The Masters of Melancholy Black Dreams who’s current line-up features Juha Kraapo (vocals), Jari Rantanen (drums) and Sami Räikkönen (guitar), have returned from two year hiatus with a new single “Running Blood”. The band comments: “Running Blood is a story of a person who gets enough of the evilness of mankind and decides to abandon his …

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Excuses Excuses are a rock band from Ontario, Canada, who are bringing back the punkier side of rock in a big way with a set of brilliant singles, setting them out as a band to watch. Their debut album is due out later this year, so Backseat Mafia caught up with them to find out …

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The bands new single ‘California’ is taken from their latest album Holy Moly! (read our review here) released in 2020 and celebrates the band kicking off their European Tour The band comments:“It was two years ago when we started our new album campaign with the release of the ‘Proud Woman’ single and the pandemic stopped …

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Norwegian alt-pop singer-songwriter bby ivy shares her new single ‘Losing Sleep’, released via frtyfve records. An effortlessly impactful electronic-pop track which showcases exactly why she’s gained hundreds of thousands of followers as well as a new recording contract, ‘Losing Sleep’ is packed with not only bags of commercial appeal but also a warming sense of …

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The Wrecks

‘Sonder’ the sophomore album from the Wrecks is packed with a delectable smorgasbord of rock, punk and pop songs.

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Legendary Austin, Texas psych-rockers, The Black Angels have announced their new album Wilderness of Mirrors, which is due out on the 16th of September on Partisan Records/Liberator Music. Following on from their acclaimed 2017 album, Death Song, Wilderness of Mirrors is their first new full-length studio release in 5 years, and adds full-length album #7 to their already impressive discography.  Fans …

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Japanese/London based noise rock outfit came to Dublin to play The Sound House with support from London guys Lunch Money Life. Heading tonight I have to admit being a little apprehensive of the support with the mention of Jazz, but man there was nothing to worry about, ok there might be a tinge of jazz …

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Having had an illustrious career to date, working with a whole host of names including Suzanne Vega, Donna Lewis, David Baron and Gerry Leonard, Pamela Sue Mann has already made her mark in the world of music. Now releasing more of her own material, Pamela is back with her new single ‘Pink Flamingos’ and we’re …

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Only a short review as its lashed rain for most of the day, from before getting there till just after Noel came on stage.So for the two opening acts it was more trying to keep dry and my gear dry which was near impossible as there was no shelter and all photographers had to wait …

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The fantastic punk as F***! Bridge City Sinners are soon to embark on a large European tour and stopping off in the UK for a number of date and also jumping the channel for some Irish dates.Hailing from  Pacific Northwest their sound has been described as prohibition era jazz to Appalachian death folk. The band …

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