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Live Review: Billy Idol – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY 12.09.2023
The resurgence of all things Gen X reached a high point last year with “Running Up That Hill” becoming ubiquitous 37 years after its release. It also served as a reminder that the MTV generation wasn’t entirely one-hit, fluorescent wonders and there is a lot of music worth revisiting. This was also a golden age …
Premiere: It’s ‘Museum Day’ for Coyle Girelli – a blindingly bright excursion to indie pop heaven ahead of new album.
We are inordinately privileged and honoured to bring you a first listen to the new single ‘Museum Day’ from one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite artists, Coyle Girelli: the English troubadour based in New York City. Coasting along on a bright dappled instrumental sound, Girelli’s crooner vocals are cool and expressive with the kind of sonorous …
Album Review: Daddy Long Legs Release 4th Studio Album – Street Sermons
Since the release of Evil Eye On You in 2012, Daddy Long Legs have been enchanting audiences the world over, with their particular brand of scuzzy harmonica led rhythm and blues, infused with punk attitude. Now Brian Hurd (Vox/harmonica) and the boys are back with their fourth studio LP and second on Yep Roc Records. …
Live Review: The War on Drugs – Madison Square Garden, New York City 29.1.2022
Ah, the indie band fan’s dilemma. You have been championing them for years – sharing songs with friends, traveling to other cities to see them play different venues, spreading the word of the band’s incredible new album. Yet, you secretly want them forever playing clubs that hold less than 1,000 – right? Headlining a show …
Live Review: LCD Soundsystem – Brooklyn Steel, New York City 5.12.2021
As a native New Yorker, I have a really embarrassing confession to make – I had never seen LCD Soundsystem live before. Kinda sad, right? But, thanks to their 20-night residency at Brooklyn Steel, spanning from late November to mid-December, I was finally able to correct that. It’s not like I haven’t been a fan …
Album Review: Philippe Lemm Trio’s ‘First Steps’ is a mastery of musical movement
First Steps sees the Philippe Lemm Trio come through in unique style and displaying fantastic form, both of which have been well-honed during the past ten years of consistent touring and creating. Partly a reflection on the past 12 months, this record celebrates the life of Lemm’s long-time friend and collaborator, pianist Angelo Di Loreto, who …
Track: Barrie – Tal Uno
There is something about melancholic dream pop that seduces me. It is the bittersweet nature of the music – layers of beautiful bright often upbeat sounds sometimes contrasting and at times augmenting wistful downbeat vocal refrains filled with a sense of longing. Barrie, a band based in New York but with an international mix of …
Track: The Dayoffs – Two Actors in a Cage
NYC’s The Dayoffs actually have their roots a little further afield. The duo, Vladimir Komarov and Atsuo Matsumoto hail from Russia and Japan, and met as producers while working on other artists’ output. Seemingly continuously working on other people’s music, they recorded some instrumental improvisations during studio downtime, gathering enough material for a debut LP. …
New Music: Tempers – FUNDAMENTAL FANTASY EP
Oh, I could go on as usual about how the drums sound and how the vocals play over the the musical layers etc, but frankly I’m boring myself to death these days with the droning blocks of superlatives I use for every band that pricks up my ears these days, so let’s get down to brass …
See: The Veldt release new video for ‘In a quiet room’
Legendary NYC-Raleigh shoegaze quartet The Veldt have released anew video for ‘In a quiet room’, take from their new five track EP, The Shocking Fuzz of your electric fur, released by Manchester’s Leonard Skully label. Produced, at least in part by the similarly legendary A.R.Kane, the EP see the band return from a significant haitus. …