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New music: Mt. Misery ‘In The Blink of an Eye’

Brand new single from Hartlepool based three-piece Mt. Misery Firmly entrenching themselves as the best thing to come out of the seaside town since Jeff Stelling, the trio who came…

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Album Review: Peggy Seeger – First Farewell

First Farewell is folk icon, Peggy Seeger’s, 24th solo album and it is out today via Red Grape Music. We’re told it’s ‘probably’ her final original album but based on…

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See: The immersive and trippy video for Roddy Woomble’s bright, dreampoppy ‘Architecture In LA’

FORMER Idlewild guiding light and fine solo folk artist in his own right, Roddy Woomble is shaking it all up on his latest single, “Architecture in LA”, the second to…

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Track: The Velvet Hands tear off the roof with their thundering single ‘Star’ and announce headlining gigs for November

There’s nothing like a piece of earth-quaking straight forward no frills rock’n’roll, and The Velvet Hands have nailed it with style in their new single ‘Star’. Lashings of grunty guitars,…

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Premiere: The Parasocials reveal debut single Karmatose; hear it first right here

Taken from their forthcoming debut self-titled EP, Parasocials is the first single from new quartet The Parasocials, aka lo-fi indie jazz artist Tomer Krail, roguish punk-folk singer George Calne Jones,…

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See: The solarised dazzle of Dragon Welding’s ‘Scorched Sea’: a furnace extrusion of white-hot instrumental guitar

THE WOLFHOUNDS’ Andy Golding, one of the most potent wielders (welders?) of a guitar in operation in these tarnished isles today, is releasing only his second solo album under his…

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Track: Reigning Sound – ‘Oh Christine’: a sweet Americana lament from returning Memphis cult heroes

RETURNING Memphis prodigals Reigning Sound have followed up the the classy garage-rock soul of “A Little More Time” from last month with another little cracker on the path to their…

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Film Review: Citizen Lane

Born in County Cork, Hugh Lane played an intrinsic role in championing the arts in, and of, Ireland. A dealer and collector, he was renowned for having a nose for…

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Premiere: Climbing Trees exclusively reveal their dynamic and shimmering new single Troubling Times.

Welsh indie giants Climbing Trees will be releasing their much anticipated new single ‘Troubling Times’ on 30 April 2021, and we here at Backseat Mafia are very excited to bring…

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EP Review: Yaya Bey chronicles heartbreak and self-reflection on ‘The Things I Can’t Take With Me’- out today

An impactful, cradle-to-grave reflection of self, Yaya Bey’s new EP The Things I Can’t Take With Me came together unexpectedly. Bey was set to record her next album when she…

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New music: Mt. Misery ‘In The Blink of an Eye’

Album Review: Peggy Seeger – First Farewell

See: The immersive and trippy video for Roddy Woomble’s bright, dreampoppy ‘Architecture In LA’

Track: The Velvet Hands tear off the roof with their thundering single ‘Star’ and announce headlining gigs for November

Premiere: The Parasocials reveal debut single Karmatose; hear it first right here

See: The solarised dazzle of Dragon Welding’s ‘Scorched Sea’: a furnace extrusion of white-hot instrumental guitar

Track: Reigning Sound – ‘Oh Christine’: a sweet Americana lament from returning Memphis cult heroes

Film Review: Citizen Lane

Premiere: Climbing Trees exclusively reveal their dynamic and shimmering new single Troubling Times.

EP Review: Yaya Bey chronicles heartbreak and self-reflection on ‘The Things I Can’t Take With Me’- out today