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See: In Tall Buildings release new video for Curtains

Following on from his recent ‘Beginning to Fade’ single, In Tall Buildings, aka Chicago songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall, has just released a new video for its follow up, ‘Curtain’. Both are…

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Album Review: Twin Peaks – Sweet ’17 Singles

I love Twin Peaks the TV show more than I love damn fine coffee or the best cherry pie in the Tri-Counties. But there is also Twin Peaks the band,…

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Track / Video

Track: Goodbye Tomorrow – Keep That (featuring Lucki)

Goodbye Tomorrow are a secretive bunch. The anonymous DJ Collective are back, and following their party focused breakthrough “Feelin’ like Jay-z” track from last year, they have taken a darker,…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Cullen Omori – New Misery

By Ryan Jameson Weaver And just like that, former Smith Westerns front man Cullen Omori has proven his right. He has proven not only that he can endure, but that…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Forever Driftin’ by Foul Tip

Drum and bass isn’t something that you would normally associate with Cardinal Fuzz or Captcha Records. That’s because Foul Tip aren’t what you would normally associate with that genre, even…

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Track: Cullen Omori – Cinnamon

By Ryan Jameson Weaver Not many people know this, but Smith Westerns were an incredibly special band. They crafted delectable teenage gospel in a way that was almost purposefully harking…

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Music
News

News: Tortoise announce new album, plus Vinyl reissues and new video

Seems there’s a burst of activity in the camp of Chicago quintet Tortoise, with the news that the band will be releasing a new album, titled ‘The Catastrophist’ and out…

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Track: Advance Base – Pamela

It’s been three years since singe songwriter Owem Ashworth released his debut album under his Advance Base moniker, A Shut-Ins Prayer. Since then, he’s been busy on projects including a…

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Album Review: The Rubs – The Rubs Are Trash

If, after you’ve listened to Hard Enough, the opening track on Chicago Garage Rockers The Rubs (essentially the solo project of a certain Joey Rubbish, in that he sings, writes…

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Track: Brontosaurus – Safe to Surface

We’re suckers here at Backseat Mafia for noises duo’s, and so when we discovered Chicago two piece Brontosaurus, aka Nicholas Kelley and Nicholas Papaleo, that mixed up prog, math, chamber…

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