Backseat Mafia

Premiere: Ted Barnes feat. Kristin McClement – ‘Metal Man’: a dusky tale of yearning from Clayhill’s quiet genius

WE’VE been quietly adoring the erm, quietly very adorable work which Ted Barnes, the one-time Clayhill singer, who literally did run away and join the circus after that band broke…

View Post

View Post

Track: LENU – ‘Vulnerable’: an emotional synthpop rush from Come Play With Me’s singles club

COME PLAY WITH ME, the excellent grassroots label, magazine, festival organiser and all-round good eggs doing the right work in keeping the Yorkshire music scene vibrant, runs a singles club,…

View Post

View Post

HRWFF Review: Belly of the Beast

2020 was a busy year for news, but one of the biggest talking points was the death of George Floyd (one of many) and the Black Lives Matter protests. The…

View Post

View Post

Not Forgotten: Warren Zevon

FOR FAR too many music fans here in the UK, the name Warren Zevon merely equates to the American singer-songwriter’s one and only hit in the late 70s, “Werewolves Of…

View Post

View Post

Track: Cynik Scald – Darkness And Light

The multicultural multi-metal band Cynik Scald are back to share another track. This time a twin vocal attack in the form of ‘Darkness and Light’ Starting off with a power…

View Post

View Post

Track: Jess And The Ancient Ones – Love Zombi

Jess and The Ancient Ones have shared the second single ‘Love Zombi’, to be taken from their forthcoming new album Vertigo! via Svart records Main-man songwriter/guitarist Thomas Corpse describes it perfectly when he says: …

View Post

View Post

See: Molly Burman reveals the sardonic indie pop of Fool Me With Flattery

North London singer songwriter Molly Burman has just released her debut single, ‘Fool Me With Flattery’, out now on Prolifica Inc. Growing up in a musical household, her mother singing…

View Post

View Post

Film Review: Slaxx

The ‘villain’ in horror cinema comes in many shapes and sizes, including strange mythical creatures, supernatural terrors, terrifying children or simply just a human who has gone very, very bad.…

View Post

View Post

Track: Birthday Ass – ‘Sunlit Toes’: a second angular punk-funk drop teases for the April album

BIRTHDAY ASS have it fully goin’ on at 45 degrees to the rest of our heads, that’s a fact. They take their inspiration from new wave, no-wave, jazz, punk-funk, get…

View Post

View Post

Scratch the Surface: The Passmore Sisters – First Love, Last Rites (Sharp Records, 1988)

Scratch the Surface is a pretty new development in the Backseat cannon, providing long reads of forgotten, under-appreciated or just classic albums from the outskirts of pop music. Bradford’s The…

View Post

Pages

Home

Premiere: Ted Barnes feat. Kristin McClement – ‘Metal Man’: a dusky tale of yearning from Clayhill’s quiet genius

Track: LENU – ‘Vulnerable’: an emotional synthpop rush from Come Play With Me’s singles club

HRWFF Review: Belly of the Beast

Not Forgotten: Warren Zevon

Track: Cynik Scald – Darkness And Light

Track: Jess And The Ancient Ones – Love Zombi

See: Molly Burman reveals the sardonic indie pop of Fool Me With Flattery

Film Review: Slaxx

Track: Birthday Ass – ‘Sunlit Toes’: a second angular punk-funk drop teases for the April album

Scratch the Surface: The Passmore Sisters – First Love, Last Rites (Sharp Records, 1988)