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Live Review: DIIV / Bdrmm – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London 12.03.2024

By Henry Groves Although there are 2 months until the release of their 4th studio album ‘Frog in Boiling Water’, the shoegaze icons were back in the UK, showing off…

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EP Review: LXP’s electro-soul infused ‘Power Ballads, Vol. 1’ is a stunning debut from the South East London whiz kid.

Straight out of South East London, multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Alex Parry is LXP, and he has just released his debut EP ‘Power Ballads Vol. 1’ – an immersive collection of…

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Track/Video: Dynamic prog-jazzers Emily Francis Trio preview new EP with the drama of ‘After The Rain’.

For many the jazz piano trio is an edifice that shouldn’t be tampered with, the classic enactment of pure jazz, a rhythm section suddenly given license to express itself but…

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Live Review: The Bug Club – Village Underground, London 01.03.2024

It’s St David’s Day and Sam Willmett, Tilly Harris and Dan Matthew have escaped over the border and made it to the Village Underground. Following the release of their latest…

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Premiere: Modern Guilt release the anthemic and style-laden EP ‘We’ll Always Have Vegas’, and we bring you an exclusive early listen.

We are honoured to bring to you an exclusive early listen to the new EP from Modern Guilt entitled ‘We’ll Always Have Vegas’ ‘We’ll Always Have Vegas’ is a delicious…

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Track/Video: Multi-instrumentalist/producer Forest Law returns with the psych-infused global grooves of ‘Ooo,I’ ahead of a summer album.

To sum up multi-instrumentalist/producer Forest Law’s journey to this point as “Essex born, now London based” only hints at his musical story so far. Coming through Giles Peterson’s ‘Future Bubblers…

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News: ‘Doesn’t Matter’ – the magnificent HighSchool announce new EP ‘Accelerator!’ and release haunting atmospheric single ahead of tour.

The London-based Melbourne post punk duo HighSchool – much loved and admired here at Backseat Mafia – today announce the release of a new EP entitled ‘Accelerator’ – their second…

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Track: LXP is ‘On Repeat’ – another intriguing and immersive piece of electronica from the South East London multi-instrumentalist producer and songwriter, ahead of EP.

Multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Alex Parry is LXP, and he has followed up his debut single ‘Concede’ (reviewed here) with another fascinating piece of stylised electronica in new track ‘On Repeat’…

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Live Review: The Go! Team – Roundhouse, London 10.02.2024

“One, two, three, four, five!” The Go! Team do like to count. The maths that matters most tonight though is the twenty years that have passed since the release of…

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Album Review : Champagne Dub – ‘Rainbow’ : Space-dub and cosmic grooves with a distinct kick.

There are ‘drummers’ and there are ‘more than drummers’. ‘Drummers’ play the drums very well as they move from gig to gig, band to band, session to session. ‘More than…

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