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Premiere: Cara Potiker shares dazzling new moondaddy song ‘Water Bearer’

San Diego’s Cara Potiker helms moondaddy, a six-strong project who made their debut last year with Poet Lies – a little over a year later, Potiker is planning to follow…

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Premiere: Psychic Graveyard tap into weird dreams on ‘Stuffed With Secrets’

We’re a couple of months away from the release of the new record by San Diego noise rock band Psychic Graveyard, and the band release the third single from Wilting…

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Premiere: Psychic Graveyard do it til it hurts on new single ‘Your Smile is a Hoax’

San Diego band Psychic Graveyard have been suspiciously quiet for about a year and a half since releasing a previous standalone single called ‘Haunted By Your Bloodline‘, itself released a…

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Premiere: Crocodiles get spiritual in video for new album’s title track; ‘Upside Down in Heaven’ out today

San Diego/Paris noise-pop duo Crocodiles looked like they were done a couple of years ago, with their prolific 2010s output sputtering to a stop with the release of 2019’s Love…

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Live Gallery: Foxing / Greet Death / Home Is Where – Soda Bar, San Diego 08.08.2022

Indie rock band Foxing paid a visit to the Soda Bar with support from Greet Death and Home Is Where.

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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,…

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Live Review: Slothrust / Calva Louise – Soda Bar, San Diego 17.03.2022

Boston Rockers Slothrust and Manchester’s Calva Louise performed a riotous gig at San Diego’s Soda Bar venue. Taylor Betancourt was there to capture the fun for Backseat Mafia. Find out…

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Live Review: The Darkness / The Dead Deads – The Observatory North Park, San Diego 09.03.2022

Another great gig at The Observatory North Park, San Diego captured by Taylor Betancourt for Backseat Mafia. This time Betancourt was present as British rock band The Darkness performed with…

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Live Review: Iglooghost – Casbah, San Diego 28.02.2022

London based Seamus Malliagh, known by his stage name Iglooghost, is currently touring America with his addictive and brilliant electronic music. Taylor Betancourt caught Malliagh’s San Diego gig at Casbah for…

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Live Review: Small Pools – Voodoo Room, San Diego 09.02.22

With their new album out, Small Pools are currently on touring America in support of their new album. Our Photographer Taylor Betancourt was there at the Voodoo Rooms to capture…

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