punk/post-punk
Live Review: Shadowhouse – Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, OR, 30.10.2021
Saturday, the day before Halloween, was a busy day at the Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland, OR. Blessed with an unusually sunny and mild afternoon the cemetery was abuzz with activity. Families were having picnics, young couples were walking hand in hand, photographers were shooting models curled around headstones, and a post-punk band was playing …
Album Review: Venus Grrrls – Potions EP
Venus Grrrls have released their new EP, ‘Potions’ on November 5th 2021 via Monomyth Records. The EP is a collection of songs that digress into integral parts of human emotion and consciousness. Exploring themes such as friendship, body image, and love, the band showcase their most intimate body of work yet. The band are also …
Track: Slyrydes release AA 7″ vinyl – ‘The Boy In The Debs Suit’ / ‘I Claim To Be Intelligent’
Galway punksters Slyrydes have released double AA vinyl 7″ single ‘The Boy In The Debs Suit‘ / ‘I Claim To Be Intelligent‘ via Rough Trade. This is their debut vinyl release with six digital releases under their belt. ‘The Boy In The Debs Suit‘ was released in March 2021 and is a visceral assault on …
Premiere: Old Time Relijun reveal new single ‘Left Hand Shake’
If you haven’t happened upon Old Time Relijun over the course of their 9 album canon, then pull up a chair and check in with their new single ‘Left Hand Shake’, which we’re delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s taken from their forthcoming tenth studio album, Musicking, out this Friday (November …
Premiere: Dom Goodchild The Void Starer Share Video For Single ‘I Am Unco-operative Radio’
Leicester artist Dom Goodchild The Void Starer is a kind of spoken word nihilistic punk-poet, and his new single ‘I Am Unco-operative Radio’ takes a defiant stab at what he describes as “‘the glossy, shallow cesspit of celebrity culture,” one that hinders its sycophantic followers from experiencing the deeper, richer, more complex aspects of what …
Live Review: Hellshock / Frenzy / Rigorous Institution – Black Water Bar, Portland, OR 30.10.2021 plus Gallery
Every town with a strong musical tradition has legendary or long-standing venues that provide space for bands to play and to grow. Portland, Oregon has had many such venues and the Black Water Bar is the latest. For the last 7 years Black Water Bar has been the only consistent all-ages venue in Portland for DIY music. Because …
Track: The Rumjacks – One For The Road
With the release of their fifth studio album ‘Hestia’, (read our review here) The Rumjacks went back into the studio to record a new EP ‘Brass for Gold’. The band have shared a track from the EP – ‘One For The Road’. “After the amazing response we had from Hestia’s release, we knew we had to back …
Album Review: Lily Konigsberg – Lily We Need To Talk Now
Brooklyn-based artist, Lily Konigsberg from the band Palberta has released her debut album, Lily We Need To Talk Now via Wharf Cat Records. The eleven-track collection is her first proper full length, following her anthology of EPs and unreleased tracks, The Best of Lily Konigsberg Right Now, released this year. The childlike opening of ‘Beauty’ with its simply piano melodies that appear chunky at …
Premiere: Alan McGee signing Cat SFX release new video for Upside Down
That Alan McGee knows a thing or two about signing bands, so it’s always worth keeping an eye on whats happening in his world. Signed to his Creation Baby label is Cat SFX, aka Caterina Speranza (Vox) alongside Giancarlo Mariani (guitar), Jacob Morris (bass), and Gordon Mills (drums). They make this filthy sounding punk/post-punk noise, …
Live Review: Salem – The Parish, Huddersfield 22.10.2021
Words: Chloe Ross / Pictures: Ruubez Media It’s almost surreal to step into the attic-like venue that is The Parish on Friday 22nd October. Live music is finally back in full swing after over a year of silenced stages just like this one, and what better way to embrace this fact by welcoming a band …