Indie
News: Meadow Fest 9 Announces Cracking Line-Up
If you missed Kurt Vile’s surprise support of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis with Courtney Barnett you can catch him with his band The Violators headlining Meadow in Autumn 2023. It’s the ninth instalment of Meadow at the Victorian surf coast retreat; a three-day two-night exploration of genre-expanding local and international live music in Bambra …
Album Review: The glorious Charlie Clark is indulging in a little ‘Late Night Drinking’ and the results are something quite spectacular.
Charlie Clark has a fascinating story to tell – a part of vital Scottish indie music history in indie band Astrid before decamping to lead another life in LA as a music producer and artistic entrepreneur. A few years back he returned to his native shores for personal reasons, and ended up with twins, his …
Track: Dead Miranda (fka Unruly Girls) launch an excoriating sonic rocket with ‘Your Slice of Pie’: a blistering debut.
Italian electro-punk noise merchants Dead Miranda have shrugged off their outer shell of Unruly Girls and emerged like a dark gothic vampyric butterfly from the pupae of their former selves. Their new single ‘Your Slice Pie’ is a sonic assault of distorted, shredding guitars, ominous dark synths and an insistent percussion that hammers and claws …
See: Addie Brik releases new video for Retromingent
Taken from her new album The Dog Don’t Hunt, out now on Itza Records, Addie Brik has revealed new visuals for one of the stand out moments of the album, Retromingent. Featuring dancers, animals wandering through, animations by Martin Obando and metal sculptures by Ross Spencer, its bubbles with the same creativity that infects the …
Meet: Sleaze Disco Peddlers Yabba
Scottish band Yabba have been causing a lot of talk after their live sets last year. The quintet released their debut single ‘Get by’ last month so Backseat Mafia caught up with the band to find out all about them and what the future holds. Give us a potted history of the band The current …
Gallery: Alannah Russack Launches New Album At The Golden Barley 25.11.2022
Alannah Russack and the Entropy Band launch the new album ‘As Memories Pass Each Other’
Live Review: Holly Humberstone – Leeds O2 Academy, 23.11.22
There’s a real buzz in the O2 Academy in Leeds. Last time Holly Humberstone headlined a tour in Leeds, she played solo to around 400 fans at the Brudenell Social Club. Since that night, things have really taken off for the 22 year-old singer-songwriter, with US headline tours and support slots for Olivia Rodrigo and …
Track: Lime Cordiale Release New Single ‘Colin’
Lime Cordiale have teamed up with Colin Hay on new their new track.
EP Review: Holly Hebe’s debut ‘Party Mix’ is an achingly beautiful collection of dreamy pop morsels.
Holly Hebe has graced these pages a few times – her collaboration with Ivoris and Zhuli in the track ‘Supervillain‘ earlier this year was a pop delight, and her single last year ‘I Tried to Give You Ways To Love Me‘ was a dreamy reverie. Hebe has now released her debut EP ‘Party Mix’, and …
News: Stockton Calling Announces Brit Pop Legends Sleeper for 2023!
Hot on the heels of Stockton Calling announcing melodic indie outfit Circa Waves last week, thefestival gears up for another announcement. Organisers of Stockton Calling 2023 are delighted to welcome none other than Britpop legendsSleeper to headline The Georgian Theatre stage. The band enjoyed huge critical and commercialsuccess in the mid-90s: achieving eight top 40 …