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See: Darwin releases visuals for “Unkind Lover” feat. David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)

Santa Rosa-based alternative pop artist Darwin presents his new single ‘Unkind Lover’, which features David J (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) on harmonica, Dustin Heald on guitar noise and ambience, and producer/collaborator Julian Shah-Tayler (a.k.a. The Singularity). Darwin…

See: Choir of Young Believers – Hollow Talk

Very new to Backseat Mafia as I am I didn’t know which section to submit this to. Eventually I selected Track/Video but could equally have requested Film (although ‘TV’ would…

Meet: The Damned’s Captain Sensible talks new EP, plants, bees, and a world beyond lockdown

Raymond Ian Burns, known more commonly as Captain Sensible from the seminal punk band The Damned has, like the most of us, had a lot of time on his hands…

MEET: Irish queerpunks Strange New Places

BUILDING on the solid foundations of the Northern Irish rock of Stiff Little Fingers and their 70s’ contemporaries, the Belfast punk scene has gone from strength to strength in recent…

MEET: Steven Lind of Freak Heat Waves

FROM their eponymous Krautrock debut album in 2012, right through to the futuristic punk of 2018’s Beyond XXXL, Canadian duo Freak Heat Waves have consistently churned out unpredictable, bold and…

Feature: Does Manchester really need the two largest music venues in the country?

It opened in 1995 and was originally planned as part of a bid to land the 2000 Olympic Games. With a maximum capacity of 21,000 spectators it is the largest…

TRACK: Rats On Acid – ‘Like It Like That’

UK PUNK quartet Rats On Acid showcase the raw and emotional mental state of a victim of a real-life traumatic experience through “Like It Like That” – the band’s latest, enraged classic punk single.…

Track: Healthy Junkies share ‘Last Day In LA’ from upcoming album

HEALTHY JUNKIES’ new album Forever On The Road is out on September 25th. It’s a set of tunes that’s set to propel the band forward to the top of the pile: smashing…

SEE: Drama Dolls release new track, ‘Yes’: watch the video

SOMEWHERE in between the Misfits and The Bangles, or a love child of the Ramones and the Go-Go’s, Drama Dolls fill a void in our musical souls we didn’t know we had. …

ALBUM REVIEW: Freak Heat Waves – ‘Zap The Planet’: a dive into trippy electronica

THE IRONY of the current situation isn’t lost on me. I’m sat here in the 35-degree heat, profusely sweating in the same way that Prince Andrew doesn’t, all while writing about the latest…

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