Noise rock
Say Psych: Live Review: A Place to Bury Strangers @ Deaf Institute, Manchester 26.09.2024
A Place to Bury Strangers are infamous for the furosity of their live shows. To celebrate the forthcoming release of Synthesizer, the band are on back on the road. Formed in 2002, in New York City, they specialise in a wall of pulsating sound which uniquely blends noise rock, shoegaze and space rock, with just …
Premiere: Psychic Graveyard tap into weird dreams on ‘Stuffed With Secrets’
We’re a couple of months away from the release of the new record by San Diego noise rock band Psychic Graveyard, and the band release the third single from Wilting tomorrow. Their relentless sound is characterised by massive walls of noise, which is often paired with an equal parts trippy and unsettling visual aesthetic. Said …
Premiere: Psychic Graveyard do it til it hurts on new single ‘Your Smile is a Hoax’
San Diego band Psychic Graveyard have been suspiciously quiet for about a year and a half since releasing a previous standalone single called ‘Haunted By Your Bloodline‘, itself released a little over a year since the quartet’s third album, Veins Feel Strange. That period of downtime ends today in emphatic fashion: they’re back, and god …
Premiere: Trash Fiasco announce new record with 70-second ripper ‘One Bird’
Leaning into a modern spin on noise rock as much as it does the breakout moments of classic punk, Chicago band Trash Fiasco‘s sound is signposted by their chosen name – lo-fi, honest and loud. They haven’t even been an active band for four full years yet and have already released a debut album (2021 …
Track: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs release live version of Big Rig ahead of Live In New York album release
We’ve long been fans of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs here at Backseat Mafia. The Newcastle behemoths seems to be winning the world over, one huge riff at a time, and preparing for the release of their new live album, Live In New York, is out on October 27th on Missing Piece Records. …
News: Stepping ahead of the curve once more – Supersonic Festival returns for 2023
It’s staggering to think that Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival returns this year for its 20th inspirational iteration. No wonder it’s been called ‘The Mother of British underground festivals’. Here is an event of significance dedicated to championing those sonic explorers who occupy the outer fringes of noise, rock and experimentation. Expertly curated, proudly inclusive and defiantly …
Live Review: Girls In Synthesis @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds 28.01.2023
London based trio Girls In Synthesis are pretty prolific with their volume of live dates. So when they announced at the tail end of 2022 that apart from a few rearranged dates, their live performances in the UK would be few and far between this year, many took this is a call to arms and …
Interview: Volk Soup
Manchester’s underground has never been short of bands, but recently a new breed is emerging. I had a chat with Volk Soup, a multi-city-based offering who have played a few times in these parts recently and have caused quite a stir; partly for their chaotic performances and partly because of the sheer quality that’s on …
Track: Death Grips delivers ‘Life is an experiment’ from ‘Remix The Universe’, new perspectives on Scratch’s last offering.
It’s inevitable that the mercurial genius of Lee Scratch Perry will live on both in spirit and in some physical form. Dial back to November 2021 when the legendary Upsetter performed as inspirational touchstone on New Age Doom’s ‘Guide To The Universe’, the album that unexpectedly became his parting shot. Perry’s wisdom, fearless flair and …