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ALBUM REVIEW: Private World – ‘Aleph’: a fine 80s’-informed debut

THE much-heralded Cardiff outfit Private World have just released their debut album, Aleph, on Dais Records. They embrace the 1980s’ soundscape of new romantic folklore such as Spandau Ballet, Duran…

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SEE: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: ‘Double Denim Hop’: a trash-glam cracker with its thumbs in its front pockets

OK, what you need to know about breaking Welsh quartet Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard is: they’re a lot of glam-trash fun, with a way with a solid, twelve gold bars boogie…

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Premiere: Omar Addis – Easy

21 year old Cardiff producer / songwriter Omar Addis releases his new single ‘Easy’ on 29th June, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning.…

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See: Panic Shack share new single and video ‘Jim Jits-You’

Cardiff’s Panic Shack return today with ‘Jiu Jits-You‘, the ascendant quintet’s second single and the follow-on to February’s incendiary debut ‘Who’s Got My Lighter?‘. Once again recorded by Tom Rees of Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard at Rat Trap…

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Track: Clwb Fuzz – No Heaven

Cool and assured with just a hint of delicious malevolence, ‘No Heaven’, the new single from Welsh band Clwb Fuzz is an absolute sonic delight. If a reference is needed,…

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Music

Premiere: Watch the new video from ¡Que Asco! for ‘Sharkipelago’

Cardiff art-rock trio Que Asco are about to release a new single ‘Sharkipelago’, out digitally on October 4th, and we’re delighted to be premiering the accompanying video here on Backseat…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Gulp – All Good Wishes

Gulp are on a journey, a state of perpetual transition. The band make mini Kraut-pop epics, informed equally by the sun flares of the Californian desert and the drizzle of pure,…

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Live Review: Fall Out Boy + Support, Cardiff Motorpoint Arena 28.03.2018 plus Gallery

Getting to the top wasn’t easy for Fall Out Boy, going on hiatus in 2009 was probably the best thing they could’ve done as a band. Each member got to…

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Track / Video

Say Psych: Track: Boy Azooga – Loner Boogie

Cardiff’s Boy Azooga are a musical mystery tour comprised of Davey Newington, Daf Davies, Dylan Morgan and Sam Barnes. This week they announced details of the release of their debut…

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Meet: The Cradles, and listen to their track Ideal Girl

We’ve been rather taken with The Cradles fantastic recent single, Ideal Girl – which mixes up bits of the Kinks, splashes a bucket of mersey, a touch of psych and…

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