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Premiere: Mako Bron’s ‘cloudbites’ EP is an effervescent and glorious pop masterpiece, with a dark heart and uplifting melodies.

Mako Bron is the brainchild of one musician/producer Chris Brookman, and the single ‘Straight Down’ went to straight up to my top five Australian/New Zealand single releases for 2021. We…

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Exclusive: The Red, Pinks and Purples record Don’t Come Home Too Soon live in session for Backseat Mafia

We were delighted to have Glenn Donaldson from The Reds, Pinks and Purples join us for a Backseat Mafia Session with this acoustic performance of Don’t Come Home Too Soon.…

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Live Review: December Sounds: David Keenan / Malojian / Seamus Fogarty / Elise – St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny

The third night of December sounds in St Canice’s Cathedral, presented by Rollercoaster Records (Kilkenny’s primary record shop and meeting place for Kilkenny’s music heads), was in aid of both…

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See: Jeroen Hoogaars official video for the track Dwelling taken from the Sam A La Bamalot album Reminisce

Dutch filmmaker Jeroen Hoogaars elicits curiosity through his vision of a rich and strange visual world that draws on the nostalgia of cosmic horror and eerie mysticism with technological lashings.…

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Premiere: The mysterious Dänmark unveil their new emotive and anthemic single ‘We Come Unseen’ as part of False Peak Records’ advent treats.

We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘We Come Unseen’ from the mysterious Brisbane group Dänmark – a part of the luminescent False Peak Records stable which have been…

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Live Review: Little Simz – Brixton Academy, London 18.12.2021

A black drape spans the stage. Brixton awaits rap royalty. This third and final night of the Little Simz South London take-over is another sold-out affair for the bold (some…

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Exclusive: Mara Simpson records a beautiful version of Fault Lines in session for Backseat Mafia

Indie/alt-folk singer-songwriter Mara Simpson released her beautiful album In This Place back in September, which saw her add elements of neo-classicism as well as a good slab of analogue synths…

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Premiere: Brooklyn post-punks Catcher release brilliant new single / video – ‘Comparing Saviors and Friends’; see it first, here

Brooklyn based post-punks Catcher have returned for one more single in this, their first as a band, with the frenetic ‘Comparing Saviors and Friends’, and we’re delighted to be able…

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Live Review: Nothing / Bambara / Midwife – Mercy Lounge, Nashville – 12.12.2021

This was my first experience shooting for Backseat Mafia and I was pretty excited to shoot for them. It was also my first time getting my photo pass for a…

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Blu-Ray Review: Stagefright

The thought of standing on a stage and performing is terrifying, to me at least. Indeed, as someone who has had to do precisely that on one of the biggest…

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