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Live Review: Badly Drawn Boy / Liam Frost – Sheffield Memorial Hall 12.05.2023
Sometimes beautiful things are difficult to get to. Often though, when you take the trouble to search through the things obscuring it, getting in the way of it even, it makes it even more worthwhile. That was the case on Tuesday night in the back of Sheffields City Hall, the Memorial Hall, when’s couple of …
Track: Everything is ‘Bigger’ for Fazerdaze as she releases ethereal new single ahead of Australian and European tour.
Our love for New Zealand’s Fazerdaze here at Backseat Mafia knows no bounds ever since we heard Amelia Murray’s debut material way back in 2017, and it is truly exciting to hear her new single ‘Bigger’ – an absolutely enchanting slice of ethereal dream pop with a pop sensibility, bigger and more dramatic than the …
Track: A.A. Williams Releases Cover Version Of Placebo’s ‘Without You I’m Nothing’
About to embark on an extensive US tour with Sleep Token, A.A. Williams today shares a compelling cover version of Placebo’s ‘Without You I’m Nothing’, released via Bella Union. The track comes accompanied by a typically intense video directed by Fraser West who Williams collaborated with on previous singles ‘Evaporate‘ and ‘The Echo‘. Commenting on the cover version A.A. Williams says: “When …
News: Du Blonde and Samuel T. Herring’s road trip to Pelican Canyon
Ten years after an extended road trip around the United States, Du Blonde & Samuel T. Herring of Future Islands finally release their standalone deep-cut ‘Pelican Canyon’. Recorded in one take in a haunted Los Angeles studio in 2013, Pelican Canyon is a stripped back acoustic track, reminiscent of the 70’s folk of John Prine …
News: Underground Lovers continue the reissue of their albums on vinyl with the underrated brilliance of ‘Ways T’Burn’ next in line.
The much welcomed reissue of many of Underground Lovers albums on vinyl reflects that most were issued during the heyday of CDs in the nineties. Today, the Undies announce the release of their 1997 album ‘Ways T’Burn’, remastered and on vinyl for the very first time through Rubber Records. There’s a couple more to go …
Track: Steven Wilson releases a brilliant new track ‘Economies of Scale’ ahead of album release
With his new album The Harmony Codex due at the end of the month on Virgin, Steven Wilson has released a sighter of whats to come from the album in the shape of a single, Economies of Scale. Wilson worked alone on the album in a studio tucked inside the garage of a North London …
Album Review: greenhouse are at the ‘Centre Of The Universe’ with the release of their shimmering and brilliant debut album, with launch dates on the horizon.
greenhouse have been together a while – first playing together in the late eighties but never quite getting around to releasing an LP despite some singles and EPs on the way. ‘Centre Of The Universe’ is their debut and it is fitting that the opening track is entitled ‘Here I Am’ – a fitting declaration …
News: Of Virtue release new single taken from forthcoming album ”Omen”
Last week, midwestern metal act Of Virtue released their brand new single and music video for ”Holy” taken from their upcoming full-length album ”Omen”Omen”. Set for September 29th, “Omen” will be available in limited colored vinyls and CD, together with unique merch options at the Arising Empire online shop, Impericon & band shop. further information, …