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News: IDLES sign to Partisan Records, announce first US/Canada headline dates

After a landmark 2017 for the band, Bristol’s IDLES are proud to begin 2018 with the news that they have finished recording their second album and with the announcement that…

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Marnie on stage at The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, for Celtic Connections on 27 January 2018

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Live: Marnie – The Hug and Pint Glasgow 27.1.2018 Plus Gallery

Marnie performs ethereal and enthralling electro-pop that connects at her intimate Glasgow show. When the programme for the 25th anniversary of Celtic Connections festival was announced there were a few…

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Track: Creep Show – Modern Parenting

Creep Show are the project of acclaimed singer-songwriter John Grant and the dark analogue trio of Wrangler (itself a project of Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire, Phil Winter and Benge),…

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News: Hawkwind announce further UK dates for ‘In Search of Utopia – Infinity and Beyond’ show

NOV 4TH LONDON PALLADIUM – SOLD OUT **SIX NEW DATES ADDED** Due to overwhelming public demand and having sold out the iconic London Palladium 10 months in advance, renowned space…

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Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy

Indie rock group Car Seat Headrest are re-releasing their classic 2011 album Twin Fantasy on the 16th of February. The same songs re-recorded, re-imagined and professionally finished, with plenty of…

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Track: Frank Turner – 1933, plus UK headline tour dates

First track from Frank Turner’s new album released Incensed by articles suggesting that punk rock is somehow alludes to the alt right spurred Frank Turner to write the track 1933…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Battle of Algiers

After World War II the nature of combat, resistance and indeed war changed markedly. Countries were no longer prepared or able to be involved in traditional arenas of conflict. The…

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Incoming: Phantom Thread

Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie…

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LIVE: Asking Alexandria, Manchester Academy, 24/1/18

Tonight’s support To The Rats And Wolves are a German six piece electronic metalcore band from Essen. Their individual brand of futuristic tinged heaviness gets the crowd moving early on.…

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Interview: The Orielles

Backseat Mafia recently reviewed the new single “Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist)” from the magnificent The Orielles, a band we have been following closely since 2015. In advance of a highly…

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News: IDLES sign to Partisan Records, announce first US/Canada headline dates

Live: Marnie – The Hug and Pint Glasgow 27.1.2018 Plus Gallery

Track: Creep Show – Modern Parenting

News: Hawkwind announce further UK dates for ‘In Search of Utopia – Infinity and Beyond’ show

Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy

Track: Frank Turner – 1933, plus UK headline tour dates

Blu-Ray Review: The Battle of Algiers

Incoming: Phantom Thread

LIVE: Asking Alexandria, Manchester Academy, 24/1/18

Interview: The Orielles