Backseat Mafia

Track: Versari – Plus De Tristesse

The arctic guitars and sonorous vocals of French trio Versari‘s new single ‘Plus de Tristesse’ are compelling and chilling: creating a dark and threatening tone that is delightfully sombre and…

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Track: Soap – Memento

Soap have just released their vibrant debut single ‘Memento’ and it augurs well for this young bunch of musicians from Wynnum, a suburb of the outskirts of Brisbane. The band…

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Album Review: The Psychedelic Furs – Made of Rain plus tour news

There is something about Richard Butler’s voice in The Psychedelic Furs that induces a warm feeling of nostalgia for a certain era when the Furs were such a unique and…

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EP: !!! (chk chk chk)- Certified Heavy Kats

The new EP by the leviathans of the dance-punk genre, arriving nearly two decades after their self-titled debut, vents as much creativity and unrelenting magnetism to dance (or nod the…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Romare – ‘Home’: fashioning broken beat into a cerebral confection

HE’S been around a bit, has Archie Fairhurst, the artiste who releases cerebral and multifaceted grooves for Ninja Tune as Romare. It’s an overused trope, but Archie really has: he…

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News: New music venue Future Yard to open in Birkenhead this autumn

A new live music venue will open in Birkenhead this autumn called Future Yard. The venue will follow guidelines in order to launch with ‘Near Normal’ – a series of…

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Track: The Limiñanas – Calentita (feat. Nuria)

The Limiñanas‘ new single Calentita is replete with all the components which make their music so euphoric: tantalising serenades through the French lyrics, immaculate production, as well as layers of…

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Premiere: Medium Love reveal new single ‘Can’t Go Back’

Formed out of the ashes of Big Deal, following three albums and a support slot with Depeche Mode, vocalist / guitarist Kacey Underwood put together London based Medium Love. Taken…

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SEE: El Goodo – ‘Things Turn Around’: how to turn a rubbish day into 6/8 beauty

IT’S a lovely little thing, the world of West Wales’ El Goodo. Things might well be a bit pants, they really might, but they have the tools to fashion the…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: Cocareef Conquers The World – A Profile of Hip Hop Label Cocareef Records

When Sharif Lopez, the impresario behind 7th Angel Productionz and the hip-hop label Cocareef, was around eleven or twelve, his downstairs neighbor sometimes held raucous house parties. Lopez lived in the…

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