Backseat Mafia

Not Forgotten: Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding

Music changed forever in 1967, primarily because in the wake of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it was firmly established that the long player had finally wrestled the mantle…

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Classic Compilation: Frank Zappa – Strictly Commercial

For those of us with somewhat mainstream rock tastes, Frank Zappa can be a fascinating, yet utterly confusing artist. He was so prolific, and his albums were so varied, both…

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Album Review: The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir

How the hell do you even review an album like 50 Song Memoir? At 5 CDs, it’s a huge undertaking just to listen to the whole thing. Or at least…

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Classic Compilation: Neil Young – Decade

Even by the standards of the late 60s and early 70s, an era where acts would generally be expected to deliver a new studio album at least as regularly as…

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Say Psych: EP Review: Bones Shake – Funbox

Rating: 9/10 Bones Shake are a scuzzy trio who formed in Manchester in 2011 and have been making dirty blues rock and roll ever since. They play everything into the…

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Incoming: Pitch Perfect 3

After the highs of winning the World Championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren’t job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get…

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Blu-Ray Review: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Since Vince Vaughn burst onto the scene with his performance in Doug Liman’s critically-acclaimed comedy-drama Swingers, his career has hardly taken the trajectory many expected. Most of his success has…

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Classic Compilation: XTC – Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992

It is the mid-90s, you are the Virgin record label, you have been in dispute with one of your best acts for years and there seems to be no end…

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Blu-Ray Review: Shot Caller

For over a century, there has been a continuing debate regarding the role of the criminal justice system in terms of punishment and rehabilitation. Those of a conservative persuasion largely…

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Incoming – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

In the brand new adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the tables are turned as four teenagers in detention are sucked into the world of Jumanji. When they discover an…

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Not Forgotten: Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding

Classic Compilation: Frank Zappa – Strictly Commercial

Album Review: The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir

Classic Compilation: Neil Young – Decade

Say Psych: EP Review: Bones Shake – Funbox

Incoming: Pitch Perfect 3

Blu-Ray Review: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Classic Compilation: XTC – Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992

Blu-Ray Review: Shot Caller

Incoming – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle