Live Review: The Duke Spirit – Wilton’s Music Hall 22.10.2015
The Duke Spirit lived up to their name with a majestic and energetic performance at the historic Wilton’s Music Hall. This was a show that had sold out within a…
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Album review: Various Artists: Creation Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85 (Cherry Red)
It’s a shame Creation Records is now known as the home of bloated rock gods Oasis when in reality it was the ground-breaking label that created DIY indie pop. It…
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Album Review: The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Okay, so what do we have here? Another Kinks Kompilation? Aren’t there enough of those already? The latest attempt to distil the brilliance of The Kinks onto two CD’s ties…
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Premiere: Stutter Steps release video for Fog
Stutter Steps, the Pittsburgh indie pop six piece outfit, are today premiering their debut video Fog right here on Backseat Mafia. Taken from their forthcoming self titled debut album, it…
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Track: God Damn – ‘Dead To Me’
With Wolverhampton based noise merchants God Damn, made up of Thom Edward and Ash Weaver, already releasing one critically acclaimed masterpiece of sonic terror this year, the band are showing…
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Live: The Cribs and Pulled Apart By Horses, Sheffield O2 Academy 24.10.15
On a brisk evening in Sheffield two of Yorkshire’s finest under the radar bands met at the O2 Academy. Traditional chants of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire” greet Leeds’ Pulled Apart By Horses…
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Track: Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – Almost Loved
Who didn’t love Moby’s album ‘Play’? It was funky, original and full of killer tunes. It was without doubt a career defining moment, and went on to sell ridiculous amounts…
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See: Battles release video for Dot Net
Last month New York’s Battles released album number three, ‘La Di Da Di’. With the departure of their lead singer, their latest collection of songs is an instrumental ride of…
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Track: Kneebody & Daedelus – ‘Drum Battle’
Following on from releases from Thundercat and Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus’ increasingly important and consistently brilliant label Brainfeeder is preparing to release an new album, Kneedelus, featuring LA/Brooklyn instrumental quintet…
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See: GL release video for “Number One”
Melbourne duo GL, aka Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson, set tongues wagging with the release of their debut EP Love Hexagon via Plastic World last year, not just in their…
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