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Album Review: MAX RAD Shares Electronic Masterpiece ‘Joy Wonder’
Producer, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist MAX RAD shares his stunning debut album Joy Wonder. A collection of 9 swelling, musically rich, overtly experimental and always bright an melodic electronic soundscapes which move between IDM instrumentals and others which feature his own silky vocal tones, MAX demonstrates his unwavering musicality and an ability to craft entrancing, …
Track By Track: Muenster Talks Us Through His New Album ‘Muenstervision Presents:Ian’
Hip-Hop creative Muenster shares his brilliant new album Muenstervision Presents:Ian. A sprawling, hypnotic and thought provoking collection tracks melding elements of jazz, Hip-Hop and atmospheric electronics, the album sonically covered a lot of ground whilst capturing an essence of classic 90s Hip-Hop. Muenster’s ever tight flow and honest, at times emotive and always intense and …
Feature: Backseat Downunder Team’s Favourite Antipodean Albums of 2022, and Favourite Gigs
In many end of year best albums of 2022 put together by outlets such as The Guardian and NME, there has been a distinct absence of antipodean bands – an astounding omission given the depth of quality exhibited by Australian and New Zealand artists in 2022. For the past few years, to counterbalance this annual …
Feature: Bigfatbig Give Us A Track By Track Of Their New EP Rockin’ And Rollin’ And Whatnot
North East’s Bigfatbig are making some big waves with their powerful punk pop tracks and energetic live shows. Their debut EP has finally been released to the world (read our review here). Backseat Mafia has the pleasure of having the band give us a run through of the tracks on their raw, honest and utterly …
Feature: Blood Talk Returns – Barny Cutter Chats Through His Musical Journey From Rock To Electronica
As with any music scene, there is always artists and bands that become synonymous with the local circuit. Having gigged and been to shows in Bury St Edmunds (pretty little town in the Suffolk, UK) there’s a number of great bands that are often on the line-up and have become local hero’s such as Gaffa …
Feature: We Get A Track By Track On The Pinx’s Self Titled Fourth Album
The Pinx describe themselves as Southern-tempered psychedelic rock n’ roll and are bringing honest guitar heavy rock n’ roll to your eardrums. The band’s frontman, Adam McIntyre gives us the low down on their self titled fourth album. If you want to picture it, it’s Cayce (pronounced “K. C.”) on drums at the far end …
Feature: Dancing On Tables Give Us A Track By Track Of Forthcoming Album ‘Colour In The Grey’
Scottish band Dancing On Tables were named as one of Variety Magazine’s ’10 Brits To Watch’, supporting Catfish and The Bottlemen’s on their arena tour, numerous festival appearances. They are set to release their debut album ‘Colour In The Grey’ and have been kind to take us through the album track by track. Of their upcoming debut full-length, the …
Feature: A Track By Track Of Tony Wright’s Beautifully Raw ‘The Anti Album’
This is a solo album so as for states of mind etc there was only one to deal with and I suppose like everyone else at that time (lockdown) it was confusing, contradictory and mentally exhausting. I have to be thankful that I have a guitar in my room and I can lose a day …
Feature: Outlaw Orchestra Give Us A Track By Track Of Their New Album ‘Back Under The Covers’
Outlaw Orchestra’s new album ‘Back Under The Covers’ is a collection of covers that grew from backstage jamming and busking around the kitchen table while swapping instruments. The band give us a run through of the album’s tracks. Intro ~ Come Together The Album intro was nothing more than a very late night session that …
Feature: Silverkord Give Us a Track By Track on New Album ‘Auguries Of Ruin’
London rock band Silverkord have released the follow up to their brilliant debut ‘Liquid Air’ with their new album ‘Auguries of Ruin’, which is out now. The band have taken us through the album track by track. Can you give us a little bit of background to the record? The band were in the process …