Music
Track: Dissonants – Harlequin
Heavy rockers Dissonants have started the year off with new drummer Harvey Lord and guitarist CubaStanley as guitarist Benjie Allen takes on the vocal duties. Their long-awaited return sees the band share their first taste of new music since their 2020 Nescient EP with new single ‘Harlequin’. Explains bassist Mike Barton. “It’s been a tough …
Track: Children Of The Pope – Junkie Girlfriend
The latest addition to the Isolar Records rosters, Children of the Pope certainly know how to make a striking entrance, showing up with a new single which is a very strong calling card: immediately recognisable, eminently listenable, and brimming with promise. The band has been, for a while now, a well-known presence in the London …
LIVE REVIEW: Sparks – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels 22/04/2022
After over twenty albums and fifty years in the business, the Mael brothers have weathered everything from adulation to ridicule and indifference, yet resolutely ploughed their own idiosyncratic furrow. Long ago realising that trying to play to the fickle tastes of the public was a risky and ultimately futile endeavour, they simply did their uniquely …
News: Margo Cilker announces UK & Irish Tour Dates
Following the release of her highly praised debut record ‘Pohorylle’ — released last year — MARGO CILKER is returning to the road for a string of UK & Irish dates this May. The Easter Oregon songwriter, who NPR dubbed one of “11 Oregon Artists to Watch in 2021”, has split her time between the road …
Track: It’s ‘Terrible’ Muriel- Teenage Joans back with new track
Teenage Joans are back with a new track ‘Terrible” and announce national tour.
Live Review: Grandaddy And The Lost Machine Orchestra At De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea 25.04.2022
By Cath Dupuy Grandaddy are currently on a mini UK tour visiting Bexhill-On-Sea, London, Manchester and Glasgow with Irish singer Malojian as support. Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle joins a newly assembled cast of French musicians to form The Lost Machine Orchestra to play ‘The Sophtware Slump’ in its entirety and many other gems.
Live Review: Kenny Thomas / Acantha Lang -O2 Academy, Sheffield 22.04.2022
A trip to Sheffield O2 Academy last Friday, I wasn’t sure what to expect as I hadn’t seen Kenny perform for a long time, suffice to say that I was not disappointed. Up first was Acantha Lang, hailing from London but originally from stateside New Orleans, Acantha performed a semi-acoustic set of soulful originals. With …
Live Review: Jordan Rakei / Ruti And Olivia Dean – O2 Brixton Academy, London
By Cath Dupuy Jordan Rakei’s final date of his European/UK tour at 02 Brixton Academy was predestined to be memorable. His finely tuned and exceptionally talented band was augmented with a string quartet, 5 backing singers and extra percussion! Support was from 2 excellent singer-songwriters Ruti and Olivia Dean, both already with big fanbases.Jordan frequently brings …
Live Review: Lucy Dacus / SOAK – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 25.04.2022
Lucy Dacus played an almost sold out Olympia Theatre on the 25th of April. The show had been upgraded twice and more recently reschedule due to COVID, so it was great that it could finally happen in such a beautiful room. Support on the night came from Derry based artist SOAK. SOAK was fantastic on …
Premiere: The Motion Below Release New Single ‘It’s All The Same’ And Announce New EP ‘Breakthrough’
Here at Backseat Mafia we have a soft spot for the hardest of metal and we are pleased to be premiering Melbournes post-hardcore quartet, The Motion Below’s new track ‘It’s All The Same’. The band also reveal it will be the first to drop from their upcoming EP, ‘Breakthrough’, due 8th July. About the track …