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News: Garbage Announce 20th anniversary Queer tour

Apparently, it happened on August 15th 1995, although I can hardly believe its 20 year ago. Through all the grunnge and associated alt rock, something cut through. Something that was…

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Track: Ducktails release new single, Surreal Exposure

Ahead of the release of his fifth album, St. Catherine – out on 24th July via Domino Records, Ducktails aka Matt Mondanile is releasing a new single, Surreal Exposure. The…

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Track: Hannah Cohen – Lilacs (Hidden Fees Remix)

After just finishing a run of shows with the Modfather Paul Weller, singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen has handed her track Lilacs over to Brooklyn duo Hidden Fees, aka DJ Ivan Sunshine…

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Track: Racetrack Gospel – Wiseblood

Racetrack Gospel is the new project from Sam Herlihy, ex-lead singer and songwriter from Hope of the States. He been joined by Martin Samuels, Max Backshell & Simon Goldring to…

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Track: Nottingham alt-rockers Kagoule release new single, Glue

Nottingham alt-rockers Kagoule return with a new single, Glue, ahead of their debut album Urth, which drops on August 21st via Earache records. Singer/guitarist Cai Burns says of Glue, “[it]….popped…

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Album Review: Bunnygrunt – Vol. 4

Even the name has this sense of contradiction. The cutesy of the bunny, doing something rough, unexpected, with the grunt. And so it is with the band Bunnygrunt, who have…

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See: Dinosaur Pile-up reveal new video for “11:11”

Ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Eleven Eleven’, and following tour supporting Brand New around the Uk and Europe, three piece rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up have released a video for the title…

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Video: Kojey Radical records an exclusive version of Bambu exclusively for Backseat Mafia

On tour with Young Fathers currently, we managed to catch up with Ghanaian-British poet Kojey Radical who recorded an exclusive version of his latest track Bambu (I Don’t Really Worry…

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See: Damaged Bug releases video to “Jet in Jungle”

He’s full of surprises, that John Dwyer. While we’ve all been waiting to see what comes next with his troupe The Oh Sees, instead he’s spirited himself away, surrounded himself…

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Video: Kat Eaton records two exclusive session tracks for Backseat Mafia

We’ve followed the trajectory of Kat Eaton for quite a while now, the Sheffield singer songwriter seemingly able to mix up pop and soul to make something that is not…

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