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News: Peter Hook and the Light announce another tour to Australia and New Zealand in May 2024, playing ‘Substance’ – the best of New Order and Joy Division

It seems like only yesterday that Australia and New Zealand were graced with a tour by Peter Hook and the Light and it seems the mutual admiration continues, with the…

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News: GUM (of Tame Impala and Pond) announces new album, unveils track and announces Australian/US tour

Multi-instrumentalist GUM (aka Jay Watson of Pond and touring member of Tame Impala) has announced his new album, Saturnia, arriving September 15th on Spinning Top Records and unveiled a new…

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Track: Jet City Sports Club unveil ethereal new dream pop single ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time) as they head off on tour.

One of the best purveyors of antipodean jangling dream pop, Jet City Sports Club are back with the delightful dreamy ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time)’. Featuring the most wistful and…

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News: Final Artist Announcement for Wanderer Festival

Wanderer Festival announces new acts

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EP Review: T.G. Shand’s ‘Cinnamon’ is a shimmering kaleidoscope of sound that leaves an indelible impression.

Recently New Zealand resident musician and songwriter Annemarie Duff published a detailed Spotify List celebrating the plethora of extraordinarily brilliant antipodean female-fronted dream pop/shoegaze artists currently releasing music at the…

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Gallery: Strangers With Guns / Nxb0dies / MotionSickness – The Workmans Club Cellar , Dublin 29.07.2023

Dublin grunge band Strangers With Guns played Dublin’s The Workmans Club Cellar and brought a long to other great Irish acts. Opening the night were MotionSickness a punk/alternative rock band based in Co…

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Meet: Philip Dellas – vocals for Blackened Death Metal band Wothrossch

As previously announced on here Greek Blackened Death Metal act WOTHROSCH announced their latest masterpiece “Odium”, which was released on January 13, 2023 via Hammerheart Records, will see a release on tape!The tape…

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Meet: Teiger London’s New Rock Trio

With a debut album and tour coming later this year, Teiger are bringing their own brand of female-led rock to the UK’s stages. We at Backseat are huge fans and…

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Live Review: A Beautiful Day Out (The Levellers / Ferocious Dog / Peat And Diesel / The Lovely Eggs / Bar Stool Preachers / Jess Silk) – Millenium Square, Leeds 22.07.2023

The Levellers curated ‘A Beautiful Day Out’ hadn’t forwarded the memo onto the heavens as it was a continuously grey, wet and drizzly Saturday afternoon in Leeds, but the swathes…

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Track: Balancing Act – Cheshire Smile

The Mancunian London-based quartet Balancing Act, have shared their next single of their series of collaborations with producer Richard Woodcraft (Radiohead, Paolo Nutini, The Last Shadow Puppets) and is opening…

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News: Peter Hook and the Light announce another tour to Australia and New Zealand in May 2024, playing ‘Substance’ – the best of New Order and Joy Division

News: GUM (of Tame Impala and Pond) announces new album, unveils track and announces Australian/US tour

Track: Jet City Sports Club unveil ethereal new dream pop single ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time) as they head off on tour.

News: Final Artist Announcement for Wanderer Festival

EP Review: T.G. Shand’s ‘Cinnamon’ is a shimmering kaleidoscope of sound that leaves an indelible impression.

Gallery: Strangers With Guns / Nxb0dies / MotionSickness – The Workmans Club Cellar , Dublin 29.07.2023

Meet: Philip Dellas – vocals for Blackened Death Metal band Wothrossch

Meet: Teiger London’s New Rock Trio

Live Review: A Beautiful Day Out (The Levellers / Ferocious Dog / Peat And Diesel / The Lovely Eggs / Bar Stool Preachers / Jess Silk) – Millenium Square, Leeds 22.07.2023

Track: Balancing Act – Cheshire Smile