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Album Review: Thunder – Rip It Up
There has always been something comforting about Thunder. Perhaps it’s their no frills approach to the classic hard rock sound, perhaps it is down to their reliable quality in terms of output (from 1990’s Back Street Symphony to Rip it Up, they’re still recognisably the same band in terms of their sound, with relatively few …
Meet: Greys – Shehzaad Jiwani On Community, Art, Music and More.
Greys are a fantastically loud, original and irrepressible four piece from Canada. Exposed to a wide span of social and cultural experiences and musical influences from Sonic Youth to Talking heads. With phat bass grooves of the revolution, thrashing shearing guitars, ear popping feedback and punk’y grunge’y percussion. Their music ranges from the raw in …
PREMIERE: INTRODUCING SCAB HAND & THEIR DEBUT RELEASE ‘IRREGULAR BED’
Squeezing out from between the cracks in the floorboards of the garage punk underground come’s Scab Hand. They’re loud, visceral and they will make you itch. Scratch that itch and just below the surface you’ll find ex-members of Love Buzzard rubbing body parts with ex members of Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, giving us a cross …
See: Blonde Redhead release video for Golden Light
New York trio Blonde Redhead already have an impressive cannon of work, and they’re about to add to it with the release of their latest EP, 3 O’Clock, the bands first new music since 2014’s Barragán. From it the band have released a new video from it, for the EP’s single ‘Golden Light’. The track …
Meet: Washington Hardcore Punks Technicians
We recently featured Mistakes, the new single from Washington DC hardcore punks Technicians, which dropped ahead of their album Now That We’re Home. It’s a record that was first recorded in 2015, but, unhappy with the results – the band went back and re-recorded the whole thing. It’s filled with adrenaline soaked melodic punk, that …
Album Review: Desperate Journalist – Grow Up
Desperate Journalist come of age with their most powerful and refined music to date on new album ‘Grow Up’. We, at Backseat Mafia, have often professed our love for Desperate Journalist. I thought I’d better state that straight away. You may think this means that this review will be biased – based on a history …
New Video: The Dandy Warhols – Thick Girls Knock Me Out (Richard Starkey)
I confess I was a little uncomfortable reviewing the video of a song with such a bewildering title after International Women’s Day, but then, with the nonsensical inclusion of a tribute to The Beatles’ drummer, Ringo, I realised that nothing The Dandy Warhols release can ever be taken too seriously. This is the shouty, loud …
Album Review: Marnie – Strange Words And Weird Wars
With new album ‘Strange Words And Weird Wars’ Marnie proves that she still rules when it comes to powerful pop. ‘Strange Words And Weird Wars’ (released on 2 June) is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Helen Marnie’s 2013 solo album ‘Crystal World’ and cements her status as one of the queens of electro-pop – a …
Album Review: Vukovi – (self-titled)
Neon-rock band Vukovi have exploded onto the scene with a brand new debut album, self-titled, released on 10th March 2017 (LAB Records). The album will be supported with a 7-date tour of the UK, beginning in hometown Glasgow on the day of its release, before going on to Leeds, Manchester, London, and wrapping things up …
Premiere: Graces – Smile
Sheffield band Graces have set the mark with new single ‘Smile’, released on 10th March 2017, introducing their own brand of cinematic indie-pop to the modern world. The track will be officially launched with a sold-out show at the Rocking Chair, cementing their roots in Sheffield’s rich indie music heritage. ‘Smile’ follows the band’s debut EP …