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Album Review: Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki
Think of those records inspired by plants…Stevie’s sprawling ‘Journey Through The Secret Life of’, Edgar Froese’s pondering on ‘Epsilon in Malaysian Pale’, Genesis hailing a ‘Return of the Giant Hogweed’ or maybe the Cocteau’s glistening ‘Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops’. Judged sublime or ridiculous depends on your starting point but one thing is clear, the mix of botany …
See: Richard Dawson/Circle reveal ‘Methuselah’, an epic rush of folk /metal story telling.
Ever tried keeping up with Richard Dawson? It’s a challenge that always pays off. Over the past couple of years we’ve been gifted his reflective and resonant song craft on ‘2020’, the poptastic quirkiness of Hen Ogledd’s ‘Free Humans’ and the woozy, lockdown ambience of ‘Bulbils’. Now comes more news of Dawson’s restless musicality shooting …
News: Villagers announce new album and share video for triumphant, endorphin-releasing single ‘The First Day’
Villagers can do no wrong in my very humble opinion. They are one of the few bands where you know that their new music is always going to be emotionally and creatively transportative, taking you to places you may never have imagined. They have released consistently excellent albums ever since their wondrously eerie debut ‘Becoming …
News: Stephen Malkmus’ cover of Can’s ‘Ege Bamyasi’ released online
CAN’S psychedelic-krautrock classic Ege Bamyasi – the record which seismically shifted the current and future musical landscape many times over, and which further cemented the band’s status in the Krautrock canon with it’s experimental rock dynamism, following the experimental zenith of Tago Mago – is now approaching it’s 50th anniversary; back in 2012 though, the …
Album Review: James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – The Wide, Wide River
Warm, natural, humorous, gentle, empathic ….all words that justifiably get bandied about in the scrabble to describe James Yorkston’s music. What’s often overlooked is his continued pursuit of different pathways around the songwriting landscape. He’s worked with Kieran Hebden, Simon Raymonde, Rustin Man and Alexis Taylor over two decades of record making and most recently …
Meet: We interview Shirley Collins ahead of her new album Hearts Ease
At Back Seat Mafia we are eagerly awaiting the release of sixties folk pioneer Shirley Collins new album ‘Heart’s Ease’ via Domino on 24th July. After 2016’s epic ‘Lodestar’ which marked her return to recording and performing after a 35 year pause, we wanted to talk to Shirley about the new record and what the …
Track: Alison Mosshart – It Ain’t Water
Alison Mosshart shares her second solo song ‘It Ain’t Water’, and reveals details of a forthcoming 7-inch release via Domino. Available to preorder now for July 31st. Mosshart is to release two vinyls featuring ‘It Ain’t Water’ and previously-released digital single, ‘Rise’. The track simmers and bubbles with her trademark voice ever on the edge of …
See: Dirty Projectors release video for Lose your love
Dirty Projectors have revealed a new single, taken from their second of five EP’s to be released this year, Flight Tower, out on June 26th via the ever brilliant Domino Records. Each one of the EP’s features a different member of the band on lead vocals, and with Flight tower, keyboardist-percussionist Felicia Douglass is in …
Track: Alison Mosshart (The Kills / Dead Weather) – Rise
Known principally as one half of The Kills, but also moonlighting as Baby Ruthless of The Dead Weather, Alison Mosshart is stepping into the limelight has herself, with ‘Rise’, the first solo single of her career. Written for the FacebookWatch drama Sacred Lies, Rise this dark, frayed slice of garage/indie rock. It has this delightfully …
Track: Real Estate – The Main Thing
Ahead of Fridays album release from Real Estate of their new album ‘The Main Thing’ vis Domino Records, the band have released the title track as the second glimpse of what’s on offer amongst its thirteen tracks, Singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Martin Courtney explains: “‘The Main Thing’ is my attempt at writing an inspirational anthem …