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See: Teenage Fanclub release new video for ‘Home’, plus new album news
In these most desperate of times, we all need something to hold onto, and what better than new music from the most life affirming of all bands, Teenage Fanclub. They’ve released a new video for the track ‘Home’, which is the opening track from the bands forthcoming tenth studio album, Endless Arcade, which is out …
News: Unflesh announce news of new album Inhumation and share art work and trailer
New Hampshire-based blackened melodic death metallers Unflesh are excited to announce their second full-length, ‘Inhumation’. Set for release on Friday, April 2nd. The band partnered with artist Junki Sakuraba (Seven Spires) once again to create the killer album art for Inhumation. The album was mixed and mastered by renowned musician and engineer V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress, …
Track: Heligoland triumphantly return with dreamy new track ‘Palomino’ and announce album ‘This Quiet Fire’
It’s been three years since the magnificent Heligoland released the divine EP ‘Coriallo’, a swooning collection of ambient dream pop tracks mixed and produced by the legendary Robyn Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) (read my review here). There is no better way to begin the new year than with the release of a new track and news …
Droppin’ Knowledge: London Born Rap Legend MF DOOM Dead at 49
MF DOOM, the London born rap artist who grew up in the United States, has died at 49. The musician’s wife, Jasmine Dumile, announced his death on Instagram, at the close of last year. Although the rapper’s death was announced on New Year’s Eve, the Instagram post revealed that DOOM had passed away on October …
NEWS: TRIVIUM ANNOUNCE UK TOUR FOR NOVEMBER 2021 WITH HEAVEN SHALL BURN, TESSERACT, & FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY
The kings of live streaming, Trivium have announced their return to UK stages in November 2021. Following the recent reveal of their European dates, the band are pleased to confirm that the tour will kick off in the UK. They will be joined by Heaven Shall Burn, Tesseract, and Fit For An Autopsy. Tickets will be available via an O2 pre-sale from …
SEE: John Carpenter – ‘The Dead Walk’; album follows for Sacred Bones in February
LEGENDARY film music writer John Carpenter still has so much to say; so many eerie atmospheres to evoke. The composer of such industry-standard soundtracks as the Halloween series, The Fog and Christine is back early in the new year with a new album for Sacred Bones; and he’s released a single to both prickle the …
TRACKS: John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas and Greg Coates – ‘Greener Pools’ and ‘City Maggot’: Osees bods steps out into jazz-psych impro
IF YOU thought a mere four albums in 2020 – the twin suns of Protean Threat and its through-the-looking-glass rerub Panther Rotate, the limited Metamorphose and the cassette-only Levitation Sessions – would maybe dry the wellspring of Osees’ John Dwyer, well boy! were you ever wrong; he’s back with a new associate project, who are …
Willie J Healey – ‘Merry Christmas’: seasonal songcraft to end the year
OXFORDSHIRE songsmith and former amateur boxing champion Willie J Healey is finishing a year of deserved musical resurgence on a seasonal note, as he drops the classicism of “Merry Christmas” for us to raid the selection box to with a wee refresher. Watch below. Willie first glided into our minds back in 2017 when, after …
News: Lanterns on the Lake announce live dates, plus rescheduled release
“One for the introverts and dreamers, the ones that still find beauty and magic in things” Now, technically speaking, we at Backseat Mafia have already previewed this back in October, ahead of a physical release on December 11th, but, this being 2020, nothing is ever that straightforward, so, this has now been rescheduled to 18th December …
TRACK: Tindersticks cover the Television Personalities’ ‘You’ll Have To Scream Louder’ – new album next year
NOTTINGHAM’S finest, Tindersticks, are all set to release a new album in 2021 on City Slang, their home for most of the past decade; and they’ve dropped their first single, paying homage to one of the lost greats of Eighties’ British post-punk and indie – Dan Treacy, and the Television Personalities. They’ve decided to take …