Not Forgotten: Madness – The Dangermen Sessions Vol 1
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June 1, 2020 Excerpt From King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
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May 29, 2020 Not Forgotten: Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
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May 1, 2020 Not Forgotten: Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel [3]
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April 25, 2020 Not Forgotten: Half Man Half Biscuit – Trouble Over Bridgewater
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April 20, 2020 Classic Compilation: Nazareth – Greatest Hits
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April 14, 2020 Classic Album: Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
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Music Rewind
ALBUM REVIEW: King of the Slums – Our Favourite Trainers
THEY emerged from Hulme in 1986, breathing sour fire and an eagle eye for unfashionable detail. Second cousins of The Fall in the way they …
Feature: Scratch the Surface – 14 Iced Bears self-titled album, and an interview with Rob Sekula
14 Iced Bears: ‘14 Iced Bears’ ( Thunderball Records 1988 ) “Only the dust remains…” Background Formed in 1985, 14 Iced Bears released three excellent …
Features / Playlists
Feature: Asian Death Crustacean give us an exclusive track by track from new album Baikal
We’ve been incredibly excited by experimental metal band Asian Death Crustacean here on Backseat Mafia, with the London quartet bringing elements of Jazz, post-rock and …
Feature: London-based producer Kamau Kuru gives us a track by track on his new album, Oxydental
London-based producer and beatmaker Kamau Kuru has today released his new album Oxydental – a project he described to us as ’a fusion of back-catalogue …
Not Forgotten: Albums
Excerpt From King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
“I must make two honest confessions to you… First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the …
Not Forgotten: Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
There’s a reason Teenage Fanclub, and particularly Grand Prix, have endured when so much music from the 90s just been washed away.
Remembering
Book Review: The Ballad of Jethro Tull
Despite being one of the biggest acts of the 70s, Jethro Tull are not a band that have ever enjoyed career reassessment and rehabilitation by …
Remembered : Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone was one of those characters that seemed to have stepped out of an E.L. Doctorow novel, or an Our Gang comedy. Playing Tin …
Classic Albums
Droppin’ Knowledge: Nostalgia Ultra – O.C.’s Masterpiece, Word…Life (1994)
The Golden Age of hip hop produced many vital recordings. But Brooklyn’s Omar Credle hit a four-run home run with his debut, Word…Life. He uses …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Nostalgia Ultra: Scarface – The Fix (2002)
Scarface’s Magnum Opus from 2002. He slays dragons, real and imagined. Freshness Quotient: Fresh as a spring daisy. A stone-cold classic. The Skinny: Face takes …
Film Rewind
Blu-ray Review: Tokyo Story
Yasujiro Ozu was unquestionably one of the best, if not the best, Japanese film director of all time. His unique style and perspective made him …
Interview: John Walsh (Harryhausen: The Lost Movies)
The late Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013) is widely regarded as the person who pioneered visual effects for motion pictures as a craft. The stop-motion animations he …
