Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets release the fluid brilliance of ‘Night Gnomes’

I had the pleasure of witnessing Psychedelic Porn Crumpets turn a sold-out Factory Theatre to pure liquid chaos the night before this album was released. Playing songs old and new,…

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Live Review: Pip Blom / Mt Misery – Independent, Sunderland 29.04.2022

By Adam Littlemore Misery as they first open up the night with their amazing music spinning Lo-fi romantic songs in their live performance with their ambient atmosphere sounds. This was…

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Live Review: As Everything Unfolds / Delaire The Liar / Insurgent – The Flapper, Birmingham 24.04.2022

By Claire Hodgkins Insurgent Delaire The Liar As Everything Unfolds

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Track: Children Of The Pope – Junkie Girlfriend

The latest addition to the Isolar Records rosters, Children of the Pope certainly know how to make a striking entrance, showing up with a new single which is a very…

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Live Review: Lucy Dacus / SOAK – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 25.04.2022

Lucy Dacus played an almost sold out Olympia Theatre on the 25th of April. The show had been upgraded twice and more recently reschedule due to COVID, so it was…

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Live Review: Stockton Calling Festival – Stockton 16.04.2022

By Ian Allcock Samantha Durnan at Ku First up for me, in my day of jogging around the venues in town for Stockton Calling on Saturday, was the Samantha Durnan…

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Live Review: Artists Against Homelessness – 3Olympia, Dublin 17.04.2022

Artists Against Homelessness has been organised for the last eight years by the Sunday Independent’s Barry Egan. This year’s show, which has been booked by Bekah Molony, reflects the diversity…

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Live Review: CMAT / Soft Launch – Omeara, London 08.04.2022

The Irish country-pop singer Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, better known as CMAT, released her debut album, ‘If My Wife New I’d Be Dead’, earlier this year and is now on tour…

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Live Review: Walt Disco / Priestgate / Voya – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 13.04.22

The last time I saw Walt Disco live was at a festival at the very beginnings of their career. I had a hole in my timeline and picked their slot…

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Live Review: The War On Drugs / Lo Moon – 3arena Dublin 14.04.2022

The War in Drugs brought their latest tour the ‘I don’t live here anymore’ to the 3arena this week. Lo Moon opened on the night with a series of pleasant…

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