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Album Review: Cassowary – Cassowary
Following hot on the heels of the new Thundercat album ‘It is what it is’ it just in terms of timing but style as well (and quality as well, let’s get that out there), with a new name, Cassowary, aka 25 year old Miles Shannon. He’s got form though, from playing piano on Childhood friend …
Album Review: Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – What Kinda Music
In these almost unprecedented times for UK jazz, two of its foremost protagonists – Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, have joined forces to make ‘What Kinda music’ which is out today via Blue Note / Caroline Records, apparently having crossed paths firstly as children before hooking up around the time of Misch’s 2018 debut album …
TRACK: PET SHOP BOYS – I DON’T WANNA
Fourth single from their latest album – ‘Hotspot’ Pet Shop Boys release ‘I Don’t Wanna’ from the synth pop duo via their own label x2. ‘I Don’t Wanna’ would not be out of place if they released it at the start of their career and not when entering their 4th decade of music making. They …
ALBUM REVIEW: TRIVIUM – WHAT THE DEAD MEN SAY
Since releasing their debut album in 2003 there has been a sense Trivium have been searching for their own sound. Albums like ‘Ascendancy’ and ‘The Sin And The Sentence’ have been absolute smashes, but still that feeling of the band trying to find their way as they wander lost through the metal genre has prevailed. …
News: Swedish rock band Night announce fourth album
Swedish rock band Night will release their fourth album ‘High Tides – Distant Skies’ on September 11. ‘High Tides – Distant Skies’ is the fourth album from Night. The album contains nine new tracks of classic sounding rock music. ’High Tides – Distant Skies’ follows the band’s critical acclaimed album ‘Raft of the World’. If …
Track: Asian Death Crustacean – Baykal Part II, plus album news
London experimental metal 4-piece Asian Death Crustacean will be releasing their debut album, Baikal, this June. The forthcoming album combines their breadth of influences in extreme progressive metal, electronic/ambient music and the London underground jazz scene into an exploration of the themes of metamorphosis and self-transformation. ‘Baikal Part II’ is the first track to be …
See: Distant release new video with guest vocalists
Down-tempo/deathcore band Distant have released new single ‘Argent Debt’, featuring five special guest vocalists. Not to be thwarted by the restrictions of Covid-19, Distant have created this crushing track in lockdown, with the help of five vocalists: David Simmonich of Signs Of The Swarm, Adam Mercer of A Wake In Providence, Dane Evans of To The Grave, Taylor Barber of Left To …
Track: The Hirsch Effect release new single ‘Torka’
The Hirsch Effect have released their new single ‘Torka’, the third track from the band’s new album ‘Kollaps’. A dark alt rock track covering a lot of musical ground from prog to industrial to metal. ” ‘Torka’ is another composition that was written by Ilja solely. Except for the drums and one guitar double part, all instruments were played …
Track: Snow Ghosts – Heavy Heart (Mogwai Remix)
British trio Snow Ghosts have unveiled a Mogwai remix of their track ‘Heavy Heart’, taken from their Real World Sessions EP, itself released today April 24th. The original version, previously reviewed by Backseat Mafia here hails from their stunning album A Quiet Ritual, Remixed in the main by Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, it builds on the track’s gossamer-like nature while infusing it with dramatic swathes of electric guitar, the addition …
See: Dawnwalker release new video for Crestfallen
Progressive metal band Dawnwalker have released a new video for the single ‘Crestfallen’. Taken from their newly released EP of the same name. The video, complete with a variety of pets, is a great example of musicians making the best of their time in isolation and still managing to create engaging content. The chat room lyrics on …