Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

Meet: Barnaby Weir from The Black Seeds chats about hope, building grooves and finding meaning with their long awaited album “Love and Fire” and nationwide tour.

Aotearoa’s Barnaby Weir has earnt his place as the humble, iconic and supremely talented national treasure and “chef” to such epic musical projects as The Black Seeds and Fly my…

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Live Review: Thieves Of Liberty / Amongst Liars / Kulpa – Independent, Sunderland 01.07.2022

By Adam Littlemore Blues Rockers Thieves of liberty held their first EP ‘Back Again‘ launch at the Independent bringing another two bands along to entertain the crowd. The first band…

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Live Review: First Aid Kit / CMAT – The Piece Hall, Halifax 23.06.2022

By Tom Marshall Having graced the music world with their newest single ‘Angel’, the Swedish duo play their first UK show in three years, the stage of Halifax’s Piece Hall,…

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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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