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News: Strange Waves V At The O2 Ritz, Manchester 01.04.2022
South London’s Dry Cleaning are set to headline Strange Waves V at the O2 Ritz, Manchester. Promoters Strange Days and Now Wave have joined forces to offer an exclusive event being held at The O2 Ritz over two stages. Joining Dry Cleaning will be Sunflower Bean, W. H. Lung, The Lounge Society, Audiobooks, Honeyglaze, Melts and Prima Queen. The …
Track: Maximo Park release new single, Great Art, and announce Sïngular UK tour this Autumn
One of our perennial favourites here at Backseat Mafia, Maximo Park, have announced a new tour – Sïngular, taking place this Autumn, which will see the band play their entire singles collection, from ‘Apply Some Pressure’ and ‘Going Missing’ from their breakthrough debut album A Certain Trigger, to ‘All Of Me’ from their latest album Nature Always …
News: Dream Wife embarking on UK tour
London-based trio Dream Wife – vocalist Rakel Mjöll, guitarist Alice Go, bassist Bella Podpadec – will be hitting the UK live circuit again this Spring. The tour follows the release of the band’s explosive second album So When You Gonna…, which earned both a monumental #18 UK Album Chart debut and a #1 placing in the Official Record Store Chart of Independent Retailers. The record, which was the only album in the …
News: The Jesus & Mary Chain sign to Fuzz Club Records; announce reissues and promise of new music
We’re incredibly excited here at Backseat Mafia HQ that the seminal Jesus & Mary Chain have signed with London based independent (and consistently brilliant) label Fuzz Club Records, and have announced that new music is in the works. Added to that, Fuzz Club are reissuing two of the bands albums; 2017 studio album ‘Damage and …
News: Interpol announce UK / EU, and North American tour dates; see sneak peek recording session video
Emerging from Battery Studios in London where they’ve just recorded their seventh album with producers Flood and Moulder, Interpol have announced a run of US and UK/UK shows, including a second date at London Roundhouse on June 15th in support of it. It’s accompanied by a short clip featuring footage shot during the recording sessions, …
TRACK: Crows return with new track ‘Slowly Separate’ plus announce new album and tour
Crows are a force of nature live. Gathering a loyal fanbase since forming in 2015, they are set to release their second album Beware Believers on 1 April 2022 via Bad Vibrations Records and have announced tour dates in UK and Europe in support of its release. In advance of this they have released new …
News: Yves Tumor announces extensive 2022 tour dates
Genre hopper and all round hot ticket in whatever town you happen to be in Yves Tumor has announced a slew of 2022 live dates across Europe and the UK, the US and Canada. His recent US shows caused rather a stir, with praise given for his incendiary and frenetic performances. Tickets are on sale …
News: Jack White announces Supply Chain Issues Tour; Tickets on general sale from Friday
With news filtering that Jack White is to release not one but two albums next year – Fear of the Dawn, out via Third Man Records on April 8th 2022, being followed by Entering Heaven Alive on July 22nd, he’s followed it up with news of an extensive world tour. Live Nation are producing the …
News: Stiff Records reveals new range of Merchandise, on sale from Friday.
Iconic label Stiff Records, home to the likes of Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Wreckless Eric, The Adverts, Motörhead and others since their inception in 1976, have announced a brand new range of official merchandise featuring their infamous slogans alongside their instantly recognisable logo. Emerging onto the UK music scene, the label was driven by an …