See: Table Scraps – Motorcycle (Straight to hell)’
Gritty, raw power, Birmingham punks, Table Scraps take it to the next level with latest release ‘Motorcycle (Straight To Hell)’. It’s a caustic, stripped back track that is equally at home on the dusty highways of California as the rain slicked tarmac of the Black Country. Add to that what has to be a contender for best …
See: The Garden release “All Smiles Over Here :)” + album and tour dates
The Garden are all set to unleash more of their ‘vada vada’ on the world. October 9th see’s the Orange County thrift store pin-up punks release their first album proper, ‘Haha’ via Epitaph/Burger Records. In support of the release, the Shears twins will also be taking to the road for 23 date European tour. The Garden …
Live Review: Dark Horses – Leadmill, Sheffield 30.07.15: Gallery + Interview
“Just get out there and make some noise!!” – Lisa Elle. To say I’m a fan of this hugely talented band would be an understatement, their album ‘Hail Lucid State’, has never been out of my car, to the point of nearly being worn away. As an album you never seem to get …
Meet: Serial Chiller + Exclusive premiere of debut track ‘HIPS STIR’
We love introducing you to fresh new bands here at Backseat Mafia, and you can’t get much fresher than this. Serial Chiller, from Lincoln (me neither, but see below and they’ll explain) have yet to play live. But they’re itching like mad to get going, have got plenty to say and with the release of …
See: GHXST release new video for ‘Nowhere’
GHXST swap the dark underbelly of the Big Apple, for the stark no mans land of the desert, Brooklyn’s self proclaimed ‘rock ‘n’roll zombie kids’, return with the video for ‘Nowhere’. Dirty, reverb heavy guitars, vague, sleazy vocals give the whole affair an air of impending doom. No Wave music akin to the heady narcosis that only …
NEWS: EVIL BLIZZARD – new album and tour dates
Are You Evil? Once you’ve experienced Evil Blizzard you’ll find that no matter how hard you try, they will have somehow crept under your skin, and encamped themselves within the dark recesses of your mind. Looking like characters from a deranged serial killers wet dream, the masked band use their heavy, intoxicating, dark-psych sound to …
Meet: The Silhouette Era
Far from the sun drenched beaches and endless summer of their Southern cousins, the North California surf scene is more about grey skies, steely grey ocean and freezing dawns. It might sound grim, but it’s a way of life that local band The Silhouette Era have embraced to the full. The bands latest album,’Beacons’ draws influences …
See: Mike Garry & Joe Duddell ST ANTHONY – An ode to Anthony H. Wilson
“I first heard St. Anthony the day before our Jodrell Bank gig in July 2013. I thought it sounded fucking great“ – Bernard Sumner, New Order. Anthony H. Wilson. Do you really need me to say anymore? As a TV presenter he championed many up and coming bands that wouldn’t have got a chance if …
Album Review: Sextile – A Thousand Hands
It’s dark outside; so grab your sunglasses, ‘cos we’re going deep under the wires into the world of Sextile and their rather wonderful debut album ‘A Thousand Hands’. Like many of you, I’ve been a follower / collector / fanatic – call it what you will – of what could broadly be called alternative music …
Live Review: Dandy Warhols. Leadmill, Sheffield 30.07.15
It has been some considerable time since tonight’s headliners last played the Steel City, and there’s a definite air of anticipation and excitement as the venue starts to fill to bursting. One of Portland’s finest exports and one of the most influential bands of our time. The Dandy Warhol’s take the stage in a casual, …