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Premiere: Linqua Franqa – Gold Bike
Taken from her The Model Minority album, out February 23rd on HHBTM Records, Anthens-based rapper Mariah Parker aka Linqua Franqa is about to release the third single Gold Bike – premiering here on Backseat Mafia today. Using all the skills she learnt during her masters degree in linguistics at the University of Georgia, Parker is …
News: Shields Guitarist George Christie Passes Away
Uk Metalcore band Shields have released a statement concerning the shock death of their guitarist George Christie. The band, currently on tour with Escape the Fate in Europe, have just released their first new material in three years, and were promising a new album. The statement reads: “There is no easy way to say this. …
Album Review: ShapeShiftingAliens – ShapeShiftingAliens
There is no doubt that the vocals of Swedish duo ShapeShiftingAliens (SSA) will immediately make you think of David Bowie, and there are echoes of some other of my favourite vocalists from Nick Cave, Wayne Hussey (Sisters of Mercy), Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten). Vocal style alone, however, does not a great band make and SSA …
See: Martha Ffion shares ‘Take Your Name’ video
Martha Ffion playfully addresses relationship doubts with the lush surfy sway of new single ‘Take Your Name’, taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘Sunday Best’. Originally from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland and now based in Glasgow, Martha Ffion has already delighted listeners with last year’s ‘Trip’ EP and wowed audiences with both full band shows and …
ALBUM REVIEW: Brian Fallon – Sleepwalkers
Label: Virgin EMI Released: 9th February 2018 More well-known initially as frontman of American rockers The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon has offered his second solo album since he debuted with 2016’s Painkillers. Sleepwalkers perfectly combines raucous rock ‘n’ roll, dreamy acoustic folk and Motown rhythms, sounding as if Fallon has been writing music to this …
News: Glassjaw announce exclusive London show, Material Control release date
Legendary New York influential post-hardcore band GLASSJAW have announced their return to the UK. They will play at London’s o2 Academy Brixton on 18/08/18. Tickets go on sale 9am Friday 2nd Febraury at www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk The band surprised their fans at the end of last year, dropping new album “MATERIAL CONTROL” on 1st December, …
Music News : WYE OAK Announce New Album ‘The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs’, Hear First Single
WYE OAK have come a long way since the beginning of their music career. From low key folksies to a more electronic feel, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have never been afraid to tear down their music wall and rebuild from the ground up. With their new album The Louder I Call, The Faster It …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Mamuthones – The Wrong Side
Sardinians Mamuthones, who take their name from the death masks used in their native area return with a new LP, Fear On The Corner, set for release on Rocket Recordings on 23rd February 2018 and BMS are delighted to you the premiere of the video for ‘The Wrong Side’. When asked the videos director said “In ‘The …
Not Forgotten: Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
It shouldn’t work. It should have been a complete and utter dud. Of the old guard of the 60s and 70s, almost no one had made the hard synthetic production techniques of the 80s work for them. Sure, a few had maintained a certain level of commercial success, but at what cost to their integrity? …
See: Holy Wave release new video for Adult Fear
El Paso multi-instrumentalists Holy Wave are back with a new album, Adult Fear, which drops on March 30th via The Reverberation Appreciation Society. Ahead of the release they’ve released a new video for the title track, and it’s one that sees the Austin quintet head into a world inhabited by hazy synths and expansive melodies. …