Backseat Mafia

Blu-Ray Review: Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy

While Disney has been popular with cinema audiences for generations, the last few decades have seen the likes of Pixar, Studio Ghibli and DreamWorks enter the market and become popular…

View Post

View Post

Backseat Downunder: A Personal Top Fifty List of Favourite Australian/New Zealand Albums and Singles from 2021

This has been another extraordinary year which has seen musicians reach peak creativity locked away in their bedrooms, recording studios, recording studios in their bedrooms and all manner of locations…

View Post

View Post

Live Review: LIFE / Isabella Strange – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh 15.12.2021

In January 2020 at Rockaway Beach festival the Hull four-piece LIFE produced an electrifying set in an afternoon slot. Chatting to bassist Lydia after the gig, they said they were…

View Post

View Post

Rising: Meet New Hardcore Band Breacher As They Set Out To Make 2022 Their Year

After blowing us away with the recent track ‘Hollowed Out’ we caught up with one of the Uk’s new hardcore band Breacher to find all about the band and their…

View Post

View Post

Track: PYNGU’s ‘Everytime’ brings uplifting, bittersweet dance-pop futurism to the Christmas run-in

SOMETIMES it’s best to keep it short and sweet and let a track speak for itself. PYNGU is the reincarnation of the German DJ, artist and producer who could formerly…

View Post

View Post

Live Review: LCD Soundsystem – Brooklyn Steel, New York City 5.12.2021

As a native New Yorker, I have a really embarrassing confession to make – I had never seen LCD Soundsystem live before. Kinda sad, right? But, thanks to their 20-night…

View Post

View Post

See: Oan Kim – ‘Mambo’: the Parisian composer splices an indie-jazz noir that lets the sax tell the story

FORMERLY a member of the romantic, cinematic Parisian quartet Film Noir and also of the lower-slung David Lynch rock ‘n’ roll outfit Chinese Army, Paris-based saxophonist and composer Oan Kim…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: The Scarlet Hour – Blink EP

Formed in 2021 from members of Alternative/Post-Punk trio The Seventh Victim, The Scarlet Hour are a Synth Darkwave duo based in the North East. Delivering brooding bass hooks from Mel Butler,…

View Post

View Post

Live Review: The Darkness – O2 Academy, Birmingham 14.12.2021 plus gallery

After Massive Wagons rock the stage, time passes quickly and though it’s a shame to see that the venue isn’t at capacity, The Darkness’s cult audience sure know how to…

View Post

View Post

See: Slade Release First Official Video For Merry Xmas Everybody Plus more Vinyl Reissue News

Slade unveil a brand new animated video for Merry Xmas Everybody. This is the first time there has been a promotional video for the ultimate festive anthem. ‘The video is very…

View Post

Pages

Home

Blu-Ray Review: Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy

Backseat Downunder: A Personal Top Fifty List of Favourite Australian/New Zealand Albums and Singles from 2021

Live Review: LIFE / Isabella Strange – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh 15.12.2021

Rising: Meet New Hardcore Band Breacher As They Set Out To Make 2022 Their Year

Track: PYNGU’s ‘Everytime’ brings uplifting, bittersweet dance-pop futurism to the Christmas run-in

Live Review: LCD Soundsystem – Brooklyn Steel, New York City 5.12.2021

See: Oan Kim – ‘Mambo’: the Parisian composer splices an indie-jazz noir that lets the sax tell the story

Album Review: The Scarlet Hour – Blink EP

Live Review: The Darkness – O2 Academy, Birmingham 14.12.2021 plus gallery

See: Slade Release First Official Video For Merry Xmas Everybody Plus more Vinyl Reissue News