Interview
Meet: London’s Post-Punk Outfit The Silence
North Londons The Silence have shared their debut single ‘Winter’ and are set for big things. We put some questions to the band to find out about them and where they are going. Give us a potted history of the band The band technically formed in early 2022 – at the time it was just …
Meet: Olly Bailey, The Man Behind Jaws The Shark
Releasing the debut EP ‘Another Day In Paradise’ in 2021, Jaws The Shark is the garage rock project of Londoner Olly Bailey who is set to release a follow up EP. We caught up with Bailey to find out a little bit about him and his project. Give us a potted history of Jaws The …
Meet: Brighton’s Public Body
With their debut album in the works and due next year the band have shared the first taste with new single ‘Break From Life’, we thought it would be time to check in with the Brighton band and find out a little bit about them before they make even bigger waves in the music world. …
Meet: Newcastle Alt Rockers Jango Flash
Jango Flash was formed by producer and songwriter Jack Angus Golightly, as an escape to his own alternative reality where he could manifest art and music following a personal family tragedy. They are set to release their debut EP early next year so we caught up with them to let the band introduce themselves to the …
Meet: Beau Neilson – Creative Director of Sydney’s Magnificent Phoenix Central Park
Backseat Mafia goes behind the scenes and talks to Beau Neilson the Creative Director of Sydney’s Phoenix Central Park.
Meet: Singer, Songwriter And Former Blanketman Adam Hopper
Adam Hopper has started a new solo project under his own name working with producer. Emerging from indie punk band Blanketman, who are no strangers to Backseat Mafia, Hopper is working with Rob Kirwan (Hozier, PJ Harvey, U2) who was keen to help him get his music out there. Concentrating on poignant, wry lyricism and …
Live Review: After The Burial – Manchester Academy, Manchester 11.11.2022
By Sian Connolly To all the metal heads out there, this one’s for you. The Never Say Die Tour well and truly smashed it this year with headlining band After The Burial tearing it down at Manchester Academy. All the way from Minneapolis, the death metal band who formed way back in 2004, are still …
Interview: Wired Productions Team Up With Ivar & The Horde For New Mental Health Charity Single
Indie video-game producers Wired Productions have launched a new record lab, Black Razor Records. As well as also running Safe In Our World, a charity whose mission is to create and foster mental health awareness within the video game industry. The first release form Black Razor is a new charity single to raise funds and …
Meet: Charged GBH – Grievous Battery Harm – Lords of The Flies
The Battery Farm are a gutter punk band from Manchester. They are one of, it not the most hard working band on the North West scene over the last couple of years. Even a Global Pandemic has done little to hinder their progress. Now with Lockdown a distant memory and the live music handbrake fully …
Meet: Boston Singer Songwriter Maggie Cubillos
Singer-songwriter Maggie Cubillos is currently a junior at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. The 21-year-old Colombian/Cuban/American vocalist grew up in Hermosa Beach, a small Southern California coastal town, with its own rich musical history steeped in both Jazz and Punk Rock. Give us a potted history of youself I’m Maggie Cubillos a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles! I have …