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Live Review: South Facing Festival Primal Scream / Jesus & Mary Chain / The Black Angels – Crystal Palace Bowl, London 04.08.2023

Crystal Palace Bowl and the Park has a long history of hosting music events with the likes of Elton John, Depeche Mode at the bowl and even Bruce Springsteen playing…

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News: The Clockworks announce debut album ‘Exit Strategy’, and unveil shimmering and dramatic new single ‘Westway’ as a tasty hors d’oeuvre.

Here at Backseat Mafia, we have been long time admirers of the thrilling brand of indie rock emanating from Galway bred but London based The Clockworks. It is exciting news…

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Track/video : James Heather re-imagines his poignant track ‘Hidden Angel’ to uncover new dimensions.

This is in many ways a brave record. Neo-classical composer and pianist James Heather has just released the a new version of his track ‘Hidden Angel’ via Coldcut’s label Ahead…

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Track/Video: Vibrant and vital nu-jazz vocalist And Is Phi previews debut album ‘Double Pink’ with the bite and beauty of ‘White Noise’.

Maybe vocalist, song writer, dancer and visual artist, Andrea Isabelle Phillips (aka And Is Phi) has finally found the creative anchorage that she has been looking for. On a journey…

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Album Review: Jim Wallis – In Huge Gesturing Loops: moving ‘ambient country’ way beyond passive mood music.

Drumming and making ambient soundscapes is not a well populated intersection on the musician directory Venn diagram but Jim Wallis sits comfortably within that quirky enclave. Perhaps best known for…

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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – Days Like Now : Folktronica, funk and global beats make inspired new connections

Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is one of those orbital artists who washes up on your essential listening zones with a tidal regularity. A global beats innovator and…

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Live Review: Iron Maiden / Lord Of The Lost – The O2, London 07.07.2023

By Rebecca Bush The mighty Maiden are accustomed to selling out stadiums, but it’s still impressive to see a sea ofIron Maiden shirts flow into the O2 in London for…

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Say Psych: EP Review: Nothingheads – Sunlit Uplands

London based Nothingheads have released their debut EP Sunlight Uplands this month and its nothing short of jaw dropping. Formed in 2020, they make dissonant grooves drawing influence from post…

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Live Review: The Comet Is Coming / Snapped Ankles – Somerset House, London 14.07.2023

Since being Mercury prize-nominated for their first album ‘Channel the Spirits’ in 2016, The Comet is Coming have continued to evolve through our cosmic plane! It’s hard to avoid the…

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Live Review: Bruce Springsteen – British Summer Time (BST), Hyde Park, London 08.07.2023

By Adrian Peel ‘The Boss’ returned to Hyde Park for the second of two shows, as part of the British Summer Time (BST) series of concerts, which concluded on Sunday, July 9th, with a…

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