Backseat Mafia

Track: Djo – Keep Your Head Up

Djo, the alias of musician-actor wunderkind Joe Keery, released a spectacular debut album last September. This was put out surreptitiously, with very little promotion or fanfare, and without a label.…

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EP Review: Semisonic Release Their New EP – You’re Not Alone

After 2 decades away Semisonic have returned with a five track EP entitled ‘You’re Not Alone’ via Pleasuresonic Recordings/Megaforce Records. Due September 18th, the EP was recorded on and off…

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Track: ALA.NI And Adrian Younge – ‘Lament for Emmett Till’

Memorialising the 65th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death (August 28th), ALA.NI is releasing the Adrian Younge produced single ‘Lament for Emmett Till’. The song is a reimagined version of ALA.NI’s…

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ALBUM REVIEW: King of the Slums – ‘Encrypted Contemporary Narratives’: the life we live now as we may not wish to see it

MANCHESTER: that great north-west city with, in the words of an idol very much on an unfortunate downward curve these days, so much to answer for. It’s given us some…

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TRACK: WILLIAM SHATNER FEAT. RITCHIE BLACKMORE AND CANDICE NIGHT ON COVER OF BB.KING’S ‘THE THRILL IS GONE’

Former Deep Purple axeman Ritchie Blackmore joins William Shatner for a heart-rending take on the blues classic from Mr. Shatner’s new album The Blues coming October 2 via Cleopatra Recordings.…

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Track: Dinosaur Pile-Up release video for Run DMC cover ‘It’s Tricky’

Dinosaur Pile-Up have released a video for their Amazon Original cover of Run DMC’s ‘It’s Tricky’. The video finds the band caught in the middle of an alien invasion as…

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Film Review: Summerland

If you ask me, and no one has, one of the worst side-effects of our new technological age are dating sites and apps. Nothing sucks the life out of finding…

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Blu-Ray Review: Safety Last!

Whilst many of the films produced during the silent era may now be lost, damaged or forgotten, it was a pivotal period in cinema and established a strong bond between…

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SEE: Dope Body’s ‘Jer Bang’: Baltimore noiseniks are back atcha; be glad

BALTIMORE’S knife-sharp noise outfit Dope Body, who released a trio of salvos at yr head for Drag City in the first part of the decade in the shape of Natural…

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Meet: We chat with Johnny Hunter and find out about wasted youth, putting on a show and the soundtrack of their lives. Plus tour news.

Last month I was highly impressed by the debut EP ‘Early Trauma’ from Sydney band Johnny Hunter – it’s a new new wave for our times. So impressed was I…

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Track: Djo – Keep Your Head Up

EP Review: Semisonic Release Their New EP – You’re Not Alone

Track: ALA.NI And Adrian Younge – ‘Lament for Emmett Till’

ALBUM REVIEW: King of the Slums – ‘Encrypted Contemporary Narratives’: the life we live now as we may not wish to see it

TRACK: WILLIAM SHATNER FEAT. RITCHIE BLACKMORE AND CANDICE NIGHT ON COVER OF BB.KING’S ‘THE THRILL IS GONE’

Track: Dinosaur Pile-Up release video for Run DMC cover ‘It’s Tricky’

Film Review: Summerland

Blu-Ray Review: Safety Last!

SEE: Dope Body’s ‘Jer Bang’: Baltimore noiseniks are back atcha; be glad

Meet: We chat with Johnny Hunter and find out about wasted youth, putting on a show and the soundtrack of their lives. Plus tour news.