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NEWS: TAAHLIAH makes history, scooping twice at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards

THE ELEVENTH Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) ceremony was held – with the privations of the virus this year – online on Wednesday gone, November 18th. This year’s virtual ceremony…

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TRACK: Hear the pastoral loveliness of Louis Philippe & The Night Mail’s ‘The Mighty Owl’; live-streamed performance announced!

MASTERFUL musician Louis Philippe, él Records aesthete and scribe of the beautiful game, has been away far, far too long; which is why here at Backseat Mafia we’re damn excited…

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SEE: The trippy visuals for Lost Horizons’ ‘One For Regret’; London date announced

LOST HORIZONS, the project of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas, of former 4AD labelmates Dif Juz, are set to release their new ultra-collaborative double album, In Quiet Moments, on…

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SEE: Josephine Foster’s take on Daniel Blumberg’s ‘On & On’: reinterpretations album next month

YOU HAVE to say, Daniel Blumberg is one of the absolutely most interesting, unconventional songwriters to emerge on the British scene in many a long year. His album from a…

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NEWS: London Jazz Festival moves online – schedule updates

LIKE the music itself, the London Jazz Festival, which runs from November 13th to 22nd, just refuses to be silent. A month ago we brought you news of the ambitious…

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NEWS: Khruangbin next to offer us their ‘Late Night Tales’ – hear their Kool & The Gang cover

LATE NIGHT TALES, the long-running and superb compilation series curated so far by pretty much every cool band of our times, from Belle & Sebastian to Air, from Jon Hopkins…

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TRACK: Lanterns on the Lake tease for December EP with ‘Baddies’; tour news

NEWCASTLE’S soaring ‘gazers Lanterns on the Lake have announced news of a new five-track EP, The Realist, which Bella Union will release on December 11th. The EP will include four…

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NEWS: Braids to play live-streamed ‘world tour’ shows today

MONTREAL’S excellent electronica explorers Braids will embark on their second 24HRWWWORLD TOUR today, October 29th, live streaming from their studio in Montreal, playing six concerts in six different time zones in…

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NEWS: Lucinda Williams announces Lu’s Jukebox live streams series

ALT.COUNTRY royalty Lucinda Williams has announced she’s doing her bit to help the venues and promoters she’s worked with down the years with a half-dozen themed live-stream shows called Lu’s…

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NEWS: Yann Tiersen releases RSD 12″; hear a remix of ‘Diouz An Noz’; 2021 tour dates announced

ACCLAIMED and award-winning French composer Yann Tiersen has shared two new remixes, by Nine Inch Nails’ Alessandro Cortini and Swedish producer The Field – take a listen to the pristine electronic beauty…

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