Music
Say Psych: Preview: Manchester Psych Fest
The UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest has announced a huge line up for its ninth and biggest edition of the one-day event to date, taking place on 3rd September 2022 and BSM will be there on the day to take it all in. Joining the likes of Tinariwen, Warmduscher and Jane Weaver, Manchester Psych …
Premiere: FLOWERTRUCK exclusively unveil their video for single ‘Pretending’ with announcement of new album ‘Partly Cloudy’.
We’ve long been fans of Sydney/Illawarra band FLOWERTRUCK who have perfected an antipodean-flavoured brand of indie pop that has a genetic link to an amalgam of The Go-Betweens and The Apartments on one side of the ditch, and the Dunedin sound epitomised by Flying Nun roster of The Bats and The Chills on the other …
Live Review & Photo Gallery: The Raccoons at The Republic Bar, 10.07.2022
Tasmanian rockabilly royalty, The Raccoons made a successful return to the live stage after a lengthy layoff due to the sad passing of former bass player, Alexander ‘Sandy’ Campbell back in February. With new bass man, Warren Hankey in tow, the band powered through two sets of toe-tapping, skirt-twirling rock and roll goodness, delighting the …
Live Review: Damien Dempsey – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 09.07.2022
On a sunny Saturday evening, on the 9th of July, the Iveagh Gardens was the place to be as Dublin singer-songwriter, or simply just all time Irish legend, Damien Dempsey, took to the stage, as the church of Damo returned for the first time in three years. The Donaghmede native took to the stage at …
Live Review: Summer Street festival 2022 – Cliffe Park, Sunderland 09.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore Sunderland’s Summer Street festival returned with some fantastic artists performing and also bringing new cultures together. The first band to kick off the day was Labyrinthine Oceans, who opened up the festival with their dark music, driving guitar riffs, and bewitching vocals from the lead singer. The next act to perform was …
Feature: Excuses Excuses Give Us A Track By Track On Their New Album ‘Listen Up!’
Hailing from Canada the ferocious new rock band Excuses Excuses are set to light up the world of rock when they release their debut album. The band gave us a track by track of this much anticipated album. Background The LISTEN UP! record was an absolute rollercoaster of experiences and emotions for everyone in the …
Track: Grave Lines – Sinensis
London’s Grave Lines have shared the video for new single ’Sinensis’ which was directed, edited, produced and filmed by Lawrence Allan Wheeler. The track is taken from their third album ‘Communion’ due 15th July via New Heavy Sounds The band comment: “Sinensis is one of the new songs we felt it made sense to shine …
Meet: Nico Moilanen From Finland’s Violent Pop Collective- Blind Channel
With the recent release of their album Lifestyles Of The Sick And Dangerous, Backseat Mafia caught up with front man Nice Moilanen of Finlands Blind Channel. Give us a potted history of Blind Channel We started the band back in music high school in 2013 with one goal in mind: to make an international career …
Track: Blind Channel – Don’t Fix Me
Finnish post-hardcore, violent pop collective Blind Channel have released the video for their newsingle, ‘Don’t Fix Me’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Lifestyles Of The Sick And Dangerous’, out now via Century Media Records. Regarding the single, Blind Channel say, “Don’t Fix Me continues the themes of brokenness thatfeature on the upcoming album. This time, …
Feature: Peaks! Give Us A Track by Track For New EP Futurephobia
Italian duo Peaks! have given us a track by track for the recent EP Futurephobia. The duo comments: “The concept behind Futurephobia is the realisation of how a certain moment can influence life and determine the future. Highs and lows can be pivotal, time is relative, would you bite or be eaten? Do you wanna …