punk/post-punk
Live Review: Bowling for Soup Acoustic Singalong – The Parish, Huddersfield 26.05.2022
Having graced the shores of the UK at the start of spring, Texan pop punk legends Bowling For Soup (well, two of them) were back to play a run of intimate dates to their hardcore fans. Obviously here at Backseat Mafia we couldn’t do this review without mentioning the fact that the band couldn’t fully …
Track: TV Priest – It Was Beautiful
TV Priest have shared thier new single ‘It Was Beautiful’, taken from the forthcoming album ‘My Other People’ due 17th June via Sub Pop Records. Vocalist Charlie Drinkwater says of the single, “‘It Was Beautiful’ is a love song about the past, present, and future. A reminder that love is the most essential thing. The …
Premiere: The Big Sway release new visuals for single Gun Fun In Rifle City
Boston psychedelic rockers The Big Sway have announced a new single, Gun Fun In Rifle City, taken from their second full length We Made This For You, out later in the year. We’re delighted to be premiering the accompanying video right here on Backseat Mafia today. On the track, bassist and visual artist Joe MacFadzen …
Live Review: The Blizzards / Codyy / Aimée – The Academy, Dublin 14.05.2022
Words: Max Falvey // Pictures: Carl McGrath “Thank you so much for choosing us over Eurovision, I’m not sure I would’ve done the same!” After releasing their fourth studio album ‘Sometimes We See In The Dark’ on Friday, Mullingar native’s The Blizzards performed an outstanding one-off show in Dublin’s Academy last night, playing over an …
See: Wire announce new album, plus visuals for first track taken from it, Stepping Off Too Quick
Legendary post-punks Wire have announced a new album, and its one with a slight twist. ’Not About To Die’ is out on June 24th via pinkflag, and it sees the band reclaiming tracks from an early 80s bootleg of the same name. The album was made up of demos recorded by the band originally intended …
Live Review: The Maine / The Happy Fits / Charlotte Sands – House Of Blues, San Diego 21.04.2022
I have a special place in my heart for The Maine; they are one of the first bands that started my never-ending emo phase plus we are both from Phoenix, Arizona so I always felt just a little closer to them. The Maine, one of the most influential and well known pop-punk bands of the …
See: J. Zunz releases new video for Ráfaga alongside new album and live dates news
J. Zunz, the solo moniker of Lorena Quintanilla from Lorelle meets The Obsolete, has announced the release of her third album, Del Aire, is due out on June 24th via the ever brilliant Rocket Recordings label. Alongside the news she’s revealed a new video, directed by Mexican artist Víctor Garay, for the track Ráfaga, and news of …
Track: Bad Breeding – Human Capital
Three years on from their best album to date, ‘Exiled’, Stevenage’s Bad Breeding have announced their return with ‘Human Capital’, the blistering title track from their forthcoming fourth full-length album. The song is mostly slower and more contemplative than much of Bad Breeding’s previous material. While frontman Chris Dodd intones the vituperative lyrics as angrily …
Live Review: The Lovely Eggs – Heaven, London 08.04.2022
From Lancaster, The Lovely Eggs are a Husband and Wife duo Holly Ross and David Blackwell deliver a noisy and sublime punk style set at their biggest headline show to date at Heaven in London. The show coincides with the bands last album released two years ago in lockdown which also the reason for tonight’s …
Tracks: TV Priest – Bury Me In My Shoes
TV Priest have announced their new album ‘My Other People’ due 17th June via Sub Pop Records. The news also comes with the video for the new single ‘Bury Me In My Shoes’. The band also confirm a UK Tour as well as record in-store performances. Frontman Charlie Drinkwater says of the album, “My Other …