Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Scouting For Girls / The Horn / Anni Pohto – O2 Academy, Leeds 24.11.2023

Thursday 24th November saw me taking a trip up the M1 to the O2 Academy in Leeds for a night of Scouting for Girls. I know that sounds wrong, but…

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Gallery: Cruel Sister – The Grand Social, Dublin 3.11.2023

Cruel Sister, aka Dublins own Faith Nico headlined a sold out show in Dublin at The Grand Social on November 3rd. Taking her name from the traditional murder ballad ‘The…

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News: Attic’O’matic Unveil Hypnotic New Single ‘Thoughtless’

Brighton’s dynamic 5-piece sensation, Attic’O’matic, are back in the limelight with their mesmerising new single, ‘Thoughtless,’ featured on the ‘Small Pond Emerging III’ compilation by Small Pond studio in Brighton.…

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Track: Toy Car Shine On Alt-Rock Builder ‘Better Than Before’

Back with a bang following their BBC Radio 1 debut with ‘Rat Race’, Liverpool’s Toy Car release the elegant and explosive builder ‘Better Than Before’. Brilliantly constructed from start to…

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Gallery: Atreyu / Words That Burn – The Academy, Dublin 12.11.2023

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News: Electronic Maestro Fantomacs Takes Audiences On A Sonic Odyssey with New Album ‘Harmonious Fusion’

Berlin, now Switzerland based Fantomacs, the brainchild of Joerg Peters, shares the new new 8-track album, ‘Harmonious Fusion’. Led by the new single ‘Air Stream’, the release is a testament…

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Live Gallery: Bonnacons of Doom – Quarry, Liverpool 11.11.2023

By Daniel Kirby Bonnacons of Doom brought their Trans-Pennine hypnotics to Liverpool’s Quarry on Saturday, 11th November, to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Signs.’ Their second full-length LP,…

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Live Review: Inhaler / Blossoms / Soak – 3Arena, Dublin 12.11.2023

The band brought the final show of the Cuts & Bruises World Tour home with a splendid and vibrant homecoming show in Dublin 3Arena. The four piece performed what it…

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News: Canadian/Iranian Neo-Classical Pianist Arash Behzadi Shares The Delicate & Beautiful New Album ’11:11′

Renowned Canadian/Iranian Neo-Classical pianist and composer Arash Behzadi has returned with the spellbinding album ’11:11′. Arash Behzadi has carved a niche for himself in the realm of Neo-Classical music, known…

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