Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Bunny Wailer – The Solomonic Singles Pt.1 (Tread Along 1969-1976) & Pt.2 (Rise and Shine)

In the reggae pantheon, no one stands taller than the original Wailing Wailers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. These three men, as members of that seminal group, ushered…

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Album Review: Peter Nordberg, Om man inte är här

Peter Nordberg puts his acoustic guitar to one side and fills your mind with detailed electronic soundscapes you can’t help but explore. It is not easy reviewing music when the…

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Live Review: Benji Tranter’s Dirty Laundry, Edinburgh Fringe Preview

Benji gently plays with his audience, sometimes sassing them, marvellous! His wit on stage is quick and sharp catching the audience off guard like a rabbit in headlights. His subtle…

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Track: Taiyamo Denku – Gutter Noise

With the recently announced news that New York emcee L. Majestic and fellow Wisco artist Rambunxious have signed to the Cypha Den Music imprint, the crew wastes no time releasing…

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Meet: Russ Russell – Music Producer

Whilst at a recent album launch gig in the heart of Kettering Town, Northamptonshire I bumped into music producer Russ Russell. Russ is well known in the Metal/Alternative scene for…

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Music

Live Review: Woodburner at the Yoke

The ‘need to know’… Festival name: Woodburner at the Yoke Location: Yoke Farm, Upper Hill, Hereford. Setting: Rough woodland and soft fields. Transport: Train to Hereford/Leominster and then buses, taxis…

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News: Kate Jackson & The Wrong Moves announce Autumn UK tour

Most will look back on Sheffield’s The Long Blondes with a fair degree of fondness: It’s be easy to trot out the “female fronted Pulp” cliché but they were so…

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Track: Korn – Rotting In Vain

Legendary Nu-Metaller’s Korn have announced a few details about their 12th studio album ‘The Serenity Of Suffering’ which will be released October 21st and by the sounds of the killer…

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Live Review: Raging Speedhorn / Burden Of The Noose Birmingham 20.07.2016

So this review went a little sideways when I arrived at the O2 Birmingham Academy. I was due to review Stoneghost on their support tour of Raging Speedhorn’s new album.…

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Track: Every Time I Die – Glitches

With their forthcoming album Low Teens gearing up for release on September 23rd , the American hardcore troupe have streamed new track ‘Glitches’ earlier today. This album is the follow up…

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