Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: King Krule releases new video for A Lizard State

King Krule videos have always nosedived into the surreal. ‘Rock Bottom’ s visual accompaniment transfigured the desolation-induced lyrics into a beautifully contorted mess of Lynchian, Kafkaesque and beat generation reference…

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Track: Sampha releases new single, Happens

A piano drops, while a single sultry falsetto line glides seamlessly through the sky, before burning up into the heavy, melancholic atmosphere of ‘Happens’. Is it a bird? Is it…

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Feature: Bella Union’s world domination plan running to schedule; a Tramlines perspective

TWENTY YEARS AGO, as the Cocteau Twins conceived the idea of self-releasing as an antidote to the sting of broken relationships with record labels, little could they have imagined the…

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Meet: Melbourne singer-songwriter/ producer Tom Day, ahead of his collaborative EP with Monsoonsiren

I sat here thinking what I should write for the introductory paragraph to this contribution. I was going to write something clever about how some composers don’t give the listener…

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Live: Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling – Cardinal Pole Lower School, Hackney, London

ON A WEEKEND in which some of her fellow folk revivalists were busy dividing opinion at Worthy Farm, Laura Marling was finishing a run of unique, ‘immersive’ nights in a…

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See: Amplify Dot releases new visuals for new single ‘I’m Good’, featuring Busta Rhymes

I think I’m probably the most mainstream of all the BM writers in my musical tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I love being introduced to new bands and in turn…

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Live Review: Mark Morriss / The Herberts – Firebug, Leicester Friday 26.4.2013

….Only found out on Tuesday that Mark would be playing in Leicester with his new band The Herberts at Firebug, a fabulous little venue in the heart of the town centre. …

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Meet: Life in Film – Interview plus May Tour Dates

Recently I got dumped. I’d not been seeing him very long so I certainly wasn’t heartbroken but nobody likes being rejected so I allowed myself a 48 hour wallowing period.…

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Not Forgotten: Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish

Most people remember the time they heard ‘the’ album – the one that became their moment of musical epiphany. And most people also remember the first time they fell…

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