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Premiere: Part of the italogaze phenomena, Kodaclips exclusively unveil their new video for the blazing wall of pleasure that is ‘Not My Sound’.

We are very honoured to bring you the video for the track ‘Not My Sound’ from Italian shoegaze band Kodaclips. The italogaze movement in Italy has seen some tremendous shimmering…

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Track: Dead Miranda (fka Unruly Girls) launch an excoriating sonic rocket with ‘Your Slice of Pie’: a blistering debut.

Italian electro-punk noise merchants Dead Miranda have shrugged off their outer shell of Unruly Girls and emerged like a dark gothic vampyric butterfly from the pupae of their former selves.…

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News: Italy electro-fuzz anarchists Unruly Girls are now Dead Miranda, but the sonic brilliance remain the same.

We here at Backseat Mafia have been following closely following the career of Luca Zotti in his various guises, from Sweet Jane and Claire back in 2014 (see our review…

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PREMIERE: Stream Bebawinigi’s intense, experimental second album ‘Stupor’ and read a track-by-track guide

Virginia Quaranti’s second album as Bebawinigi is a wild ride, firmly rooted in the worlds of the experimental and avant-garde, yet simultaneously welcoming and compelling. Melding classical composition with metallic…

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News: Italy’s magnificent Stella Diana are back with news of new album ‘Nothing To Expect’ and with another atmospheric slice of gothic shoegaze in new track ‘Sleepless Girl’.

It’s been a while since we last heard from one of Italy’s most exciting bands coming out of the burgeoning psych/shoegaze scene in Italy over the last five years. Stella…

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Premiere: Italian darkwave maestros Ostara’s Bless unveil the stark and beautiful video for industrial gothic sounds of ‘Fear Of The Neglect’

The single ‘Fear Of The Neglect’ from Italian group Ostara’s Bless has a luscious, layered industrial stomp with a barbed-wire spine and a dark ominous insistent thrum. We are honoured…

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Album Review: CLUSTERSUN’s Avalanche is a magnificent, mesmerising and eviscerating piece of gothic shoegaze magic

‘Avalanche’, the new album from Italian shoegaze behemoths, CLUSTERSUN, clearly sets out its sonic intent from the very beginning. ‘Desert Daze’ is an aural buzzsaw, tilting along a thundering rhythm…

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EP Review: Italian shoegaze outfit 7Mondays release sky-scraping debut EP ‘Sent’

Italian duo 7Mondays have just released their debut EP ‘Sent’: a collection of three songs that draw strongly on a shoegaze sound tempered with a touch of emo and post…

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EP: Brenso – Demo EP

Brenso (from Bologna’s slang BREve + inteNSO — Short + Heavy) formed in Bologna in 2019. The band defines its music as post-covid, over-the-counter rock, influenced by the many sounds…

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Premiere: Milano indie giants The Ghibertins reveal their exciting new single ‘20149 – Milano’, with announcement of a new album for 2022.

Backseat Mafia is honoured to premiere the new vibrant and cinematic single from Italian indie rockers The Ghibertins – a visceral and sinewy track that has an endless vista, wider…

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