Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Mannequin Pussy / Slow Crush – Broadcast, Glasgow 26.06.2022

By Ian Campbell It was 2017 when I last saw Mannequin Pussy. The world has changed radically since then and after a string of how can things get any worse…

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Live Review: Rag ‘N’ Bone Man / Lottie Willis / DJ Sid – Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle 26.06.2022

By Adam Littlemore Wow what amazing night it was with a great crowd full of energy courtesy of DJ Sid who opened the show and got the crowd up dancing…

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Soundtrack of Our Lives: Who Parked The Car

I was first turned onto the French funk outfit Who Parked The Car when they submitted their second single, “Other Side” to me for review. Their throwback sound, in line…

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Album Review: Aotearoa outfit The Black Seeds deliver depth and sunshine with their long-awaited lockdown album, Love & Fire.

There’s something special about growing up with a band. It seems like only yesterday, we were stumbling across muddy festival fields towards the infectious beats of Keep On Pushing and…

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Live Review: Sea Sessions Surf and Music Festival, Bundoran Beach, Bundoran 17.06.2020-19.06.2022

The picturesque seaside town of Bundoran, Donegal, is the homestead of long running surf and music festival, Sea Sessions. Every year, the festival sees up to 10,000 people make their…

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Live Review: Pond – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 18.06.2022

By Olivia Kenny Manchester’s Academy 2 was flooded with energy on Saturday night when the Australian psych-rock band Pond took to the stage for the last night of their UK…

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Live Review: Heelapalooza Festival – Play Brew Co, Middlesbrough 18.06.2022

BY Adam and Hazel Littlemore What a fantastic festival this years Heelapalooza has been, with the amazing artists and bands that signed up to perform. The first band on was…

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Album Review: Lit – Tastes Like Gold

American band Lit have returned with their first album in five years. It marks a significant shift away from the country sound of 2017’s These Are the Days and harks…

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Live Review: Nine Inch Nails – O2 Academy, Glasgow 15.06.2022

Sold Out within minutes of tickets coming on line, they were not cheap, but how do you put a price on a show. How do we value our entertainment? Some…

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Live Review: Tim Burgess / Dean McMullen / Tom A Smith – Riverside, Newcastle 13.06.2022

By Hazel Littlemore It’s always good to see Tom Smith performing and see how much he has changed and how far he has came in his music career. As soon…

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