Noise rock
Album Review: Be Kind Cadaver –‘The World’s Greatest Mind’ : Epic electronic noise-rock exposes a deeper malaise.
Welcome once again to a rare encounter with the illusive Brighton art-punk duo Be Kind Cadaver. First sighted back in the post-Covid energy surge of 2022 with their debut EP ‘Post Partum’, Daniel Hignell-Tully and Leroy Brown released a venomous probe into the personal and political with a quartet of shell-shocked anti-pop songs. BSM dubbed …
Album Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Death Hilarious; an unrelenting, thrilling ride
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have never been ones for half measures, and Death Hilarious is no exception. Their fifth album is a raw, unrelenting barrage of noise, riffs, and fury—a record that grabs you by the collar from the first note and doesn’t let go. If Land of Sleeper was their attempt …
Live Review: Chalk & Makeshift Art Bar @ Band on the Wall, Manchester 28.02.2025
It’s got to be said, February has been pretty dreary. But tonight in Manchester, the line up at Band on the Wall is worth dragging yourself out for. We have an Irish double header, one well known, one not so. The sold out show put on through local promoters Now Wave has all the makings …
Track: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs reveal brilliant new single Stitches ahead of new album Death Hilarious
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs return with Stitches, a track that is unmistakably theirs; driven by towering riffs, Matt Batty’s primal growls, and an unrelenting, chaotic energy. But amid the usual storm, they’ve unearthed something more immediate, something essential. There’s a newfound sense of melody lurking beneath the distortion, an urgency that makes …
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. …