Live Review: Savages – Vox, Leeds 11.11.2013
“We wanted to focus on writing lyrics for the stage…. we like to perform it in a really physical, emotional, violent way.” – Gemma. It’s Monday night, dark damp and quite…
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NOT FORGOTTEN – VIOLENT FEMMES – VIOLENT FEMMES
It’s been some time since I realised that I am getting out of touch with the guitar music that appeals to today’s youth. I can understand why the music in…
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New Music: Brisbane’s MTNS release the lush electronica of ‘Salvage’
In the vein of another antipodean export, The Temper Trap, MTNS, from Brisbane, produce very melodic, lush electronic based songs featuring high almost androgynous vocals. They have released a new…
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See: Solomon Grey releases new video for the pulsating electronica of ‘Firechild’
You can’t help but wonder about the lives of others. According to their bio, the duo who make up Solomon Grey (Oxford friends Tom Kingston and Joe Wilson) pursued their…
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See: Girl Called Johnny releases new visuals for single, Hey Jackie
Sometimes a break up makes you stronger, however hard it might feel at the time. That seems to have been the case for Brighton-born, London-based singer songwriter Karen Anne, aka…
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See: Royal Blood release new video for ‘Out Of The Black’
Royal Blood seem to want to get our attention. They just released their new single “Out Of The Black” a couple weeks ago and I must say it’s filled with…
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NOT FORGOTTEN – U.N.P.O.C. – FIFTH COLUMN
I’ve been writing for Backseat Mafia for a while now, prior to that I honed my music reviewing on a website where members of the public were encouraged to review…
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Feature: A dozen reasons to See The Blue Aeroplanes December Tour (Playlist)
My daughter brought home some maths homework that really didn’t make any sense to me. I wondered if it was just me, but the more people I showed this homework…
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See: Fanfarlo’s video for ‘A distance’
I needed cheering up today. I had to go to the hospital and have a camera inserted into my stomach via my throat. I won’t bore (read, gross you out)…
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NOT FORGOTTEN – TERRORVISION – SHAVING PEACHES
Terrorvision are one of those bands where it has been all to easy for the world at large to forget them. There’s no obvious reason for this to have happened.…
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