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Premiere: Listen to the New Memphis Colorways album ‘It Is What It Isn’t’ in full; a modern funk-jazz journey

Out tomorrow (May 21st) is the new album from Memphis multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor, under his New Memphis Colorways guise, called It Is What It Isn’t. Ahead of its release we’re…

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Exclusive: Laurence Murray Project records Providence live in session for Backseat Mafia

Edinburgh-based Laurence Murray Project joined us for a stripped back rendition of their latest single Providence. Bringing in an acoustic guitar to replace the psychedelic grooves of the original, Laurence…

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Premiere: The Parasocials reveal debut single Karmatose; hear it first right here

Taken from their forthcoming debut self-titled EP, Parasocials is the first single from new quartet The Parasocials, aka lo-fi indie jazz artist Tomer Krail, roguish punk-folk singer George Calne Jones,…

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Premiere: Osé’s ‘Hurt Bae’- Toronto Soul

Osé is an R&B/Soul artist, singer, and songwriter originating from Toronto. At just seventeen years of age she’s making waves in the music community with her soulful voice and mature…

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Premiere: Bliss Williams reveals new single on unrequited love, Falling For You

London singer-songwriter Bliss Williams is releasing his new single ‘Falling For You’ just in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of being a loved up tale of being together though, it’s…

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Premiere: vbnd and The Soulmate Collective with the delicious funk of ‘Slowly Starting to Take Form’

Out tomorrow is the new single from Saskatoon based vbnd alongside The Soulmate Collective called ‘Slowly Starting To Take Form’. It’s from his forthcoming ‘Scum Funk’ album, which is out…

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Exclusive: The Last Morrell records ‘The Party’ for Backseat Mafia At Home Sessions

Following on from his recent EP ‘Sarcasm’, where he really introduced himself, Yorkshire born singer-songwriter The Last Morrell has recorded a version of the stand out single from the EP,…

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Premiere: Scoobert Doobert releases new video for ‘Moving To Canada’

California’s Scoobert Doobert, named after the supposed real name of Scooby Doo (although in researching this article I discovered there’s some conjecture about that, and in fact his surname may…

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