Ian Campbell, Author at Backseat Mafia

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LIVE REVIEW: Personal Trainer / Wife Guys Of Reddit, Sneaky Petes Edinburgh, 13/03/23

The recent album from Personal Trainer – Big Love Blanket – has been stuck on repeat on the car CD player for the past three months and has brightened up…

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JESCA HOOP , EDINBURGH CAVES , 20/12/22

Jesca Hoop swung into town on a rearranged date at the end of a long tour . The Edinburgh and Gateshead shows rearranged due to illness and full credit for…

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SPIZZENERGI / NEWTOWN NEUROTICS , VOODOO ROOMS EDINBURGH, 10/11/22

Nothing goes smoothly in these troubled times . The area close to tonight’s venue was cordoned off from three directions due to a bomb scare at nearby Waverley Station .…

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LIVE REVIEW : Eva Lazarus at Sneeky Petes Edinburgh , 20/10/22

We were promised big voice , big bass and big hair from a gig by Bristol singer Eva Lazarus on her first headline tour . Eva , backed by an…

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LIVE REVIEW : The New Routines/ Velvet / The Cowards at Sneeky Petes 22/9/22

Toot ! Toot ! All aboard the indie express ! Another clutch of new bands hurtle towards the upper slopes of indie greatness by entertaining a packed Sneeky Petes .…

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Live Review: Swell Maps C21 / The Thanes at Bannermans Edinburgh 4/9/22

It usually kills the karma of a gig when a band name check the wrong town , however the opening gambit from Swell Maps of ”Good evening Liverpool , we’re…

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Live Review : Cheap Teeth / Hypothetics at Sneeky Petes Edinburgh , 10/08/2022

Another night at Sneekys and another show in the Central Belters series. The manic pop thrills just keep coming as the long hot summer combusts with raucous gig after gig.…

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Live Review: Redolent / The Biscuit Factory Edinburgh , 28/7

The Biscuit Factory , a multi purpose venue close to Leith , hosted the first of what will hopefully be a regular set of gigs titled We should catch up…

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Live Review: Carla J Easton , MacArts , Galashiels , 02/07/2922

It is always a treat to find a gig at MacArts in Galashiels, particularly when it features one of Scotland’s most hardworking and innovative songwriters . It may feel a…

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