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MEET: we interview New York doom merchants GHXST + Spooky new video for Halloween

New York doom merchants GHXST have landed in the UK, just in time for Hallowe’en. In keeping with the season, and all things dark, the trio have today released a…

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Album Review: Medicine – Home Everywhere

I’ve been listening to Medicine’s new album Home Everywhere for three days straight and I’m still finding new nuggets of aural beauty every time I hit play. Brad Laner, Beth…

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DVD Review: Stalingrad (20th Anniversary Edition)

There have been some classic war movies over the years which, instead of glorifying conflict deal with the madness of war. Vietnam spurned a whole plethora of these, most notably…

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Meet: We talk to The Twilight Sad about their new record, touring, politics and more

The Twilight Sad have always been one of our favourite bands here on Backseat Mafia. Their fourth album, ‘Nobody wants to be here, and nobody wants to leave’, dropped on…

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See: Kagoule unveil new video for ‘It knows it’

It’s almost a year since we paid a visit to Kagoule – since then the trio have made significant waves – Glastonbury, support slots with Temples, Merchandise, Drenge, METZ, Iceage, touring with The…

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EP: Hieroglyphic Being — The Fourth Dimensions Of A Nubian Mystic

Jamal Moss AKA Hieroglyphic Being adds yet another E.P to his already huge body of work. ‘The Fourth Dimensions Of A Nubian Mystic’ is a two-track release on the Technicolour…

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Track: Dublin electro-indie collective Jape release new single, The Hearts Desire

Out on November 3rd via Faction Records is the new single from Dublin electro-pop collective (describing their band members only as ‘Many’), based around singer-songwriter Richard Egan and a core…

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News: Screaming Maldini bid the music world a final Goodbye

Screaming Maldini have taken us on a journey this year; their #MonthlyMaldiniXII project, a house-party tour, shows in Japan and their phenomenal performance at Tramlines festival have been just a…

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Premiere: Frontier Ruckus – Crabapples in the Century’s Storm

We’ve already fell for Michigan indie-rockers Frontier Ruckus on more than one occasion, and so we couldn’t pass up the chance to premiere ‘Crabapples in the Century’s Storm’, taken from…

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Live Review: Belle and Sebastian – Manchester Cathedral 28.10.2014

Manchester Cathedral is a magnificently historic, Gothic edifice. On paper at least, giving a band like Belle & Sebastian the opportunity to play its hallowed nave appears both inspired and…

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