From an old record box: Babybird – Goodnight
It was 1996, and I was in the Lake District for a summer holiday with a friend’s family; music was key in-car entertainment and one of the principal tapes in…
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Live Review: Against The Current – Manchester Roadhouse – 06.12.2014
It’s been a fair while since I’ve been looking forward to a gig as much as this one. There’s a great feeling about going to a gig for bands on…
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Album Review : My Drunken Haze – My Drunken Haze
One listen to Athens, Greece quintet My Drunken Haze and their self-titled debut, you can tell they’ve done their homework. Their sound is colored with hues found on a late-60s…
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Live Review: Screaming Maldini – The Final Show – Queens Social Club – 05.12.14
And so this was it, the last show for Screaming Maldini. The room was packed with people that came together to give them the send off they deserved with a…
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From an old record box: Cecil – The Most Tiring Day
Between 1997 and 1998 the airwaves of Durham were treated to the finest radio show known (and now lost) to humanity: the Al, Nick and Jonny show. Broadcasting on Purple FM…
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From an old record box: Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (Original Soundtrack)
A Motown martial arts movie ? You heard. In 1985 Berry Gordy produced what ace critic Roger Ebert described at the time as a “great near-miss”. It managed to gross…
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Psych Insight: 20 Essential Psych Albums of 2014
This year I have teamed up with Adam Harmsworth of Psychedelic Drone Rock to bring you twenty albums that have really inspired us in 2014. After last year’s glut of fantastic new…
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See: Screaming Maldini – Solar System (Music Video)
I’ve been reluctant to write this post, knowing that it may well be one of the last I write about Screaming Maldini. In case you’ve missed every recent post about…
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Album Review; Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
I must confess to being late to the Ariel Pink party. His debut album ‘House Arrest’ came out in 2002, completely under my radar. I stumbled across this new album,…
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Premiere: The Black Lamps – The Archivist
Today, here at Backseat Mafia, we bring you the premiere of ‘The Archivist’, the opening track from The Black Lamps self titled debut long player, out on January 12th via…
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