New Music: Unruly Girls, Cruel Tales
Many years ago in the nascent years of Backseat Mafia, we wrote about a number of exciting Italian bands creating distinct indie rock with style and attitude. One of these…
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Classic Compilation: James – The Best of James
James are one of those bands that I return to every now and again. It’s not as if I am a massive fan, but they have slowly crept into my…
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Album Review: Alvvays – Antisocialites
Alvvays may have to contend with unreasonably high expectations of their second album, but – trust me – ‘Antisocialites’ is that good. The first time I heard the Toronto-based group…
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Video and Album News: Baxter Dury, Miami
Any uncertainty about Baxter Dury’s parentage is quickly dispelled the minute he starts singing. If singing is the right term: he is a blistering, sardonic cockney raconteur just like his…
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See: Prides reveal new video for Let’s Stay In Bed All Day
Synth-pop duo Prides have just announced details of their next “body of work”, titled A Mind Like The Tide, due to be released later this year. The project is split…
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Album Review: Everything Everything – A fever dream
Everything Everything has been building a really solid career throughout their nearly 10 years of existence. From the 2011’s weird, fresh and intense debut album Man Alive, to the melancholic,…
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See: Sweet Baboo reveals new video for Swallows
Taken from his recent Wild Imagination album that dropped in June via Moshi Moshi, Sweet Baboo (aka Stephen Black) has released a new video for the track Swallows. As is…
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Album Review: Various Artists: Manchester North Of England: A Story Of Independent Music Greater Manchester 1977-1993
Compiled by the team behind other Cherry Red box sets (Scared To Get Happy, Still In A Dream, Millions Like Us, Action Time Vision, etc.), this 7 CD box set …
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Meet: System Corporation
System Corporation has just released their debut single ‘Dismal Universal Hiss’, giving us the first look into what’s coming from this New Zealand rock outfit on their debut album ‘Fiction Dept.’, slated…
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Not Forgotten: Edwyn Collins – I’m Not Following You
Pity poor old Edwyn Collins. If the world were a just and fair place, we would be hailing Orange Juice as the crown princes of 80s indie, but instead it’s…
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