Music
Live Review: The Oscillation, The Lexington, 09.03.2016
So it’s a new venue for me tonight, and it comes in the form of The Lexington. Baba Yaga’s Hut have put a nice little line up together tonight in the form of Sterling Roswell supporting The Oscillation on their Monographic album launch evening. Sterling Roswell is the brainchild of Roscoe, former drummer of Spaceman …
See: Clean Cut Kid release new video for In your eyes
Ahead of their record store release ‘Pick me Up’, Liverpool four piece Clean Cut Kid have released the b-side ‘In your eyes’. It comes on the back of their two previous singles ‘Vitamin C’ and ‘Runaway’, and sees the band poised to go across and play SXSW, having sold out their forthcoming headline dates, which …
Live: The Cult – Leeds 8.3.2016
The Cult at Leeds Uni. I can remember saying that a few times in the past. Despite their flit to the states, world wide stadium shows and all that other razzamatazz, it still feels right and proper to me, that the one and only place to truly experience such an iconic band is right on …
Tour News: Refused – UK and European Tour
Following the success of last year’s critically acclaimed album, Freedom, the Swedish punk rock visionaries Refused return to our shores as they continue their all conquering tour across Europe and the UK. Over the next few months the band will be performing multiple headline shows along with three festival appearances consisting of Dutch Paaspop Festival in …
Live: Sleeping With Sirens – O2 Apollo Manchester, 4.03.16
With massive steps up in venues from the last tour, Sleeping With Sirens are mastering the art of live shows. A giant drum riser, fully lit ramps and central blaring lights have joined the set since the last tour, creating sweet silhouettes of the Florida boys. Anyone in the building who is still sceptic about …
Say Psych: Playlist 3/2016
Here are a few tracks that have been wowing me at Psych Insight towers this month. Like always a mixture of new, recently found and new. Enjoy! Kogarashi by Kikagaku Moyo The biggest news of the month was definitely the impending release of a new Kikagaku Moyo album, “House in the Tall Grass”, to be released …
Meet: Miss Vincent interview
Miss Vincent are going places- having released their second EP Reasons Not To Sleep earlier last year, they’re writing music once again, as well as being out on tour at the moment with FVK! We caught up with the whole band, which consists of Alex who provides vocals and guitar, Owain on bass, Jack on …
Album Review: Låpsley – Long Way Home
Holly Lapsley Fletcher (aka Låpsley) is from Merseyside, but it’s easy to imagine she’s from Scandinavia based on the icy electronica melting under the warmth of her soulful vocals on debut album ‘Long Way Home’. This contrast of hot and cold is an interesting juxtaposition on album opener ‘Heartless’ and it’s a theme that continues …
Meet: Dead Hormones, and watch the new video for If I don’t make it home
After checking out their new EP, “Nothing, Nothing… then something”, we here at Backseat Mafia were very taken with Hull alt-rockers Dead Hormones. Noisey, full of attitude and able to pull big tunes out of their musical holsters seemingly at will, we needed to jump on their fast moving bandwagon before everybody else did. So …
LIVE: FVK, Sheffield Corporation, 5.3.16
There’s something special happening in the upstairs of Sheffield’s Corporation tonight. FVK’s Bruises tour has arrived in the city, showcasing the best in underrated talent in the alternative music scene. It’s also the night, where FVK show off just how far they have come since embracing straight-up rock and taking a break from their conceptual …