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The Lickerish Quartet – ‘Snollygoster Goon’: Jellyfish bods back in the groove

DO YOU miss the prog-psych-powerpop odysseys of Nineties’ San Fran outfit Jellyfish? All those empurpled paisley power ideas thrown into a thrilling mix? Well listen up, listen up; Jellyfish’s Roger…

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Sealand Airlines – ‘Sailing Girl’: hook-laden prog-pop from Ukraine

SEALAND AIRLINES, the up ‘n’ coming Ukrainian prog quartet comprised of keyboardist Andrii Davydenko, guitarist Mykhailo Kanafotskyi; bassist and vocalist Artem Bemba, who also lends a little keyboards, flute and…

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Not Forgotten: The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love

Released at a time where the fashion was to fill the whole run time of a CD with as much material as possible regardless of quality, all in the name…

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Track / Video

Track: M83 – Roadblaster

After garnering much praise and admiration for his new album Junk, which fused together old school house sounds and synthesised vocals into his ambitious prog-pop, M83 aka Anthony Gonzalesz has…

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See: Jenny Hval – ‘Female Vampire’ video

Jenny Hval gives us a sinister glimpse of eternal life in the video for her latest single ‘Female Vampire’. The Norwegian artist will be releasing her sixth album, ‘Blood Bitch’,…

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See: Night Idea release video for Easy to Lie

Indie prog poppers Night Idea are about to release their new album Breathing Cold, and ahead of that they’ve released a new animated video to accompany the song Easy to…

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Track: Three Trapped Tigers – Silent Earthling

It might have taken a while, five years to be exact, but London trio Three Trapped Tigers are back with a follow up to their debut album ‘Route one or…

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Meet: Billie Lindahl, aka Promise and the Monster interview

We featured the new video from Stockholm’s Billie Lindahl, aka Promise and the Monster, here on Backseat Mafia, and we were immediately struck by its dark beauty, it’s driving, melodic…

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Album Review: The Zombies – Still Got That Hunger

The Zombies new album, ‘Still Got That Hunger’ is after repeated listenings, hard not to like. For a band formed in 1961, they still tour a hell of a lot,…

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Music
News

News: Universal to release Sparks box set – The Island Years

Aside from being (approximately) half of pop supergroup F.F.S. it shouldn’t be forgotten that Sparks, aka Ron and Russell Meal, were a rather brilliant group before their latest collaboration. For…

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