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SEE: The monochrome video for The Lathums’ ‘Foolish Parley’

BE SURE: if 2020 didn’t stop ’em, it’s pretty unlikely that whatever weird curveballs 2021 has to bowl at us, this year won’t trouble the rise of Wigan’s new favourite…

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Film Review: Freshman Year

Going to college (in the US), or university (in the UK) can be a scary, exciting and daunting experience. For many, it will be the first time they’ve lived away…

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Track: Heligoland triumphantly return with dreamy new track ‘Palomino’ and announce album ‘This Quiet Fire’

It’s been three years since the magnificent Heligoland released the divine EP ‘Coriallo’, a swooning collection of ambient dream pop tracks mixed and produced by the legendary Robyn Guthrie (Cocteau…

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Track: New Zealand’s Pale Lady release the bright and bouncy track ‘Lost and Found’

Just as New Zealand is the first major land mass to hit 2021, it is fitting that Wellington’s Pale Lady is the first review for 2021 from me. ‘Lost And…

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Meet: Erlend Hjelvik tells us all about his new band, new album and his love of Norse Mythology

Backseat Mafia got chance to put some questions to Erlend Hjelvik. Formerly known as frontman, lyricist, and co-founder of the Norwegian party rockers Kvelertak, he parted ways with his bandmates…

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Album Review: Hjelvik – Welcome To Hel

Formerly known as frontman, lyricist, and co-founder of the Norwegian party rockers Kvelertak, Erlend Hjelvik parted ways with his bandmates in 2018 and has spent the last two years biding…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: Listening To Music During a Pandemic – 10 Hip Hop Songs To Help You Carry On

By October, music had failed me. In the beginning of the pandemic, music from my youth carried me through the ups and downs of navigating life during a global health…

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SEE: Flux Amuck – ‘Caterpillar’: ragin’ into ’21

AS 2021 draws back the curtains, stretches, yawns – looks for a better world ahead – it’s hit full on in the face by a sudden, piercing shaft of light…

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Blu-ray Review: [REC]

The release of The Blair Witch Project in 1999 sparked a wave of ‘found footage’ films which has continued to sweep across genre cinema. As you’d probably expect given the…

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Film Review: Robin’s Wish

Following his success on the stand-up comedy circuit and the brilliant Mork & Mindy on TV, Robin Williams soon cemented himself as one of the most beloved actors in Hollywood;…

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SEE: The monochrome video for The Lathums’ ‘Foolish Parley’

Film Review: Freshman Year

Track: Heligoland triumphantly return with dreamy new track ‘Palomino’ and announce album ‘This Quiet Fire’

Track: New Zealand’s Pale Lady release the bright and bouncy track ‘Lost and Found’

Meet: Erlend Hjelvik tells us all about his new band, new album and his love of Norse Mythology

Album Review: Hjelvik – Welcome To Hel

Droppin’ Knowledge: Listening To Music During a Pandemic – 10 Hip Hop Songs To Help You Carry On

SEE: Flux Amuck – ‘Caterpillar’: ragin’ into ’21

Blu-ray Review: [REC]

Film Review: Robin’s Wish