Feature: UK & Ireland live review team’s Top 5 gigs of 2023
It’s been one hell of a year for live music and our UK & Ireland review team have covered the length and breadth of the British Isles, to bring you…
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Feature: Backseat Downunder’s 50 Favourite Antipodean Albums and EPs of 2023
In many end of year ‘best’ albums of 2023, there has been a distinct absence of independent antipodean bands – an astounding omission given the depth of quality exhibited by…
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Feature: The Alchemy Give Us A Track By Track Of Debut Album ‘Somewhere // Anywhere’
Background: ‘Somewhere // Anywhere’ marked a significant point in the band’s journey. At the time of creating this album, The Alchemy were in a transitional phase from losing a founding…
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Feature: Pete Briley Gives Us The Low Down On His Debut Solo Album ‘Album No. 1’
Background At the start of 2023, in those bleak January days where you get about 14 minutes of daylight each day, I faced a dilemma. The Outlaw Orchestra had a…
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Feature: Sam From Sam Roberts Band Gives Us a Run Down Of New Album ‘The Adventures of Ben Blank’
Some context surrounding the making of the record: Unfortunately, no juicy bits or dirt to speak of surrounding the making of Ben Blank – no slander, no in-fighting, no back-stabbing,…
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Feature: Of Concrete Gods Give Us A Track By Track Of New EP Out Today
The EP has been a bit of a labour of love over the last few years. Technically we started recording it at the beginning of 2020, but the process was…
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Feature: Teiger Give Us A Track By Track Of Their Mesmerising Debut Album
The debut album ’Teiger’ is sort of a calling card for what’s to come. It came to life during a really interesting time – we were all going through various…
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Feature: Uncle Dave’s Biscuit Barrel Let Us Into Their World And Their New EP
Interview with Mike Trevor, vocalist So, after a 30 year break and then COVID getting in the way of the reboot, Uncle Dave’s Biscuit Barrel finally got into the studio…
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News: Tragic Death of Angie Oeh South African Mumble Rapper
Angie Oeh the fragile beauty of a fleeting moment.
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Album Review: The Belair Lip Bombs provide a track by track guide to their sparkling debut album ‘Lush Life’, along with tour news.
The wonderful The Belair Lip Bombs today unveil their debut album ‘Lush Life’ and exclusively take Backseat Mafia on a detailed track by track analysis of the album. The Belair…
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