Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

EP- Kiwi artist Muroki woos us with the smooth roots sound of ‘Heading East’

Spring is here, the peach blossoms are starting to bloom and Aotearoa is finally free from Covid restrictions. Somehow, this is the perfect backdrop for the release of 21 year…

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Track: The Ringards – The Death of Charlie Clown

As we have finally come to terms with the fact that the many splinters of what we used to call ‘post-punk’ are now developing into a landscape of avant-garde sounds…

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Live Review: Reading Festival – Richfield Avenue, Reading 26.08.2022 – 28.08.2022

By Rebecca Bush I hopped on a Big Green Coach to cover this year’s Reading Festival, it was a whole 21 years since I last attended so I knew it…

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Live Review and Gallery: Bright Eyes / Penelope Isles – Vicar Street, Dublin 01.09.2022

American indie band Bright Eyes made their long awaited return to Ireland’s capital this week after 20 years. They played Dublin’s Vicar Street venue ahead of their performance at the…

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Live Review and Gallery: Wolf Alice/ Just Mustard, 3Olympia Theatre, 29.08.2022

2022 BRIT award winners Wolf Alice finally brought their rescheduled world tour to Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre for the first of 2 nights on Monday. They brought a fantastic performance and…

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Live Review: Passenger/ Luke Sital Singh, Vicar Street, 24/08/2022

Tonight Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger started his 2022 worldwide tour with a visit to Dublin Prestigious Vicar Street with support from Luke Sital Singh and it was a fantastic display…

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Live Review: Covet / Colossal Squid – The Asylum, Birmingham 22.08.2022

Words and photos by Maxine Adams 1 man band Adam Betts from Colossal squid kicked off the Covet gig on a Sunday evening in Birmingham. A fan yelled ‘the best…

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Live: Reb Fountain – The Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch – 18.8.22

The iconic Isaac Theatre Royal fuses historic architecture, modern comfort and rich acoustics which set the canvas for Reb Fountain to express her art masterfully, theatrically and flawlessly. Jazmine Mary…

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Live Review: Noyou / Picnic / Violectric – The Independent, Sunderland 19.08.2022

By Adam Littlemore Another great night at The Independent starting off with the first act Violectric, who I remember seeing perform at this very venue a few years ago and…

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Meet: Reb Fountain talks about the highly anticipated tour of her 2021 release ‘Iris’ and growing through collective and personal trauma

Photo: Marissa Findlay

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