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Live Review: Ferocious Dog / The Cloverhearts – Nightrain, Bradford 24.05.2024

So I was venturing out to territory unknown for an evening of punk courtesy of the Cloverhearts and the awesome Ferocious Dog at the infamous Nightrain in Bradford, and after…

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Live Review: Terrorvision / The Bar Stool Preachers – St Georges Hall, Bradford 03.11.2023

It is always a party when Terrorvision come to town, and the prospect of them playing in their hometown of Bradford, in an iconic venue that is St Georges Hall,…

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100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist

In a moment a folly, I (not me and my editorial team, or my writers, or indeed anyone) decided to make a playlist of the year. Not one of those…

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Album Review: Bradford release ‘Bright Hours’: a magnificent follow-up to ‘Shouting Quietly’, 31 years on

SOME things change and some stay the same. Whereas before, with debut album Shouting Quietly, there was a car journey home from nearby Loughborough, Left-Legged Pineapple bag strewn on the…

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Meet: We speak to Bradford ahead of their new album

Rather than the global recognition they so richly deserved, 90s indie band Bradford were relegated to corners of second hand record shops, names on old gig listings and, sadly, a…

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Track: Bradford release new single ‘Down-Faced Doll’ ahead of first album in 30 years

In amongst the misery of 2020, some bright shoots of hope were provided for us here at Backseat Mafia by the reformation Of criminally overlooked 80s/90s indie band Bradford. Ahead…

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Track: Bradford return with first new music in three decades with ‘Like Water’

We (well, I..) here at Backseat Mafia have loved Bradford for a long time. So the excitement generated by the bands first new material in over three decades here at…

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Say Psych: Track: FLING – Extra Special

Bradford’s resident psychedelic rockers FLING share their latest unique offering ‘Extra Special’ which is jammed full with irresistible melodies, funky guitar lines whilst oozing charisma. Known for their wildly eccentric…

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Say Psych: Track: GRDNS – Night Dance

GRDNS have today released ‘Night Dance’, taken from their forthcoming debut EP Dance To The Radio. The Bradford quartet take their influence from Tame Impala and Arctic Monkeys, blending to…

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News: Bradford to reissue Shouting Quietly plus extras via A Turntable friend

Ah, Bradford. If you’ve followed Backseat Mafia through the years, you’ll be well aware of our devotion to Blackburns skinhead indie soulboys Bradford. A light that shines so brightly it…

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