Music
Say Psych: Live Review: Astral Festival, Bristol 06.07.2019
Astral Festival (FKA Bristol Psych Fest), presented by Stolen Body Records, is back for its 6th year and BSM has made the journey south to check it out. Over the past six years the festival has grown from a 50 capacity room to a daylong event over three Bristol venues; SWX, The Lanes and Rough Trade. …
News: Subhumans announce new album and September US tour dates
Finally! How long has it been? Well lets just say too long. The Subhumans originally formed in 1980 around the Wiltshire area, quickly finding there niche firmly in the Anarcho hardcore punk scene, fitting perfectly around the same spectrum as Crass and Conflict to name a few. Using there own label Bluurg to release demos …
EP: The Cosmics – The Cosmics
Out right now is the new self-titled debut EP from Birmingham scuzz pop band The Comics, collecting six of the tracks the band have been playing live and recording them with Test Icicles’ Rory Attwell whose production credits include the likes of Palma Violets, The Vaccines, Yuck, Mazes and Male Bonding among many other up-and-coming …
Not Forgotten: Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
I still remember the level of disappointment I experienced when I first heard Blueberry Boat. Fiery Furnaces debut, Gallowsbird’s Bark, is for my money, one of the best debut albums of the last two decades. A thrillingly shakey series of travelogue sketches recorded in a lo-fi manner, propelled by tumbling pianos, nicely rhythmic guitars and …
Track: Jekyll – Marionette
Blackpool’s Jekyll are a band going places – something Backseat Mafia predicted back in 2014 when we reviewed one of their first singles ‘I Do What I Can’. Now, having signed with Fierce Panda Records and booked through International Talent Bookings (ITB) along with bands such as Editors and Kasabian, Jekyll have released a fantastic …
Album Review: Ummagma – Compass
Any preconception about Ummagma being easily slotted into a dream/pop shoegaze label was put on notice with the release of their single ‘Caravan’ earlier this year and has certainly been dispelled for good with their new album ‘Compass’ being released on 26 July. Opening track, ‘Rolling’ has the wide-eyed exuberance of anything released by Pharrel …
Album Review: TC&I – Naked Flames – Live at Swindon Arts Centre
Well this is a delightful surprise. After the release of TC&I‘s welcome ‘Great Aspirations’ EP last year there were murmurings that the project was finished for the moment following some well received gigs last year. It now seems these gigs were recorded, and ‘Naked Flames’ is the result. TC&I is, on record, the legendary Colin …
Live Review: The Delta Bombers – Westgarth Club, Middlesbrough 7.6.2019
Hailing from the bright lights of Las Vegas, the Delta Bombers consist of Chris Moinichen (Guitar, Lead Vocal), Andrew Himmler (Guitar), Gregorio Garcia (Double Bass & Standard Bass) and Micah Malcolm on Drums. Playing live in every corner of the U.S.A and around the world has given them a huge depth of sound and passion …
Incoming: Stuber
When a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) picks up a passenger (Dave Bautista) who turns out to be a cop hot on the trail of a brutal killer, he’s thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he desperately tries to hold onto his wits, his life and his five-star rating. Stuber is out in …
Album Review : Drab Majesty’s ‘Modern Mirror
Drab Majesty creates in light and dark. There’s the Gothic chill of Pornography-era Cure and the synth pop lift of early OMD, Talk Talk, and Animotion. Deb Demure started Drab Majesty while still drumming for Los Angeles experimental rock band Marriages. Donning white make-up and a white wig Demure hides all traces of some bloke …