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Meet: Garage Rockers Knuckle ahead of their debut album release

Huddersfield Garage rock three piece Knuckle are on the cusp of releasing their debut album, ‘Life is hard when you’re soft inside’ via Philophobia Records on May 17th. They’ve been…

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Not Forgotten: Ben Folds Five – The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

Woah, did I misjudge this album when I first heard it. I’ve never known an album take so long to burn into my psyche, but The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold…

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Not Forgotten: Tom Waits – Mule Variations

Mule Variations starts with what sounds like a rhythmically capable panel beater knocking seven bells out of a steel filing cabinet with hammers, and it gives you a glimpse of…

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Track: BEAK> – Life Goes On

Inspired apparently by a recent trip to Mexico City for a festival, Life Goes On is the new track from BEAK> taken from what we are told is ‘a forthcoming…

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See: Loyle Carner reveals new video for Angel ft. Tom Misch

If you’ve heard Angel, taken from Loyle Carner’s new album ‘Not Waving, But Drowning’, which dropped last week via AMF Records, you’ll know it’s a laid back slice of Summer…

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Premiere: Karmic – X Marks The Spot

We’re absolutely delighted to premiere Los Angeles electro-indie pop six piece Karmic new single, X Marks the Spot here on Backseat Mafia. X Marks the Spot this little bubble of…

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Track: Aliens – Long Way To Run

Aliens demonstrate their collective power on new single ‘Long Way To Run’. Aliens is a music/film collective that began to take form in 2016 on the back of troubling world…

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See: Charlotte Adigéry releases new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’

Charlotte Adigéry has released her new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’, taken from her second EP ‘Zandoli’. An often bizarre but captivating listen, this single explores the world of ASMR,…

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Track: The Dream Syndicate – The Way In, plus tour news

The new single from The Dream Syndicate, ‘The Way In’, is out now. Fresh off a US tour with Mott The Hoople ’74, The Dream Syndicate have shared the new single taken…

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See: Julia Jacklin reveals Live Video for Comfort, plus tour news

Julia Jacklin has shared a live video ‘Comfort’, filmed backstage on tour in the US with First Aid Kit. Having completed a run of dates in her native Australia –…

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Meet: Garage Rockers Knuckle ahead of their debut album release

Not Forgotten: Ben Folds Five – The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

Not Forgotten: Tom Waits – Mule Variations

Track: BEAK> – Life Goes On

See: Loyle Carner reveals new video for Angel ft. Tom Misch

Premiere: Karmic – X Marks The Spot

Track: Aliens – Long Way To Run

See: Charlotte Adigéry releases new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’

Track: The Dream Syndicate – The Way In, plus tour news

See: Julia Jacklin reveals Live Video for Comfort, plus tour news