Album Review: Damien Jurado – Visions of Us on the Land
Damien Jurado is one of the most interesting musicians working today. He may not think that, but he’s a modest guy. Jurado’s not the kind of artist that sits around…
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Preview: 2Q Festival – Derby, 9th April 2016
2Q festival is a brand new musical venture held in Derby on Saturday 9th April 2016. Six city centre venues have united for the single day event, bringing an eclectic mix of…
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Live: Cosmosis Festival, Manchester 12.03.16
Myself and the Shoegaze Brigade touched down in Manchester early, ditched the vehicle for safe keeping and headed out of town. Our mission -which we had already chosen to accept –…
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Meet: Ded Rabbit interview
Ahead of the release of their double a-side record “Only Dating” and “Never Gonna Learn”, both of which have been catching our ear here at Backseat Mafia, we’ve managed to…
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SEE: Bare Knuckle Parade Release New Video And Announce Spring Tour
Rockers Bare Knuckle Parade, hailing from Bath, have released their new single Diamond Eyes, accompanied by a video- as well as announcing a UK tour! Their genre bending, multi-instrument brand…
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Track: Ded Rabbit – Only Dating
It’s all coming out of Scotland at the moment, masses of ‘next big things’ sending their catchy, if rather jagged, indie pop our way. Latest in the long line is…
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Track: Thomas Cohen – Hazy Shades, plus UK tour dates
In some ways, its almost remarkable that former S.C.U.M frontman Thomas Cohen’s album Bloom Forever is being released at all. Its an album that chronicles the songs Cohen wrote between…
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News: Placebo celebrates 20 year anniversary with World Tour
Legendary alt-rockers Placebo are to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their self-titled platinum selling debut album by heading out on a World tour in October. Kicking off…
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Track: Why We Run – A Moment to Return
One of my favourite local Sydney bands, Why We Run, is back with no sign of a waning of their incredible talent. In fact, quite the opposite. I reviewed the…
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Album Review: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – A Man Alive
I’ve always been a big fan of girls with guitars. The nineties brought us a whole new generation of ladies who could rock out. The likes of PJ Harvey, Kristin…
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