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Live Review: Heavenly / Tulpa – Sidney and Matilda, Sheffield 21.3.2026

At what must have been almost a sell-out—if not an actual one—Sidney and Matilda was packed to the rafters with an eager, cross-generational crowd ready to celebrate the enduring charm…

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Track: Indiepop royalty Heavenly announce new album, release new single Excuse Me.

It’s overused I know, but indie pop legends (you find me a better description….) return with a new single Excuse Me, accompanied by news of a new album Highway To…

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Track: bdrmm’s ‘Port’ gets some loving electro remix action from Working Men’s Club – come trance out

IT’S AN excellent, mouthwatering battle of two very cred, very excellent Yorkshire bands, duking it out. In the left corner, grapple fans, we have Hull’s bdrmm, the premier next now…

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See: The short monochrome film for the dreamy Saint Etienne festive single, ‘Winter Coat’

CAST your mind to a far-off time, if you will: the 1980s and before. And then: the Christmas music you’d hear. Back then, before t’interweb and swipe-right, there wasn’t really…

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Playlist: Sarah Records – The Hundred

Here at Backseat Mafia, we’re totally cross genre. It’s how we like it. So you’re just as likely to see Deep House followed by Death Metal followed by neo-jazz or…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Heavenly – ‘A Bout De Heavenly’: seminal sevens compiled in time for Santa

Rolling down through Heavenly's career through the prism of the single, you can see what a great band they were at that seemingly most humble, but powerful and demotic of formats, all packed full of the goodness of proper indiepop

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NEWS: The Orielles announce live stream show from Hebden Bridge

HALIFAX’s lovely, all-conquering The Orielles are determined to bring a little light into our pervading winter with the announcement that they’re putting on a live-stream show from The Trades Club,…

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NEWS: Damaged Goods announce Heavenly and Talulah Gosh singles comps in time for Christmas!

NOW that’s the kinda Christmas present every proper indiekid needs. Damaged Goods have announced a 2xLP and CD reissue of their classic round-up of Talulah Gosh’s entire recorded output, Was…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: The Catenary Wires – ‘Til The Morning’

The Catenary Wires are Rob Pursey and Amelia Fletcher, named after the overhead wires on tram systems. If their names are not familiar – their voices might be. They’ve been…

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See: Amber Arcades release new video for ‘Simple Song’

Amber Arcades (aka Annelotte de Graaf) has revealed the 2nd song from her new, 2nd, album “European Heartbreak”. Simple Song provides part 2 of the story began in the previous video.…

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