punk/post-punk
Meet: Mary And The Ram As They Return With A String Of New Singles
Mary And The Ram is the studio project of Viaperperformance founder Kiran Tanna (vocals, guitars, keyboards, and programming) and Dom Smith from Seep Away on drums. The duo have returned after a couple of years away so we caught up with them to find out what their future plans look like. Give us a potted …
News: The Original Killing Joke Line Up Announce A Very Special UK Show At The Royal Albert Hall On March 12th 2023
Killing Joke are proud to announce ‘Killing Joke – Follow The Leaders’, a very special UK show at the Royal Albert Hall on March 12th 2023. Killing Joke will be performing their first two albums in their entirety; 1980’s self titled debut album followed by their second album “What’s This For…!” “We are living in the most dangerous period …
Live Review: Waterparks / Phem / Bad Suns – O2 Academy, Leeds 17.06.22
Marking the start of the UK leg of the ‘See You In The Future Tour’, tonight sees Waterparks perform at Leeds o2 Academy with support from Phem and Bad Suns. Having had a quick look on social media prior to arriving and seeing that some fans had been there since lunchtime, it was no real surprise to …
Track: Tired Of Fighting – Chocolate
Newcastle Alt Rockers Tired Of Fighting have shared their third single and mental health anthem ‘Chocolate’. Regarding the track singer Nic Woods comments: “It’s a song about taking antidepressants in the summertime. I was going to call it Summertime Sadness but then remembered Lana Del Rey had already used that title (damn it Lana!) I …
Meet: Punk Rock Factory at Slam Dunk Festival North
BM: My name is Erin. I’m from Backseat Mafia. Could you just introduce yourself and then what you do in the band? PRF: I’m Peej. I’m the singer and rhythm guitarist and I’m Kob and I play drums. BM: Lovely. I just watched your set, we don’t talk about technical difficulties because by the end …
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 …