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EP Review: Fuzz Lightyear share new EP Fuzz II
Photo credit Sam Joyce South London based trio Fuzz Lightyear are set to release their debut EP ‘Fuzz II’ on 23rd October. Influenced by shoegaze, lo-fi and psych the band were formed in 2019 and recorded the EP in a weekend in Peckham at the end of last year. A rumbling start from first track …
Track: Femur – Misery Express
Sheffield’s feral rockers Femur have dropped a halloween anthem in the form of ‘Misery Express’, to be released 30 October. Chaotic and messy with frantic drumming and low down dirty guitar on the verses and an almost country feel to the chorus that floats along before madness descends once again. Another epic live favourite in …
See: Bully Share Video For Track ‘Every Tradition’
Bully will release their new album SUGAREGG worldwide on August 21st through Sub Pop. In celebration, Bully’s Alicia Bognanno has shared a new video for the single “Every Tradition”, which she co-directed remotely with Alan Del Rio Ortiz. Pivoting traditional video making techniques due to the pandemic, Del Rio Ortiz and Bognanno aimed to make something simple …
Track: The Vigil – Above The Stone
UK alt-rockers The Vigil have just released their thumping new track ‘Above The Stone’. The track is taken from their sophomore album ‘Hypervigilance’ that is set for release on the 21st August via Fever Dog Records. Olly (vocals & guitar) explains the meaning behind the track: “Above the Stone is a song about regret and longing, then finding …
NOT FORGOTTEN: Edsel Auctioneer – from the Pump Room to the Duchess: life in the 90s’ noisepop scene
In an exclusive look at the 90s’ indie scene, Backseat Mafia interviewed Ashley Horner of Leeds’ The Edsel Auctioneer. Ashley proved warm, voluble and candid about life in a nearly famous British noisepop band in the 90s. It’s a cracking interview. Read on …
Track: Sevendust – The Day I Tried To Live
Acclaimed US metal group Sevendust have unveiled a new lyric video for their cover of the Soundgarden classic ‘The Day I Tried To Live.’ The song is the first piece of new music from the band since 2018’s critically acclaimed album All I See Is War. “Soundgarden is such an important band to all of us in Sevendust and this …
Track: Clwb Fuzz – No Heaven
Cool and assured with just a hint of delicious malevolence, ‘No Heaven’, the new single from Welsh band Clwb Fuzz is an absolute sonic delight. If a reference is needed, there is a Bad Seeds insouciance to the music, a dash of Mazzy Star and Sonic Youth and a quiet/loud ethic that The Jesus and …
See: Kidbug release new video for Together
Fusing together members of Eerie Wanda, Dumb Numbers, Best Coast and Shearwater, Kidbug make this almost heavy Grunge/alt-rock. Buzzsaw guitar lines permeate the latest single to be taken from their upcoming Self-titled debut album, out on May 22 via Joyful Noise, as it moves sedately along. Over the top there’s these ethereal harmonised vocals that …
Album Review: Pearl Jam – Gigaton
It’s been 29 years since Pearl Jam first released ‘Ten’ to the world. 16 million copies is an overwhelming amount of sales for any young band to handle. To then continue to flourish under that kind of shadow is paralysing for many. Just surviving the drugs, self-loathing and all-around anguish of the Grunge era would …
Track: Hexmaze ‘Hex Hex Hex’
London five-piece Hexmaze are shimmering under a veil of lurching guitarwork and witchy incantations on their debut single ‘Hex Hex Hex’. They are the musical mergence of Aneta, Alex, Emma, Mel and Sophie – five women brought together from the UK, Sweden, Poland and Mexico, drawing together a mosaic of influences and creative minds. While …