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The trouble with reinventing the wheel is it usually means a bumpy ride for someone. Sometimes it’s better to just hit cruise control and concentrate on a smooth well-executed ride. French trio Alexandr forge modern pop/rock with a nod to well-crafted songs of the past. Singer Stephen Fozard’s voice resides in that comforting register inhabited …

Genre-bending pop/rock trio Waterparks have announced a UK headline tour for October and November! The band, who release new album, ‘INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY’, on April 14th, will be joined by Stand Atlantic on all dates. The dates in full are as follows: OCTOBER 31 LONDON Roundhouse NOVEMBER 01 SHEFFIELD o2 Academy 03 CARDIFF Great Hall 22 GLASGOW Barrowlands …

Following an almost 2 year wait, Rolling Blackouts C.F. finally made their way down to Hobart to deliver their promised duo of shows at Altar. A 5.30 p.m. “matinee” show was played to a near-capacity crowd, and was soon followed by a later, sold-out 9.00 p.m. show. The 3 pronged guitar/vocal attack of Fran Keaney …

Following on from her debut album Places to Never Return to and her first EP, How to Fall in Love with the Concept of Forgetting – both released last year, Boston singer-songwriter Moni Grace returns with a new single, The Chase, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia …

Bastille’s surprising new song ‘What You Gonna Do’, shows a different side to the band frontman Dan Smith says: “We finished the song and it felt urgent. We didn’t want to sit on it.” This track comes after the bands acclaimed third album Doom Days. “This next phase feels like a new beginning. It’s about completely tearing …

Polica bassist Chris Bierden is a staple on the Minneapolis music scene – contributing both bass and vocals to the last two Har Mar Superstar records, as well as being involved in projects such as Heavy Deeds, Pony Trash, and Bones & Beeker. He releases his first solo album on 11th November under his Invisible …

2016 begins a new chapter for Barnsley band Four Authors, with their latest single ‘Fire, Fire’ being chosen by BBC Introducing Sheffield for an exclusive live radio session and a headline UK tour keeping them busy until Christmas. If you haven’t yet been introduced, Four Authors are “pop/rock at its finest”, bringing an explosive energy …