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Album review: Mumble Tide – ‘Everything Ugly’: a short, sweet-as mini-album burst from the insouciant Bristolians on their way to massive things
MUMBLE TIDE have a sweet and unusual back story: the Bristol bedroom pop duo of Gina Leonard and Ryan Rogers first met through a Gumtree ad which singer Gina had placed, looking for a bassist. But there was a proper meeting of minds, they saw that the musical thing they had going on was more …
Premiere: The Ricos – ‘What Comes Next?’: Philly’s excellent indie four-piece drop a video for their righteous noise-pop single
PHILADELPHIA indie outfit The Ricos, whose Spirit State EP we adored last year in the heights of lockdown summer, have put together a video for their cracking single, “What Comes Next?” which we’re premiering here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s a lovely autumnal swirl of the sweetest six-string indie noise-pop that reminds us – with …
NEWS: The Telescopes guitarist David Fitzgerald dies
A REALLY sad loss to the world of early Nineties British independent guitar music this evening, as news began to circulate on Facebook that David Fitzgerald, the original guitarist with Burton-on-Trent’s psych-noise genii The Telescopes, has died. In a statement on Facebook, Wrong Way Records posted: “Haven’t posted of here for quite a while, but …
PREMIERE: The Ricos – ‘What Comes Next?’: the big question posed as a righteous noise-pop surge
RISING Philadelphia indie outfit The Ricos, who we last touched base with on these pages when we took a look at and really, really liked their Spirit State EP back in high summer, are back with a cracker of a new single, “What Comes Next?” which they’re releasing this Bandcamp Friday. We’re delighted to be …
TRACK: Adulkt Life – ‘County Pride’: Huggy Bear and Male Bonding types combine for a righteous thrash
ADULKT LIFE is the new project of Chris Rowley, formerly of the brilliant riot grrrl torchbearers Huggy Bear, who’s got together with John Arthur Webb and Kevin Hendrick of Sub Pop noiseniks Male Bonding. And they’re setting out their manifesto for a nicely noisy indiepop future with their first single, “County Pride”, which is out …