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News: Goat’s Commune gets special ‘Silver Edition’ vinyl
After the Swedish psychedelia influenced group’s first album World Music was given a ‘Sunburst’ Psych Limited Edition vinyl, their second album Commune has been given similarly worthy treatment. The new edition, originally released on Bandcamp Friday (August 7th) as part of the ‘No Fee’ day to support artists, sees the album given new and exclusive …
Michael Schenker To Release New MSG Album In January 2021
Michael Schenker is currently in the final stages of recording a brand new MSG album, which is set to be released on Nuclear Blast on January 8th, 2021. The album title will be “Immortal“, a perfect statement to describe Michael Schenker’s legacy and to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a musician. “It’s going very well. We have a lot of guest musicians, who …
Mayhem Reveal Rescheduled Dates For Northern Ritual Tour MMXXI With Mortiis
Norwegian black metal fathers – Mayhem have been forced to reschedule their dates for the Northern Ritual Tour for obvious reasons. See below for new dates. The band comments: “It is unfortunate yet neither surprising nor avoidable that the European tour that was to take place this fall will have to be postponed. These are …
NEWS: Yorkshire shoegaze princes bdrmm to live stream show tonight
YORKSHIRE’S shoegaze princes-in-waiting, bdrmm, who have a rather lovely debut LP under their belts for Sonic Cathedral in the shape of this summer’s Bedroom (stop by and read our review, then proceed forthwith to Sonic Cathedral to get thee a copy), are to live-stream a free show tonight, August 11th. The show will be relayed …
NEWS: Andy Bell unveils solo LP – watch the video for the 12-string psych-pop monster ‘Love Comes In Waves’
NOT content to sit back with the recent release of his GLOK remix project, Dissident Remixed (read our review here), Andy Bell, blonde-locked Ride singer-guitarist, has chosen the day of his half-century on the planet in order to announce the release of his debut solo album, The View From Halfway Down, which will be released on …
News: frenetic death metallers Recorruptor announce new album
Lansing, Michigan-based death metallers Recorruptor recently announced their sophomore album, The Funeral Corridor, which is set for release on Friday, August 21st. The Funeral Corridor was recorded and mixed at Broken Monolith Studios and mastered by Rivers of Nihil guitarist Brody Uttley. Formed in 2013, the group has spent a number of years honing their craft playing …
News: Kerbdog Announce The Re-issue Of Albums ‘Kerbdog’ And ‘On The Turn’
The cult Irish alt-rock quartet, Kerbdog, have today announced that they have teamed up with Hassle Hindsight, the recently launched re-issue label from the team at Hassle Records, to re-release their 1994 self-titled debut and its heralded 1997 follow-up “On The Turn”, their last full studio album before their first break-up in 1998. Despite a small handful of …
NEWS: King of the Slums announce ‘Encrypted Contemporary Narratives’ for September 25th
A FEW weeks ago Backseat Mafia had the pleasure to catch up with Charley Keigher, wordsmith of the rejuvenated King of the Slums. He revealed in the interview – which you can read in full, here – that they were due to “start mixing the new album in a few weeks; got two more albums …
NEWS: Lack of Afro’s ‘I’m Here Now’ out on vinyl: sharp Stax soul and crispest breaks on wax
EXETER’S Adam Gibbons has this absolute mastery of classic soul warmth, production, arrangement, truth, that would give Mark Ronson pause for thought. Don’t believe me? Take a listen to “Wait For Me”, down below – and try to fail to be moved. He’s been quietly working away down in the red sandstones of Devon and …
SEE: A Certain Ratio – ‘Yo Yo Gi’: fantastic funk futurism sees ACR in fine form; album and live stream
A CERTAIN RATIO have shared a new track, “Yo Yo Gi”, from their eagerly anticipated new album, ACR Loco – and it comes with a dazzling video; watch below. Culled and edited with visual distortion and colour casting from rapid transit systems, railway interchanges, road junctions, flickering at speed through timelapse, it’s a dizzyingly urban …