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Live Review: Gemma Dunleavy / Henry Earnest / Bricknasty- 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 01.04.2022
On Friday, the 1st of April 2022, Dublin-native Gemma Dunleavy took to the 3Olympia Theatre stage for her biggest show to date. Despite the date famously being known as April Fool’s Day, this gig was no joke, with Dunleavy calling it the “dream of all dreams”. The night’s proceedings were kicked off in front of …
News: Machine Head Announce New Album And Share First Single ‘Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate’
MACHINE HEAD have announced the details of their forthcoming 10th studio album, the immense and unapologetic, ‘ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN,’ set for release on August 26th, 2022. Check out the video for the ferocious debut track, ‘CHØKE ØN THE ASHES ØF YØUR HATE,’ below. ‘ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN’ is a 13-track concept album set in a decimated futuristic wasteland where the sky is stained crimson …
Live Review: CMAT / Soft Launch – Omeara, London 08.04.2022
The Irish country-pop singer Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, better known as CMAT, released her debut album, ‘If My Wife New I’d Be Dead’, earlier this year and is now on tour in support of the album. Rachel Wonders was there at her London gig to capture the colourful performance of support band Soft Launch and Thompson …
Track: It’s not a delusion-Eliza and the Delusionals release new track with high-anticipated debut album to follow
Eliza and the Delusionals release breezy, guitar-infused track ‘Bed Song’ ahead of new album out in May.
News: Oh My God! It’s the church out on tour in support of ‘Revelations’ EP
Celebrating the release of their ‘Revelations’ EP and recent single ‘Kiss My Apocalypse’, the notoriously uproarious funk’n’roll misfits are hitting stages across the UK in a string of rescheduled dates to support the release of second EP ‘Revelations’ on 15th April. The celestial all-singing, all-dancing act consists of the Hail Marys choir and their band The Missionary Position, …
Meet: Inspirational electro-acoustic saxophonist Jason Sharp ahead of his upcoming UK/Eu solo tour.
You might have missed saxophonist Jason Sharp’s elemental and elevating album ‘The Turning Centre Of The Still World’ released as it was at the backend of the pandemic in August last year. His third release for Montreal’s mighty Constellation label marked an emboldened exploration of his craft, melding his sax playing with electronics using his …
Premiere: Richard Orofino reveals beautiful new single, Bending; hear it here, first
We’ve featured Brooklyn based singer/songwriter Richard Orofino before here on Backseat Mafia, and now are delighted to be able to premiere his new single Bending today. Already a respected artist and sought after producer, he’s following up recent releases such as ‘Fake Me’ and ‘Wanna Say’ with a new track, Bending. As with much of …
Not Forgotten: Gong – Camembert Electrique
Released in 1971 on French label BYG Actuel, Gong’s second album resurfaced on Virgin Records in 1974 at the special price of 59p, by which time the teapot was in full flight with the Radio Gnome trilogy. Even back then, Daevid Allen’s mythology was close to fully formed. The photo on the back sleeve shows …
Live Review: Dua Lipa – First Direct Arena, Leeds 18.04.2022
It’s been a long time coming. 3 postponements due to the pandemic, but finally the Future Nostalgia Tour arrived in Leeds in style. As Dua Lipa said to the adoring audience, she was “so grateful to be sharing the evening” with us all and “sharing the stage with these amazing people”. Beginning a set in …
Live Review: Duda Beat – Opium, Dublin 18,04,2022
They say its always good to try something new and different, with that in mind I noticed that Brazilian Pop/MPB singer Duda Beat (Eduarda Bittencourt Simões) was playing a venue I had not yet ever photographed in! so I said I would kill two birds with one stone.I wasn’t sure what to expect crowd wise, …