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DVD Review: The Czechoslovak New Wave Collection II

The Czechoslovak New Wave was one of the richest periods of cinema in the 20th Century. A mix of originality, innovation, beauty, abdusdity and political satire resulted in some of…

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Live: We Came As Romans – The Key Club Leeds, 4.12.15

This six piece metalcore outfit are well versed in club shows so it’s no surprise how easy they make performing freely look on a stage as small as The Key…

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Track The Wainwright Sisters – Lullaby

Montreal’s Martha Wainwright comes from Canadian musical royalty, being the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and sister of Rufus Wainwright. She and her American half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche have released an…

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Playlist: Say Psych End of year playlist 2015

Ok so the Psych Insight end of year list is in the bag , but there are a few things I still wanted to share. Here are 10 tracks that either escaped…

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Say Psych: Album Review, At The Center Of All Infinity by Yuri Gagarin

Happens every year: I do my list of favourite albums and along comes one just after I’ve pressed send and totally blows me away. Having said that I’m not sure what…

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Album Review: MONEY – Suicide Songs

With Christmas just around the corner, the music on our radios is about joy, happiness and having a good time. But come January we are all fed up of the…

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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick

There are some albums that don’t just define an act’s career, or a moment in time, but a whole musical movement. It’s those albums where the act haven’t just pushed…

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Meet: Gundogs – northern industrial post-punks

For me the best post-punk bands of the 80’s were a combination of bands who allowed their surroundings to influence their sound, bands such as Joy Division and early Human…

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Feature: Top 20 albums of the year – Backseat Mafia staff pick

How do you judge what were the best albums of the year? Well, here at Backseat Mafia its a collaborative affair, where everyone that writes for us has as much…

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Tracks: Escapists – Pyramid Scheme

Out on December 11th, and accompanied by a headline show at Birthdays in Dalston is the new single, Pyramid Scheme, from London quartet Escapists. The track has this almost dour…

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DVD Review: The Czechoslovak New Wave Collection II

Live: We Came As Romans – The Key Club Leeds, 4.12.15

Track The Wainwright Sisters – Lullaby

Playlist: Say Psych End of year playlist 2015

Say Psych: Album Review, At The Center Of All Infinity by Yuri Gagarin

Album Review: MONEY – Suicide Songs

Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick

Meet: Gundogs – northern industrial post-punks

Feature: Top 20 albums of the year – Backseat Mafia staff pick

Tracks: Escapists – Pyramid Scheme