Huw Williams, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Teenage Dads – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds – 27.05.24

Australian indie up-and-comers Teenage Dads brought their tour to Leeds last week, and gave a performance that stamps their mark on the scene and promised big things for the future.…

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Live Review: HighSchool – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 16.05.24

Following the release of the latest EP, Accelerator, which we gave a resounding 9 out of 10 at Backseat Mafia, HighSchool hit the road on their European tour and we…

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Track / Video: Lodestar bring the Hammer down with Cushing-inspired video

Experimental rock outfit Lodestar have released their latest offering – Bring Me The Head, taken from their upcoming long player Zonen, which is out tomorrow. It’s a moody, vengeful track…

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Track: The Garrys return with their latest track

The Garrys return for the first time since their 2021 album Get Thee to a Nunnery, dropping their track Cakewalk, on May 3rd. The Garrys are very much a family…

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Live Review: Dea Matrona – The Wardrobe, Leeds, 04.05.24

Formed in 2018, following time busking on the streets of Belfast, Dea Matrona have clearly spent time honing their craft as a live act. There’s a good crowd in the…

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Live Review: Newton Faulkner – The Old Woollen, Farsley – 30.04.24

Newton Faulkner is a bundle of energy as takes the stage, 15 minutes later than planned, as the sold out crowd took longer to get into the Old Woollen in…

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Live Review: Olivia Dean – Leeds Stylus, 26.04.24

Sat at the piano, mid show, Olivia Dean tells us that she’s anxious being on stage in front of the 1000 or so, sold out crowd at Leeds University. Her…

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Meet: Lovely Egg Holly Ross talks albums, Music Co-ops and scratchcards

It’s mid-afternoon as I call Holly Ross, charismatic singer and songwriter for The Lovely Eggs. The phone rings out for a while, and just as I’m about to hang up,…

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Meet: Newton Faulkner tells us why he’s bringing his dustbin lid on tour

We caught up with Newton Faulkner, just as he’s about to head out on the road for the stripped back, Feels Like Home Tour 2. There are a couple of…

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Live Review: Starsailor – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 08.04.24

I’ll be honest, it’s been a long time since I’d thought about Starsailor. They’d briefly punctuated the beginning of my working life in the early 2000s, but then had faded…

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