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Album Review: With her glorious vocals, Nat Vazer’s ‘Strange Adrenaline’ powers a euphoric collection of sparkling sonic jewels.

Nat Vazer has just released her album ‘Strange Adrenaline’ and it is a glorious compilation of personal vignettes burnished by Vazer’s diaphanous vocals – velvet and yearning, dripping with melancholy…

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Live Review: Ocean Alley – The Horden Pavilion, Sydney 06.10.23

Ocean Alley at the Hordern 06.10.23

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Live Review: The Joy Formidable – The Clapham Grand, London 28.09.2023

Without The Clapham Grand, I probably wouldn’t even be here. Some seventy years ago my teenage father evaded his home chores and escaped through a Wandsworth window to meet my…

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Live Review: New Order / Confidence Man – 3Arena, Dublin 01.10.2023, plus Gallery and setlists

New Order rolled into a packed out 3Arena on the Dublin leg of their current UK and European tour, playing a fantastic set containing all the hits and more. Opening…

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News: The irrepressible Royel Otis cap off a magnificent year with news of their debut album ‘Pratts & Pain’, a tour and new single ‘Fried Rice’.

Given their tasty single ‘Oysters In My Pocket’ (see my review here), the irrepressible duo from Sydney, Royel Otis, (Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell) continue with their whacky food obsession…

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Track: Travis Shaw – A Powerful Light

North East singer songwriter Travis Shaw has returned with new single ‘A Powerful Light’. A dynamic banger where gusty guitar and heavy cymbal abuse meet simmering powerful vocals. Shaw has…

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Soundtrack of our lives: Queens based artist Will Kaplan give us his picks as his TransBorder Art residency begins

New Jersey born, Queens based artist Will Kaplan crosses boundaries of mediums, techniques and text to create his work. Exploring hemmed nature reserves growing up he focused on tensions between…

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Live Review: Lovejoy @ Brighton Dome

October 3, 2023

All Words And Pictures by Henry Groves On the back end of their UK tour, supporting the release of their latest EP ‘Wake Up and It’s Over’, Lovejoy were playing…

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Track: Newcastle’s TV Death release the glorious garage punk of Village Mentality, along with new video; check it out here

Newcastle garage punks TV Death are back with a new single, Village Mentality, taken from their EP ‘The God, The One and The Devil’, which is out on November 24th.…

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Track: Hamburg outfit Mint Mind Release the glorious shoegaze shuffle of Glow

We love Tapete Records here at Backseat Mafia. Don’t even get me started on the injustice that The Elephants weren’t massive. And they’ve another winner on their hands here in…

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