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Album Review: Anorak Patch release astounding debut EP ‘By Cousin Sam’: Out now via Nice Swan Records
Cementing themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting bands to emerge in recent years, Essex foursome Anorak Patch have just released their first EP, By Cousin Sam. The debut release comes via Nice Swan Records, a label that have worked with some of the UK’s buzziest acts including Sports Team, English Teacher, Silverbacks, Hotel …
Live Review: Foals / Goat Girl – Brighton Centre, Brighton 27.04.2022
Foals latest tour finally come to Brighton to play an eager crowd at Brighton Centre after having been previously postponed and with luck this show had been added as an extra date as part of the ‘Life Is Yours Tour’ The opening act of the night is ‘Goat Girl’ who seem to be touring a …
Live Review: Grouper – Parnassos Hall/ Plissken Festival, Athens 20.04.22
There are really only two ways to enjoy electronic music : dancing in the comfort of your own home, or at a festival. So when Backseat Mafia made its way to the first Athens review to watch American -Ambient artist Grouper, courtesy of Plissken Festival, I arrived at the majestic venue of Parnassos Hall, a …
News: Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson & Perturbator to release ‘Final Light’ album
Final Light, a one-time only project featuring Perturbator and Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson, release their self-titled album on June 24 via Red Creek. The project is the result of both a recently discovered kinship and the opportunity for Perturbator, at the request of Roadburn’s Walter Hoeijmakers, to do a commissioned piece with a musician …
Live Review: Wet Leg – Electric Ballroom, London 26.04.2022
Excuse me? That joke isn’t funny anymore, huh? Well, with a debut album hitting the top of the charts packed with infectious songs aplenty and sold out gigs throughout the country – Wet Leg are certainly still laughing. The newly crowned indie disco queens continue to capitalise on the instant hit status of Chaise Long. …
Album Review: Rhys Fulber – Brutal Nature
Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer best known for his lengthy (and ongoing) tenures with industrial standard bearers Front Line Assembly and ambient pop exponents Delerium (both with Bill Leeb), his solo project Conjure One, plus a series of recent dark techno-based albums released under his own name. As a producer, he …