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Track: Dean Wareham revels in the laid back beauty of new single “You Were The Ones I Had To Betray”

Former Galaxie 500, Luna and Dean and Britta man Dean Wareham’s new single, You Were the Ones I Had to Betray, is a charming slice of folk-inflected indie pop that…

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Live Review & Gallery: Band of Horses Ride High at the Enmore Theatre 15.01.2025

Band of Horses Bring Their Timeless Sound to the Enmore

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paganfest returns to the uk with the massive line up alestorm, ensiferum, tyr, heidevolk & Elvenking

PAGANFEST returns after 10 years with the strongest line-up (Alestorm, Ensiferum, Týr, Heidevolk & Elvenking) and the most and biggest shows ever! Created by RTN-Touring (Rock The Nation) between 2008-2015 with…

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Track: Everything is Recorded return with atmospheric new single “Swamp Dream #3”

Everything Is Recorded, the project led by producer Richard Russell, has returned with Swamp Dream #3, a stripped-back, almost minimal sounding single featuring Clari Freeman-Taylor of Mary in the Junkyard.…

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Track: Dan Kelly sings an eloquent paean to ‘The Sea Shepherd Cook’ ahead of new album and live dates

The new track ‘The Sea Shepherd Cook’ from Australian troubadour Dan Kelly is a gorgeous dreamy and eloquent water-logged tale soaked in melancholy and drenched with a whimsical melody. The…

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Live Review & Gallery: Sierra Ferrell the Golden Girl of Americana at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 14.01.2025

From Nashville to Sydney: Sierra Ferrell Brings Her Trail of Flowers Down Under

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Album Review: Weathership – Splendid Beast

A tortured start, ‘Golden Age’ has a gilded, fragile guitar-led edge to it. It is dominated by singer J.P Riggall’s laid-back vocals and lyrics that say so much with so…

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Album review: The Halo Effect – The March Of The Undead

It doesn’t feel like two minutes since this super group blew up my speakers with their album ‘Days Of The Lost’—a superb debut from some of the finest voices/fingers in…

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Meet: South London Alt-Rockers Dead Air

After impressing us here at Backseat Mafia with their past single, ‘Violently Blue‘ and ‘Die’ we had to learn a little more about the South London alt-rock newcomers Dead Air…

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Track: The inimitable Horsegirl ‘Switch Over’ with another über cool laconic delivery ahead of album release and tour.

New York-based Chicago trio Horsegirl today releases the laconic and über cool single ‘Switch Over’ ahead of their second album ‘Phonetics On and On’ which is out next month. It’s been…

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Track: Dean Wareham revels in the laid back beauty of new single “You Were The Ones I Had To Betray”

Live Review & Gallery: Band of Horses Ride High at the Enmore Theatre 15.01.2025

paganfest returns to the uk with the massive line up alestorm, ensiferum, tyr, heidevolk & Elvenking

Track: Everything is Recorded return with atmospheric new single “Swamp Dream #3”

Track: Dan Kelly sings an eloquent paean to ‘The Sea Shepherd Cook’ ahead of new album and live dates

Live Review & Gallery: Sierra Ferrell the Golden Girl of Americana at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 14.01.2025

Album Review: Weathership – Splendid Beast

Album review: The Halo Effect – The March Of The Undead

Meet: South London Alt-Rockers Dead Air

Track: The inimitable Horsegirl ‘Switch Over’ with another über cool laconic delivery ahead of album release and tour.