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Live Gallery: Kill the headlights and put it in neutral – Loser hit Sydney
Loser’s grungy alt rock is a winner with Sydney audience.
Live Review: Madison Beer / Leah Kate – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 18.04.2022
On Monday, the 18th of April 2022, American superstar Madison Beer took to the stage at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre for her highly anticipated Irish return, performing to a sold-out crowd as part of her ‘Life Support’ tour, celebrating her debut 2021 album of the same name. The day itself had wind, rain, and hailstones, but …
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 …