Indie
Album Review: Turin Brakes – Lost Property
To me Turin Brakes are like an old friend I’ve lost regular touch with over the years that I bump into in my local one evening. We’ve not seen each other for a while, but after some initial awkwardness, we end up having one of those nights out that sticks in your memory and reminds …
Album Review: Villagers – Where Have You Been All My Life?
I liked Villagers from the moment my friend Susie slipped their debut album into her car CD player as she gave me a lift to the train station one lunchtime in early 2011. The fact that they were effectively a him (Conor O’Brien), that he / they were signed to the ever-dependable Domino Records and …
Track: Sea Pinks – Yr Horoscope
Taken from their second full lengther, Soft Days, which is out at the end of the week, Yr Horoscope is the latest single from Belfast three piece Sea Pinks. Although it might be a new name to you (well, it was to us) its members have form between so them – Neil Brogan is ex …
Meet: Tim Burgess is Telling Stories in aid of flood relief
When The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess agreed to play a DJ set at the Hebden Bridge Trades Club on Saturday he couldn’t have forseen the Boxing Day floods that flooded the club’s cellar and decimated other local businesses. But true to his reputation as one of the nicest men in pop Tim has slotted in …
Album Review: Skunk Anansie – Anarchytecture
Remember the first time you ever saw Skunk Anansie? Lead singer Skin was unlike anyone else on the scene at the time; a scary looking woman with a shaved head, in camo trousers and Docs. You wouldn’t have wanted to bump into her on a dark night. The music no doubt went hand in hand …
Track: Tall Poppies – Cat Got Your Tongue
Cat got your tongue is the new single from London indie pop quartet Tall Poppies. The band, fronted by identical twins Susan and Catherine who also contribute bass and guitar, and joined by Diarmuid on Violin and Doug on drums, make this kind of wonky, almost Dexy’s like soul indie, at least judging from their …
Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Rowetta from The Happy Mondays
Whether its “twistin’ yer melon” with The Happy Mondays or paying homage to Ian Curtis alongside Peter Hook and the Light, Rowetta is the undisputed Queen of Madchester. A very influential artist in her own right, we wanted to know what songs she loved, the ones that she would say made the Soundtrack of Her …
Feature: Best of 2015: Backseat Mafia staffers pick their favourite gig photos from 2015
Before we start looking forward to 2016 and all that they may bring, Backseat Mafia’s live photographers have been taking a look back at the gigs we covered in 2015 and choosing their own personal favourite photos… STEVE BARNES – DESPERATE JOURNALIST One of our bands of the year, caught them at Crystal Bar during …
Live: Shed Seven / Inspiral Carpets – Leeds 22.12.15 / Sheffield 10.12.15
Seeing Shed 7 has become as big a part of Christmas as turkey and sprouts. Every second year the boys take their show out on the road, and treat us to a set full of their greatest hits. We caught them at Sheffield and again at Leeds for the final night of the tour. (All …
Track: Forced Random – Go Get It
By Ryan Jameson Weaver Go Get It, the latest track from Forced Random, is a paramount of tantalizing proportions. It is an anthemic cut that will pull at your heartstrings with its introspective guise and bring you up with its upward mobility. The slow, thrashing, wall of noise unfolds in front of you like dominoes …