Backseat Mafia

Premiere: The Grogans want to ‘Be Your Man’ with a garage band buzz. An invitation impossible to refuse. Plus single launch dates announced.

We are ever so pleased to premiere the fizzy fuzzy onslaught of ‘Be Your Man’ from the ever reliable, ever fun The Grogans. Having delighted us last year with the…

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Live Review: Christopher Coleman & The Great Escape, MONA FOMA Festival, Hobart, 30 January 2022.

First an interesting backdrop. Local Hobartian David Walsh made an enormous fortune in the world of gambling due to some proficiency in mathematical chance – I don’t know the details…

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Track: Happening afro-soul fusionists Jembaa Groove present ‘Mokole’ ahead of debut album ‘Susuma’

A lot of bands get together from chance meetings in a bar, or a gig or knowing friends of friends but not usually after a chat in a Berlin kindergarten…

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Album review: The Jazz Butcher – ‘The Highest In The Land’: one final pop postcard from Northampton’s foremost gent

THE JAZZ BUTCHER is one of those artists who make indiepop kids of a certain generation go misty eyed, and with good reason; Pat Fish, the man behind the jazz…

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IFFR Review: Assault

While personal achievement is always good, there’s something special about being part of a successful team. The camaraderie. The friendship. And while some tasks are just one-person jobs, bigger challenges…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Party and The Guests

They say that the pen is mightier than the sword and It’s true that, in the long run, it’s better to win hearts and minds than use intimidation, violence and…

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Meet: We chat with Josh Mehrtens from New Zealand’s dream pop exponents Mild Orange about the new album ‘Looking For Space’, travel, escape, influences and guilty pleasures (of the musical variety).

Hailing from the world centre of music creativity, Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, Mild Orange have built a world reputation with their brand of exquisitely dreamy pop…

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Not Forgotten: Weezer – OK Human, on its first birthday

By the time of OK Human’s release, its title had already bounced around Weezer’s fandom for some time. In a pre-pandemic interview, frontman Rivers Cuomo confirmed the working title referred to a…

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Live Review: Smoove and Turrell / Vandebilt – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh 29.01.2022

So here we are at last – the long awaited album launch show for Stratos Bleu released June 2020 on Jalapenos Records. Smoove and Turrell returned to the Voodoo Rooms…

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Live Review: Big Country / Harriet Rose Band, The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, 28.01.2022

A trip to a fantastic venue on Friday. Holmfirth Picturedrome is located in the middle of this countryside town, its a popular spot right next to the river and not…

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Premiere: The Grogans want to ‘Be Your Man’ with a garage band buzz. An invitation impossible to refuse. Plus single launch dates announced.

Live Review: Christopher Coleman & The Great Escape, MONA FOMA Festival, Hobart, 30 January 2022.

Track: Happening afro-soul fusionists Jembaa Groove present ‘Mokole’ ahead of debut album ‘Susuma’

Album review: The Jazz Butcher – ‘The Highest In The Land’: one final pop postcard from Northampton’s foremost gent

IFFR Review: Assault

Blu-Ray Review: The Party and The Guests

Meet: We chat with Josh Mehrtens from New Zealand’s dream pop exponents Mild Orange about the new album ‘Looking For Space’, travel, escape, influences and guilty pleasures (of the musical variety).

Not Forgotten: Weezer – OK Human, on its first birthday

Live Review: Smoove and Turrell / Vandebilt – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh 29.01.2022

Live Review: Big Country / Harriet Rose Band, The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, 28.01.2022