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See: The Shaking Sensations reveal new video for ‘Sightings’
How Are We To Fight The Blight? is the new album from Copenhagan based Post-Rockers The Shaking Sensations, out on October 4th on Pelagic Records. From it they’ve released a new video for the single ‘Sighting’, a follow up to their towering first single, Tremendous Efforts, and is a Mogwai-esque exploration of lush yet muscular, dreamy …
News: MONOLORD: Announce Relapse Records Debut.
MONOLORD: Announce Relapse Records Debut, No Comfort Coming September 20 Swedish trio MONOLORD, who have been dubbed “Swedish doom royalty” (Noisey) and praised for their “truly modern sound” (Consequence of Sound), announce their Relapse Records’ debut, No Comfort, coming September 20th. “This one has been the most challenging yet,” said MONOLORD in a collective statement. …
Film Review: DeadTectives
Anyone of a certain age is likely to have a vivid memory of 31 October 1992. The BBC decided to air a very special live television experience to celebrate Halloween. Those who saw Ghostwatch were probably haunted by that experience. Whilst it was a spoof, it paved the way for paranormal television. The most famous …
See: Thy Art is Murder reveal new video for Make America Hate Again
Australian deathcore kings Thy Art Is Murder have released a music video for their latest single Make America Hate Again. Fittingly, the song dropped on 4th of July; as America celebrated its independence, the band chose to broadcast their view of America’s political climate through this ferocious, politically driven new offering. The video is a …
Premiere: Minimal Animal release video for Rise, plus new EP news
Under a new moniker, Minimal Animal, former Screaming Maldini main man Nick Cox is releasing his first new music since the band, a favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia, split. Taken from his new EP out today, Nick has released a new video for lead track Rise, which we’re delightedly to premiere here. Of …
Track: Alright – On the Outs
Alright are a fuzzy pop trip from Charlotte, North Carolina. They bring their infectious, bright garage-y tunes to the Midwest, Canada and the North East. You can also check out their impressive back catalogue on all good streaming sites. Alternating between vocal cooing and crunching chords, On the Outs is a little pop gem with …
Album Review: Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me
Since covering her single ‘Blazing Radio’ back in 2014, we here at Backseat Mafia have keenly followed the career of Melbourne’s Gena Rose Bruce and it is with great joy to declare her debut album, ‘Can’t Make You Love Me’, a promise strongly delivered. There can be no doubt that Bruce’s style has matured and …
Album Review: Hatchie – Keepsake
Hatchie’s debut album is remarkable: a mature, perfectly crafted pop masterpiece that, while drawing in a range of shimmering dream pop influences, is peerless and unique.
Live: Download Festival Sunday 16/06/19
If you lasted the full weekend at Download Festival then full marks to you, this years washout of mud and rain was unbearable for most revellers and that’s before anyone even mentions the price of the food and drinks! Having watched Slipknot absolutely annihilate the main stage headline slot on the Saturday, it would be …
Live: FKA Twigs – Dark Mofo Festival
FKA Twigs ended her gig as she started: alone and unadorned: a remarkable rendition of her current single ‘Cellophane’. In the vast cavernous Mac2 hall on Hobart’s waterside in the midst of the outrageous and ambitious Dark Mofo Festival, she put on a mesmerising performance that made the big venue intimate and kept the crowd …