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News: Jesus Jones announce announce first new album in 16 years
90’s indie/dance outfit Jesus Jones – perhaps best known for 1990’s global smash ‘Right Here, Right Now’ have announced their sixth album, and first in 16 years is to be released this coming June. The album, titled Passages, sees the band taking charge of their own destiny, after a period of coasting along. As singer …
Meet: Methyl Ethel’s Jake Webb on New LP ‘Everything is Forgotten”, World Tour, Art, & Music
In Australia, between the places where the Swan River meets the suburbs and sandy beaches meet the shoreline, lays Perth. A cultural centre and the sweeping city that is the capital of Western Australia. Perth is not only home to the state ballet, opera companies, theatre, art galleries and museums. It is also home to …
Album Review: Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3
You know, sometimes it really is just down to the songs. On hearing Kate Bush lavish sounding Before the Dawn for the first time recently, I have to admit, I was impressed, especially given how much improved many of the songs were with Bush’s mature and more lived-in vocal. Something I did ponder on however …
Live: Wednesday 13, The Key Club Leeds, 24/2/2017
A grey Friday evening in the midst of February seems on the surface like a fitting day to see a show entitled Undead, Unplugged. However, below the surface, what awaits Wednesday 13 fans this evening is a night filled with humour, honesty and a real connection between artist and fans- alongside a great deal of …
Say Psych: Interview: Meet the Label – Little Cloud Records
Neo-Psychedelia has become the fastest growing musical trend, and the genre that everyone who wants to be associated with. With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that it is people who make all of this possible and get the music out into the public domain in the first place. Say Psych plans to address …
Classic Album: Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna
You almost don’t need to hear Bella Donna to know what it sounds like. Name recognition alone will inform you that this is a solo album by the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman and visual figurehead. There she is on the cover, resplendent in a floaty dress, lofty heels, big hair and brandishing a cockatoo. Oh, and …
Album Review: Forest Walker – UV Sea
Occasionally I’ll come across an album that stops the world around me when I listen to it. The music committed to that record holds a type of special magic that can’t really be explained or dissected, as any attempt pales in comparison to the art itself. What some hear as “noise”, I hear as the …
Interview: Natives, Leeds O2 Academy, 21/2/2017
Making waves recently after emerging from the New Forest in 2014 with their debut album Indoor War, Natives embody a huge alternative sound, with an abundance of colourful vibes, positivity and world music influences in tow. Backseat Mafia caught up with Jack Fairbrother, guitarist for the band, before their show in Leeds supporting Busted! BM: …
Premiere: The Holiday Crowd release video for Cheer Up
Toronto indie pop quartet The Holiday Crowd have released a new video for ‘Cheer Up’, debuting here today on Backseat Mafia. It was the first single to be taken from the bands self-titled sophomore effort, which dropped last month on the Shelflife label. Cheer up is this picture-postcard indie pop (postcard being the operative word …
Live Review: Busted, Leeds O2 Academy, 21.2.2017
It has been some time since Busted released an album and headed out on the road. The last time around, a large proportion of their fans were probably negotiating a minefield of pre-teen dramas- while some may have been even younger than that. This is to say that Busted were a band that sound tracked …