Huw Williams, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Rianne Downey – Oporto, Leeds. 19.03.23

Scottish singer-songwriter Rianne Downey enchanted a sold out Oporto in Leeds last night with her intricately crafted songbook and sweet but confident performance. Downey’s music draws on a wide variety…

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Live Review: Cassyette – Stylus, Leeds. 15.03.23

It’s only been a few months since I last saw Cassyette rocking the smallest room in the Leadmill in Sheffield, and since then, the Essex-born rock pioneer has been on…

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Meet: Inspiral Carpets’ Graham Lambert, on the eve of their tour and album

It’s 4pm, and I meet Graham Lambert, via Zoom, at his mum’s house in Oldham, the same place she lived (and Graham grew up) in the 1980s. He’s comfortably positioned…

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Live Review: Courtney Marie Andrews – Leeds, 01.03.23

The trip to the Brudenell to see Courtney Marie Andrews was a last minute and unexpected one for me. But it was a brilliantly welcome one. Touring her new Loose…

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Live Review: Soup! – The Key Club, Leeds. 21.02.23

Supporting Hotel Lux on Tuesday night at Leeds’ Key Club, rising Manchester band Soup! brought their particular brand of post punk to a small but appreciative audience. The room was…

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Live Review: Kid Kapichi, Brudenell Social Club Leeds, 07.02.23

It was a cool northern air that blew a lot of people into the Brudenell, but even they can’t have expected the heat that the 3 headline-level bands generated over…

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Live Review: The Subways – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 16.01.23

Welwyn Garden City’s indie-rock trio The Subways kicked off their UK tour at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club with a high energy show in support of their fifth studio album Uncertain…

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Live Review: Holly Humberstone – Leeds O2 Academy, 23.11.22

There’s a real buzz in the O2 Academy in Leeds. Last time Holly Humberstone headlined a tour in Leeds, she played solo to around 400 fans at the Brudenell Social…

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News: Aoife Nessa Frances kicks off UK tour in support of new album Protector

Irish artist Aoife Nessa Frances kicked off her UK tour on Tuesday at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. It’s in support of her second album Protector which dropped on 28…

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Live Review: Maggie Rogers – O2 Academy Leeds. 31.10.22

Maryland singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers kicked off her world tour in Leeds on Halloween, getting the Feral Joy roadshow off to a flying start. Around 1,500 packed into the O2 Academy,…

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