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New Music: Nostalgia 77 & The Monster – Measures / Island in the Sun
Out right now via the consistently brilliant Tru Thoughts is the new digital single from Ben Lamdins crew of jazz warriors and producers, aka Nostalgia 77. Measures / Island In The Sun are both taken from the second album under his Nostalgia 77 and The Monster guise, also called Measures, which came out back in …
See: Billy Lockett – Never Let You Go
Billy Lockett has won hearts and minds with his EP Old Man; the collection of songs entered the top 40 iTunes album chart last year, making Billy the only self-released artist to reach the top 100 that week. ‘Never Let You Go’ is the second single to be released from the grand EP, giving it the …
News: Warp announce CARGAA series / stream DJ Nigga Fox ‘LUMI’
With Lisbon being at the heart of a lot of the more interesting and cross cultural dance music being made right at the moment, Warp Records have jumped on board the scene, announcing their new 3 record CARGAA series of compilations, and saying its been “inspired by the sheer amount of incredible young artists in …
Track: Crocodiles – Crybaby Demon
“Who needs the future when the past tastes so good?” is something you might hear Brandon Welchez shout over to his band mate, Charles Rowell, as they hurtle down a pot-holed freeway in a rusty Cadillac, its beige mammalian body adorned with mysterious stains. Every inch the speed-addled aquatic reptiles that their hallucinatory music suggests, …
Track: Zero 7 – 400 Blows
Yes, you read that right. New music from Sam Hardaker and Harry Binns, aka Zero 7. It comes in the form of an EP, called (funnily enough) E.P.3, and follows on from EP numbers 1 & 2, which date from before their major label days. It also comes ahead of their first album in five …
EP: Giulio Etiope ft Giak & Hester – Riverside
Out this week was the latest release from Italian label Unclear music, and it comes in the shape of Arezzo, Tuscano born producer Guilio Etiope. He’s no newcomer, having been releasing music since 1998 on labels such as Armonia and Azimut as well as Unclear, and also spending his time as a resident at the …
Track: The Dead Ships – Big Quiet
Here at Backseat Mafia, we can never get enough of the kind if Garage Rock that made something of the Strokes, and continues today in the shape of The Black Keys, Alabama Shakes and the like. So step forward LA-based trio The Dead Ships, who’s new EP, EP1 contains, certainly on the evidence of ‘Big …
Track: Portico – 101 feat. Joe Newman, plus UK tour dates
Now minus the quartet, London trio Portico return with a new album ‘Living Fields’, out on 30th March (a week earlier than originally planned) through the constantly brilliant Ninja Tune label. The three piece, Duncan Bellamy, Milo Fitzpatrick and Jack Wyllie aren’t treating the album as a continuation of their work as/in a quartet, rather …
New Music: DJ S.K.T feat. Rae – Take Me Away
Upcoming producer DJ S.K.T has already done the hard graft, releasing a slew of music on labels such as Strictly Rhythm, Audio Rehab, FFRR and Ministry of Sound, and gaining support from the likes of heavyweights Annie Mac, Pete Tong and DJ Target. Now he’s returning with a new track, Take Me Away featuring Rae, …
Track: Happyness – ‘A Whole New Shape’ and ‘Weird Little Birthday’ Reissue news
If you were lucky enough to have caught South London trio Happyness in one of their support slots for Slow Club in February or JAWS at the start of March then you’ll know what a great band they are. I managed to catch them at their gig at Queen’s Social Club in Sheffield and they looked …