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Premiere: Room 22 – “T.O.S.C.”
Since the release of their debut, “Ricky Spanish” last year, plucky Hull three piece, Room 22, have been turning heads and making noises in all the right places. They’re a young team that are doing more than their fare share at keeping the D.I.Y. ethos of punk alive. Originally taking their influences from the Punk …
Premiere: darkdarkhead – Falling Upwards
We’re delighted to premiere the new, second single titled Falling Upwards, to be taken from darkdarkdarkhead’s new EP Strange Weather, which drops on March 25th via Saint Marie. Already having been the subject of a retrospective via Captured Trakcs, the band have continued to make slightly psychedelic shoegaze despite the band’s singer leaving in 2009. …
Premiere: Seep Away – Trudge
Seep Away are a York/Manchester noise-punk quartet, and we here at backseat mafia are delighted to premiere their debut single, Trudge, taken from their forthcoming self-titled EP. It’s this dark twisting mass of edgy guitar riffs and splashing drums at the beginning, as it lays down (in no uncertain terms) their muscular delaration. From there …
Premiere: Terminal Gods – Movement
Forget the bright lights of Soho and Wardour street, if you want to get the real stuff you’ve go to get into the alleys and backstreets, the underbelly, the darker, neon lit parts of town. This is where the good stuff lurks, it’s also the natural habitat for the likes of London four-piece Terminal Gods.Tonight, …
Premiere: The Great Goddamn release new video for A terrible knowledge
Seattle based slugde punks The Great Goddamn have been demanding attention with their messy, noisey, riff-heavy stoner rock. That’s likely to be increased further with the release of their new album, Bangers and Hash, which sees the duo (yes, there’s just two of them making all that glorious racket) Brian and Blake, add eight more …
Premiere: Kool Stuff Katie release video for Hard Girl To Know
Oh, this is good. This is really good. Portland Oregon duo Kool Stuff Katie, aka Shane Blem and Saren Oliver, make this kind of primal garage punk/blues that infects your ears and almost bursts out through your chest, its that exciting. Amazing really then that it was their first attempt at collaborative songwriting. Taken from …