Backseat Mafia

Meet: Clive Jones of The Train Set, and catch up with their live dates

A couple of highly regarded 12″s, much fawning including support from Stuart Maconie and a single of the week in the NME, and kind words from the likes of Noel…

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Album Review: Mogwai – Atomic

I have to admit, it took me a while to find my way to Mogwai. Even after seeing them in 2004 during an ear-shattering assault that left a good friend…

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Meet: Ranch Ghost

Their debut album contains a track that tells the tale of a cat tripped out on magic mushrooms. I thought this sounded like a story I wanted to hear, so…

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Track / Video

Track: Brolin – Time After Time

In 2015 man of mystery Brolin delivered one of the album’s of the year ‘The Delta‘. Its tight production and emotive vocals gave us something unlike anything else around, with…

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DVD Review: Suture

Film noir was one of the most iconic and stylish film genres of the twentieth century. In the 1990s there was a resurgence of interest with a spate of neo-noir…

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Album Review: Terminal Gods – Wave / Form

Wave / Form – Terminal Gods debut album – kicks in with the fuzz fed guitar feedback, drum machine heavy intro to Shockwave and right from the off makes clear…

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Not Forgotten: The White Stripes – White Blood Cells

From the first press they received here in the UK, it’s fair to say that The White Stripes came across as gimmicky as hell. Allegedly brother and sister, the garage…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Celestial Bums – Ascend

Celestial Bums are a dreamy psych rock band hailing from the Catalan capital, Barcelona. The band who’s members are fluid, with three having recorded the album, but the live offering never…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Sour Grapes

Wine has become big business. What was once a gentle hobby for the affluent has now become a huge global economy with hundreds of thousands of dollars changing hands for…

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Incoming: Notes on Blindness

In the early 1980s, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and academic John Hull lost his sight. To help him make sense of the ensuing upheaval in his life, he…

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Meet: Clive Jones of The Train Set, and catch up with their live dates

Album Review: Mogwai – Atomic

Meet: Ranch Ghost

Track: Brolin – Time After Time

DVD Review: Suture

Album Review: Terminal Gods – Wave / Form

Not Forgotten: The White Stripes – White Blood Cells

Say Psych: Album Review, Celestial Bums – Ascend

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Sour Grapes

Incoming: Notes on Blindness