rock/metal
Live Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs / Pit Pony / TV Death – Pop Recs, Sunderland 07.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore Tonights PigsX7 gig at Pop Recs in Sunderland opened up the Summer Street Festival which starts this Saturday at Cliffe park, Roker in Sunderland. TV Death were the first of the two support bands to perform. This was my first time seeing them perform and they blew me away with the raw …
Track: Standards – Cherry
Los Angeles math-rock duo Standards have released “Cherry,” the third single off the upcoming album ‘Fruit Town,’ due 22nd of July via Wax Bodega. Of the new single Mena says, “Cherry is a bombastic prog rock anthem with a fusion of math rock guitar stylings and heavy metal.” With a touch of the 80s, the track is a joyous outburst from the …
Premiere: Blake Morgan – Violent Delights
Blake Morgan’s highly anticipated fifth studio album ‘Violent Delights’ is out now via ECR music group. Here at Backseat Mafia are very pleased to premiere the title track from the album and the music video to go with it. The video was shot entirely on location at legendary recording studio The Bunker in Brooklyn NY. …
News: Leeds Rockers Fudge Sign To Marshall Agency
The old adage informs that good things come to those who wait but it’s just as relevant to those whowork their balls off; those who have absolute faith and commitment in what they do as they createsomething that’s as beautiful as it is dangerous, as joyous as it is deafening. Leeds four-piece FUDGE. after the …
Live Review: Thieves Of Liberty / Amongst Liars / Kulpa – Independent, Sunderland 01.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore Blues Rockers Thieves of liberty held their first EP ‘Back Again‘ launch at the Independent bringing another two bands along to entertain the crowd. The first band of the night to perform were Kulpa who gave it their all with fuzzy bass and rock riffs from both the guitarist as the crowd …
News: Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame to release his first ever solo album
Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame to release his first ever solo album – The Fantasy of Reality. After playing guitar, lap steel and vocals with the legendary Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, appearing on the ground breaking album Trout Mask Replica (under the pseudonym Antennae Jimmy Semens), as well as playing on Strictly Personal & Mirror …
Premiere: The Kite Machine – Your Touch
After the huge success of their self titled debut album back in 2019, the band have been working hard on new material and now return with their thunderous new single ‘Your Touch’. Speaking more on the creation behind ‘Your Touch’’, the band explains: “We wanted to write a song that was a little more pop …
Track: Lost Society – Stitches
Finnish modern metal squad Lost Society have shared the video for their second single from their upcoming album If The Sky Came Down, due 30th September via Nuclear Blast Records. The track ‘Stitches’ sees the band deliver a heavy pounding anthem for any modern metalhead out there, while addressing serious mental health issues. Front man Samy Elbanna stated about the song: “Chapter 5 …
Track: Machine Head – Unhallowed
Machine Head have shared new track, ‘Unhallowed’, along with an accompanying video shot live from the band’s Electric Happy Hour series. The track is lifted from the band’s tenth studio album, ‘Of Kingdom And Crown’ due 26th August which will be released via Nuclear Blast x Imperium Recordings. Speaking about the new track, Machine Head founder, Robb Flynn shares; ‘UNHALLØWED’: Chapter Six …
Track: Standards – Cloudberry
Los Angeles math-rock duo Standards has released ‘Cloudberry’ the next single off the upcoming album ‘Fruit Town’ due 22nd July via Wax Bodega. Of the new track, Mena says, “Cloudberry is a colorful, punk inspired math rock track featuring fast drums and catchy guitars. The song’s attitude is captured well in the adjoining video, filmed in an abandoned river basin in the …