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Album Review: Jamie xx – In Colour
In Colour is a great title for the debut record by producer Jamie xx. It’s crisp, tight, brimming with hues, shapes, and various shades of light. It doesn’t feel like a producer showing his programming chops off. It’s not a Mark Ronson-like spectacle where Jamie xx is bringing in all of the famous pals he knows …
Track: Racetrack Gospel – Wiseblood
Racetrack Gospel is the new project from Sam Herlihy, ex-lead singer and songwriter from Hope of the States. He been joined by Martin Samuels, Max Backshell & Simon Goldring to form Racetrack Gospel and the band have released the first fruits of their labour in the shape of a new track – Wiseblood. Its taken …
Live Review: Long Division 2015 – Wakefield 12th – 14th June
Long Division, a three day urban festival, spread over eight venues all within spitting distance of each other. Over 60 bands on offer and with the added bonus of it been just down the road in the city where I grew up, and still live. What started out five years ago as a full on …
New Music : Chris Darby’s “Don’t Look Back”
The Chicago-based singer/songwriter Chris Darby first hit my radar back in late 2014. A friend and music aficionado in her own right had invited me to the big city of Fort Wayne to come see Mr. Darby play a small, intimate show. I wasn’t able to attend the show, but said friend and generally pretty …
Track: Nottingham alt-rockers Kagoule release new single, Glue
Nottingham alt-rockers Kagoule return with a new single, Glue, ahead of their debut album Urth, which drops on August 21st via Earache records. Singer/guitarist Cai Burns says of Glue, “[it]….popped into existence on New Year’s Day of 2014. The frame of the song was sat as a garage band file called ‘so damn stuck’ and …
Album review: Pins – Wild Nights
Sometimes having big money thrown at you can take the edge of off a band but with Pins it has made them stronger. Yes, the edges are smoother thanks to Dave Catching after they travelled to the Joshua Tree to work at his Rancho De La Luna, but that’s no bad thing. The vocals and …
Album Review: Bunnygrunt – Vol. 4
Even the name has this sense of contradiction. The cutesy of the bunny, doing something rough, unexpected, with the grunt. And so it is with the band Bunnygrunt, who have spent the last forever ploughing this field between c86 indie pop and messier DIY punkish behaviour, sadly, much to the ignorance of the masses, but …
See: Dinosaur Pile-up reveal new video for “11:11”
Ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Eleven Eleven’, and following tour supporting Brand New around the Uk and Europe, three piece rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up have released a video for the title track. It serves as a reminder to all their fans both what they’re capable of, and what they’ve been missing in the two years since …
New Music: La Priest – Lorry Park and album news
Riding high on the Nu-rave wave were Late of the pier. Their chaotic ‘Zarcop demo’ and debut long player ‘Fantasy Black Channel’ showcased some of the quirkiest and chaotic music heard in years. A second album looked imminent with the release of a further two singles. Fans waited, but nothing ever materialised. Frontman Sam Dust …
Video: Kojey Radical records an exclusive version of Bambu exclusively for Backseat Mafia
On tour with Young Fathers currently, we managed to catch up with Ghanaian-British poet Kojey Radical who recorded an exclusive version of his latest track Bambu (I Don’t Really Worry ‘Bout Nothin’). Its a follow up to last years Dear Daisy: Opium EP, and sees the performer, in our video at least, thoroughly compelling – …