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Track: La Luz – Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere, plus October tour dates

In 2013 they released their debut album, had a high-speed car accident and then returned to tour like the troopers they are. Now self-styled ‘surf-noir’ Seattle band La Luz are…

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Track: Kate Boy – Midnight Sun

We finally have news of the debut Kate Boy album – it’s called ONE and is due to be released in November via Fiction/Island/Iamsound. More good news – they’ve shared…

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Track: Demob Happy – Wash It Down

Demob Happy’s frontman Matt Marcantonio says “apathy has been encouraged” in the current music market, but thankfully his band sounds anything but indifferent on blazing new track Wash It Down.…

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Track: Evvol – Eternalism

Producing what has been described as noir-moodscapes the Berlin based duo ‘Evvol’ release ‘Eternalism’ an emotive journey through cool layered vocals that glide over electronic and live band arrangements. Eternalism is…

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Incoming: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained…

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TOUR: Skindred Announce November UK Headline Tour

Newport “Reggae Rockers” Skindred have announced the Pump Up The Volume tour in support of new album Volume. After a successful run supporting Steel Panther on their spring tour, headline…

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EP: Wozniak – Auster

Here at Backseat Mafia, we’ve been long time admirers of Scottish Post-Rock/Shoegazers Wozniak. The Edinburgh four piece have a new EP, titled Auster, out now via the bands bandcamp page,…

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Film Review: Unity

Shaun Monson’s film Earthlings was an exposé into the horrendous animal rights violations taking place in the food industry around the world. It had a point (vegans = good/non-vegans =…

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Track: Danny McLauchlan – Enough

Taken from his forthcoming EP, due for release early next year, comes a new song – Enough, from London producer/singer-songwriter Danny McLaughlan. From the beginning’s gentle electronics it’s slow, delicate…

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Album Review: The Rubs – The Rubs Are Trash

If, after you’ve listened to Hard Enough, the opening track on Chicago Garage Rockers The Rubs (essentially the solo project of a certain Joey Rubbish, in that he sings, writes…

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Track: La Luz – Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere, plus October tour dates

Track: Kate Boy – Midnight Sun

Track: Demob Happy – Wash It Down

Track: Evvol – Eternalism

Incoming: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

TOUR: Skindred Announce November UK Headline Tour

EP: Wozniak – Auster

Film Review: Unity

Track: Danny McLauchlan – Enough

Album Review: The Rubs – The Rubs Are Trash