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News: Spanish Love Songs announce new album ‘No Joy’

SPANISH LOVE SONGS, have revealed details on their upcoming new album ‘No Joy’ – the highly anticipated follow up to 2020’s critically acclaimed ‘Brave Faces Everyone’. ‘No Joy’ will be released…

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PREMIERE: Grant Summerland unveils new EP ‘Unnatural History’

Last month, we premiered the lead track from Californian Grant Summerland (solo artist and leader of the live iteration Grant and the Summerlands), his first proper appearance in a few…

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PREMIERE: Grant Summerland doesn’t want to be a ‘Real Boy’, shares indie-punk scorcher ahead of new EP next month

Meet Grant Summerland. He’s been away for a little bit. OK, three years. That’s not important; what you need to know is that he’s back. The Californian had the bad…

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PREMIERE: Strawberry Fuzz kick off 2023 with ‘Dropout’, releasing new album Strongs Dr. tomorrow

Well, that’s one way to start the year. If you’ve been keeping an eye on Los Angeles band Strawberry Fuzz, you’re about to have a very good week. In November,…

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News: Born Without Bones announce new album ‘Dancer’ will be out on the 4th November

Massachusetts’s finest indie punk outfit, Born Without Bones, have returned to announce their upcoming new album, Dancer, due out November 4th from Pure Noise Records. Since their formation, Born Without Bones have put together an…

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PREMIERE: My Son the Doctor find the sweet spot between jazz and punk on animated new single ‘Rubber Hands’

We’ve got a lot of time for Brooklynites My Son the Doctor here at Backseat Mafia. We premiered ‘Bethany’ a couple of weeks ago, and with the release of their…

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Track: The Goa Express take the ‘Overpass’: a frenetic no-holds barred romp, and announce UK tour

‘Overpass’ is the ‘B’ Side to The Goa Express‘ single ‘Second Time’ (reviewed by me here). While the latter was a classic shimmering slice of indie pie, ‘Overpass’ releases the…

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Track: Sydney’s Down for Tomorrow unveil the anthemic ‘Sentimental’: euphoric dynamism and passion in the one package

Sydney indie punk outfit Down for Tomorrow have released an anthemic rock single ‘Sentimental’. Blessed with celestial choruses and a thundering rock beat, this is an outstanding piece of melodic…

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NEWS: Mannequin Pussy confront airbrushed lives on title track from forthcoming new EP, ‘Perfect’

We’re now less than four weeks away from Philadelphians Mannequin Pussy‘s next move: the trio’s first collection of new material in nearly two years called Patience. The 5-song EP features…

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