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Say Psych: Album Review: The Underground Youth – The Falling

The Underground Youth, a Manchester-born, Berlin-based group, led by Craig Dyer, release their tenth LP The Falling this week via Fuzz Club Records. The new album sees Craig and the band…

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Album review: Chad VanGaalen – ‘The World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener’: an excellent, multifaceted curio of psych and fun

YOU’VE gotta love Chad VanGaalen, the Albertan singer-songwriter who completely follows his own muse, sees the world his own goddam way, thank you very much; and who’s been delighting those…

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Album review: Deniz Cuylan – ‘No Such Thing As Free Will’: a pastoral instrumental guitar gem

No Such Thing As Free Will is a much prettier and more enveloping record than words can convey; it has a really nice poise between the disciplines of the leftfield, the guitar soli and that of bright folk melody. In this regard if you're a fan of early to mid-period James Blackshaw, but also very much the quartet of 'free folk' albums Stockholm's Andreas Söderström released as ASS in the decade from 2006, you'll find an awful lot to love. A bright, studious, harmonic, pastoral gem

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Album Review: The Paper Kites’ ‘Roses’, featuring stunning collaborations with global female guest singers, is a delicate and beautiful album

The Australian folk/indie pop band The Paper Kites are musical icons and in ‘Roses’, their fifth album, they have crafted a breathtakingly beautiful album that has an indelible sheen and…

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EP: The Great Emu War Casualties release the dynamic and shimmering indie pop EP ‘Vanity Project’

Australian-based and evocatively-named The Great Emu War Casualties (TGEWC) have released the EP ‘Vanity Project’ – a dynamic, fresh and dazzling collection of effervescent shimmering tracks. There is an indefinable…

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Album: White Void – Anti

Norwegian occult hard rock band White Void, have released their debut album ‘Anti’ via Nuclear Blast records. A concept album based on Albert Camus’ Absurdism and inspired by 70s occult rock, 80s hard…

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Mixtape: Digga D overcomes censorship with unapologetic ‘Made In The Pyrex’ mixtape

Dubbed as UK drill’s golden boy, and never far from controversy, Digga D’s rise to fame over the past 3-years-or-so has been nothing short of notorious. ‘Made In The Pyrex’ was…

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Album: Enforced – Kill Grid

Richmond metal band Enforced have spent two years creating their album Kill Grid which will be their debut on their new label Century Media. Featuring a striking Joe Petagno (Motörhead, Vitriol) cover, this is…

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Album Review: The Ghost of Helags unveil the shimmering and impressingly beautiful album ‘We Came From the Stars’

Here at Backseat Mafia HQ we have been following synth pop duo The Ghost of Helags for a while – covering a series of extraordinary beautiful dreamy singles and even…

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EP: Sydney’s Silky Roads lets slip a smooth and ultra cool EP ‘Granada’

What’s on the label is certainly in the box – Sydney-based band Silky Roads has just released an EP entitled ‘Granada’ and it is one silky smooth piece of cool.…

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