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See: Courtney Love. Releases new video, ‘You Know My Name’, plus Tour details
Unless you’ve been hiding under the covers, locked in a cupboard or in some kind of coma for the past few weeks you’ll be aware that a certain Ms.Love is coming to town. Not only that but she’s got some new solo material, her first since 2004’s ‘America’s Sweetheart’. Ignore the tabloid bullshit and the …
News: Lawnmower Deth plan to re-release Ooh Crikey It’s, plus Download apprearance
It’s not fair to say legendary thrash metallers Lawnmower Deth are back, because technically they reformed in 2008, after three and a half albums worth of injecting humour into the genre, and continuing in the tradition of unlikely covers, taking on the likes of Kim Wilde, Squeeze, The Osmonds and Fleetwood Mac between 1987 and …
See: Savages reveal new live film for ‘Fuckers’
Almost a year ago to the day I got my hands on a debut album that in my view was absolutely flawless. Packed full of post-punk finery and delivered with an intensity and depth that made it stand out head and shoulders above the rest. I wasn’t alone in my view, in fact in our …
Live Review: Live at Leeds, Blood Red Shoes. The Cockpit. 2.5.2014
[Click here for main Backseat Mafia feature on the whole Live At Leeds Weekend] BLOOD RED SHOES: “…Laura-Mary Carter looks far too casual for the output from her guitar. Cool and collected, alongside drummer Steven Ansell, they are capable of bringing a noise that has you checking every so often to see where they have …
Feature: Spotlight on… Techno producer Alan Fitzpatrick
Having enjoyed a rapid ascent since his emergence as the new kid on the techno block in the latter half of 2008, Alan Fitzpatrick now enjoys a high status as a universally respected and in-demand producer and DJ who has succeeded in carving out a recognizable musical niche for himself within the ever-expanding genre of …
Track: Courtney Love – You Know my Name / Wedding Day, plus UK Dates
Amid reports and conjecture regarding the possible reformation of Hole, former frontwoman Courtney Love has jumped in and announced the release of a brand new AA single, You Know My Name/Wedding Day, released tomorrow, May 4, 2014. The new songs were recorded in Los Angeles with producer Michael Beinhorn and is Love’s first new solo …
See: Nerina Pallot announces Autumn UK Tour, plus stream of new track “Free Man”
Fresh from performing with McAlmont and Butler at the Union Chapel on May 1st, and following on from the recent release of her latest EP as part of her project to release an EP every month of 2014, Jersey born – London residing Nerina Pallot has announced a 17 date UK tour in the Autumn. …
Tr: Vuvuvultures – Arty Party / Song Bot
Oh Vuvuvultures, how could we ignore you. The London-based band, who we have fawned over on a number of occasions in the last year, not least for their album Push/Pull, which showed the band – Vocalist Harmony Boucher with Paul Ressel on guitars and a rhythm section of Nicole Bettencourt Coelho and Matt Christensen, could …
A Buyers Guide to Supergrass
Fizzy, fun and yet still possessing surprisingly more depth than their singles would suggest, Supergrass was that rare thing in Britpop, a band that was worth the hype at the time, whose material still stands up to scrutiny today. I Should CoCo finds the band as callow youths, still juggling style and substance and yet …
Track: Grand Cousin – Oxygen
Best Friends since their freshman year alongside being Grand Cousin (singular rather than actual, you know, cousins) Henry Hall (songwriter / vocals / guitar) Robby Caplan (bass) and Evan Low (drums) have already been kicking up some interest in the local New York area, and that’s only set to continue with the release of their …