punk/post-punk
Track: Brenso – Sugar Cane
Brenso popped up last year with their fantastic debut EP Demo (read our review here) which blew us away here at Backseat Mafia. The band have returned with another EP and single ‘Sugar Cane’ taken from the new EP About the single the band comments: “Sugar cane is Brenso’s first single, part of our forthcoming …
Album Review: The City Kids – Filth
To say that The City Kids have had a good couple of years is taking understatement to the very extreme; their first album – a lock-down project recorded before half the band had even been in a room together, and certainly before a gig had been played – was something pretty special, followed up for …
Track: The Ringards – Flaccid Venus
As an old-school punk fan who is also a lover of all things weird, there was no way I was not going to be completely entranced by this new single courtesy of London experimental outfit the Ringards, recently released through Isolar Records (which keeps standing out as one of the new labels with the most …
Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Magna Zero
For many of us who grew up playing in garage bands, we daydream about what life could’ve been like if we continued jamming and made it to the big-time. That very well could’ve been the case for progressive rock outfit Magna Zero, but after a ten year hiatus from growing up playing music together, they …
Live Review: As December Falls – O2 Institute, Birmingham 14.10.2022 Plus Gallery
The Tyne & Lit By Lanterns help warm up this Birmingham crowd and set the tone for the evening. The Tyne even grab their own considerable crowd, teaching us all how to join in with ‘DEMONS‘ before going straight into it and grabbing one of the loudest choruses of the whole evening. The night is …
Track: Middleman – Entropy
London punk trio Middleman, have shared their debut single, ‘Entropy’ via Brainrotter Records. Recorded at the renowned Fuzzbrain Studios and mixed by Jonah Falco (Fucked Up, Career Suicide, Game etc), it is a taste of what to expect from their upcoming debut EP, ‘Cut Out the Middleman’, due out later this year. Singer Noah Alves elaborates: “I …
Meet: Jon H. Genier Of Punk Rock Band Twenty2
With the band’s new album out we caught up with band leaded Jon H. Genier to find out a little bit about the band and how the music comes together. Give us a potted history of the band My name is Jon H, I am the singer in the band TWENTY2. The band started in …
Live Review: Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls / Snuff / Pet Needs / Truckstop Honeymoon – 02 Academy Brixton, London 25.09.2022
The Folk Punk star Frank Turner finally heads out on tour again with a mammoth lineup with his provocative and joyous singalong set to a mass gathered audience with big hearted anthems! Known for his provocative views on right wing sediments which have sparked debates in the past and have led to doughs to which …
Live Photos: THICK – Seattle, Washington 23.09.2022
THICK is currently on tour supporting their new album ‘Happy Now’, the follow-up to their 2020 album “5 Years Behind”.
Track: Rex Simonson – Shimmer
Made up of Simon Topping of A Certain Ratio fame and his son Rex (hence the name) Rex Simonson are a brand new post punk project who have shared their new single ‘Shimmer’. Edgy driving bass joins with mysterious synths dripping with a cool, slick post punk vibe. Bright bursts of guitar break the surface …