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Tour news: Four Authors announce UK tour
2016 begins a new chapter for Barnsley band Four Authors, with their latest single ‘Fire, Fire’ being chosen by BBC Introducing Sheffield for an exclusive live radio session and a headline UK tour keeping them busy until Christmas. If you haven’t yet been introduced, Four Authors are “pop/rock at its finest”, bringing an explosive energy …
News: The Spook School announce tour dates with PWR BTTM
With the news that they’re heading out on a European tour with PWR BTTM in December, The Spook School share a video that’s all about getting home. The Edinburgh quartet – of Anna Cory (bass and vocals), Adam Todd (guitar and vocals), Nye Todd (guitar and vocals) and Niall McCamley (drums) – have followed up …
New Music: Kevin shields remixes The Undertones: Get over You, plus reissue news
Dublin punks The Undertones were there right at the start of things, so it’s perhaps fitting that as this year marks the 40th anniversary of both the band and punk rock itself, Union Square music has announced that they are to remaster and reissue on vinyl the bands first two albums – 1979’s self titled …
News: Bob Mould UK Tour Autumn 2016
In support of his critically acclaimed new album Patch The Sky, Bob Mould (Sugar, Husker Du) returns to the UK this October to play five shows backed by his band, bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster. Patch The Sky has already made both MOJO and Rolling Stone’s Best Albums lists of 2016. “Black Confetti”, …
News: The Magnetic Fields reissue 69 Love Songs on vinyl
When a colleague recently turned around and asked me out of the blue what the one album I would take to a desert island with me, I said The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs without hesitation. Okay, so naming an album which stretches across three CDs was something of a cheat, but really, I couldn’t …
News: Baywaves announce European tour dates, plus new vinyl releases
If you enjoyed ‘Only For Uz’, the debut EP from Madrid’s Baywaves, with its sunny psych-y indie pop, then you’ll non doubt be delighted to hear that UK collective Flying Vinyl is releasing the bands singles, “Marsupilami” and “Time Is Passing U By” on 7″ vinyl. Staples on the Spanish scene, having played festivals such …
Meet: The Duke Spirit and catch them on tour
The Duke Spirit have made a welcome return his year with a new album – dazzling fans, critics and new listeners alike with emotionally charged indie-rock and spellbinding live performances. Ahead of their UK tour (dates below), the band have answered some quick-fire questions on what makes them tick and what we can expect from …
Preview: Reading And Leeds Festival 2016
Reading and Leeds Festival is now only TWO WEEKS away! The bank-holiday is fast approaching and with Reading already selling out of weekend tickets, you’d better move fast if you want to head to the Northern date of the festival. Here at Backseat Mafia, we’ve picked out our 10 artists you should check out if …
Track: Honeyblood – ‘Ready For The Magic’ Plus UK Tour News
Honeyblood make a magical return with the spellbinding first single from new album ‘Babes Never Die’. The Glasgow-based duo of Stina Tweeddale and drummer Cat Myers have announced that the wait is over for their eagerly anticipated second album, ‘Babes Never Die’ (out 4 November on Fat Cat Records), and have shared the video for …
News: Kate Jackson & The Wrong Moves announce Autumn UK tour
Most will look back on Sheffield’s The Long Blondes with a fair degree of fondness: It’s be easy to trot out the “female fronted Pulp” cliché but they were so much more than that, and promised great things until their untimely split in 2008 following guitarist Dorian Cox’s illness. Front woman Kate Jackson has been …