Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Premiere: Aaron Lewis reckons with the allure of self-destruction on ‘Staircase Stomp’

New York’s The Clamor have kept busy since releasing their debut album Love & Criminals early last year. The Aaron Lewis-fronted project have followed that up with a further two…

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News: Coral Moons prep new album for next month, share ‘poser’

The Rochester/Boston-based band Coral Moons have had a busy year so far, and it’s about to get a whole lot busier, as the band prepare to release their second album.…

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Premiere: Scrimmage toss and turn on sweetly sad new song ‘Little Foot’

Since the late 2022 release of debut EP Superego, Brooklyn band Scrimmage have downsized to a duo, now consisting of Connor Lewis and Carr Bonner – bassist David Carter departed…

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Premiere: JD Pinkus can’t help himself on ‘I Would Like to Pet It’, new solo album due next month

We last covered JD Pinkus here in the run-up to his collaborative album with Mike Savino/Tall Tall Trees, released in late June of last year. The former Butthole Surfers and…

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Premiere: PARRIS MITCHELL examines himself on self-reflective banger ‘Problem Child’

He styles himself in all-caps, and the new song from New Yorker PARRIS MITCHELL is definitely worth shouting about. Since the release of his 2022 EP, I Don’t Love You,…

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Premiere: Joseph Luca is looking for ‘One Last Dance’, new EP out today

Over the last six months or so, the Los Angeleno Joseph Luca has released a steady stream of music forming an EP triptych called Ouroboros. Life and Death are already…

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Premiere: Terry Jones speaks up in ‘Silent Like Chaplin’ video; new EP out next month

‘What’s Terry Jones doing releasing a video for a song off an album that’s already been out 18 months?’, you may find yourself asking. Well, the song in question is…

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Premiere: Phil Galloni goes too far on title track from forthcoming new EP ‘Push My Luck’

A few weeks back, the Los Angeles-based Chicagoan Phil Galloni announced his third EP as Waverly Drive, and he’s sharing the collection’s second single today. The title track from Push…

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Premiere: Psychic Graveyard tap into weird dreams on ‘Stuffed With Secrets’

We’re a couple of months away from the release of the new record by San Diego noise rock band Psychic Graveyard, and the band release the third single from Wilting…

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Premiere: Phil Galloni is pushing his luck on ‘After the Show’; new EP arrives in May

Chicago’s Phil Galloni has been making music as Waverly Drive for a couple of years, and has been building quite the head of steam, making the kind of blown-out indie-pop…

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