Live Review
Live Review: Bowling for Soup Acoustic Singalong – The Parish, Huddersfield 26.05.2022
Having graced the shores of the UK at the start of spring, Texan pop punk legends Bowling For Soup (well, two of them) were back to play a run of intimate dates to their hardcore fans. Obviously here at Backseat Mafia we couldn’t do this review without mentioning the fact that the band couldn’t fully …
Live Review: Teddy Swims / Saibh Skelly – The Academy, Dublin 29.05.2022
Atlanta singer songwriter Teddy Swims stopped off in Dublin on his ‘Tough Love’ world tour, and it was powerful!
Live Review: Beach House / White Flowers – 02 Academy Brixton, London 26.05.2022
It started as a project with 10 Dollars in their pocket and Beach House were formed and created a genre that has been widely imitated. The band played a sold out Brixton Academy with a catalogue of songs and Victoria Legrand’s mesmerising voice. Beach House are a neo-psychedelic shoegaze band from Baltimore, Maryland in 2004 …
Live Gallery: Crash & the Crapenters at Frankie’s Pizza
Crash and the Crapenters never disappoint, last night they brought their mayhem to Frankie’s Pizza.
Live Review: Thunder / Kris Barras Band – Wembley Arena, London 28.05.2022
By Adrian Peel photos by Jon Pigram One of the UK’s most underrated hard rock bands – though packing out much of Wembley Arena more than 30 years after they first got together is a pretty impressive feat – Thunder brought their UK tour to a close with a setlist that lay heavily towards their …
Live Review: YONAKA / July Jones – The Academy Greenroom, Dublin 26,05,2022
Yonaka played The Academy’s greenroom with support coming from British-Slovene singer July Jones. Opening act July Jones has been known to say she is heading for 20 Grammys, that’s how confident she/her/they/them are and even during the performance she is heard saying that they are set for world fame. Trying to photographer her was fun …
Live Review: The Brand New Club Featuring Badger / Divine Image / Coasial / The Outtakers – Independant, Sunderland 26.05.2022
By Adam Littlemore A venue in Holmeside has launched ‘The Brand New Club’, a new monthly live club night for new music, aimed at both the seasoned band who’d like to try out new material as well as groups looking to get their first ever gig. I spoke to Ben Richardson who is the promoter …
Live Review: Enter Shikari / Trash Boat / As Everything Unfolds- Rock City, Nottingham 20.05.22
By Claire Hodgkins Following a triumphant first performance, Nottingham’s premier music venue was all geared up for a second consecutive show from the mighty Enter Shikari. Having been rescheduled previously due to COVID related illness, these highly anticipated shows had been sold out months in advance. Joining the lineup, were Buckinghamshire based As Everything Unfolds …
Live Review: Tropical Fuck Storm / deadletter – Stereo, Glasgow 26.05.2022
Fresh from their set at The Great Escape in Brighton where they were introduced by Steve Lamacq and filmed for BBC Introducing, deadletter were at Glasgow’s Stereo to support Melbourne’s Tropical Fuck Storm. It was the Australian’s band first night of their tour and so all in all expectations were high. deadletter were hanging out …
Live Review: The Killers / Manic Street Preachers – Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry 28.05.2022
As the temperature drops but the rain holds off over Coventry, Manic Street Preachers start this epic night with a bang by treating the audience to their classics. They’re an awesome warm up for a mixed crowd and watching from the rafters, you can see a great deal of dad dancing courtesy of both the …