We’ve already lamented the announcement last year that Edinburgh-based Song, By Toad Records was calling it a day. If this is its last release then it’s appropriate that its one…

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Track: Thee Oh Sees share Burning Bridges from reissue EP, announce world tour dates

Oh Sees have announced the reissue of their Graveblockers EP, out via Castle Face on June 10th. The band also recently announced a run of Autumn North American tour dates,…

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Album Review: The North Sea Radio Orchestra feat. John Greaves & Annie Barbazza – Folly Bololey: Songs from Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom

Following his retirement in 2014, there are few, if any opportunities to hear new material from Robert Wyatt, though while he remains alive and in reasonable health, there’s always a…

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Album Review: Lisa Hannigan and Stargaze – Live In Dublin

The amount I love music is sometimes overwhelming. I want it pretty much everywhere, all the time. Given that, I have a pretty weird relationship with seeing and hearing it…

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Track: Ruthie – “Land of my Lover”

Splitting up with people is basically rubbish, isn’t it? When Ruthie left her partner in Berlin and returned home to start over in Leeds, it inspired a triptych of singles,…

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Preview: Long Division 2019 (29th May – 2nd June)

It might not be number one on everyone’s visit list, but there’s more to Wakefield than the Wildcats and the Hepworth Gallery, as independent festival Long Division once is once…

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Classic Compilation: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – So Far

For years I shied away from the work of Crosby, Stills and Nash (both with and without Neil Young). There was something a little too soft and fluffy about them,…

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Track / Video

See: Charlotte Adigéry releases new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’

Charlotte Adigéry has released her new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’, taken from her second EP ‘Zandoli’. An often bizarre but captivating listen, this single explores the world of ASMR,…

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Track: Lucy Dacus – ‘My mother and I’

Americans are different. They have Electoral Colleges and TV programmes which come in seasons, and they have ‘holidays.’ This year. American Lucy Dacus is celebrating these ‘holidays’ through a series…

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