Sheffield
Track: Kat Eaton new single announces her debut album
So gorgeously flavoursome; like warm caramel from a soft filled truffle chocolate
TRACK: Cabaret Voltaire – ‘The Power (Of Their Knowledge)’: eerie and portentous tronica for our world today
SHEFFIELD’S Cabaret Voltaire, poised to release their first new album in more than a quarter-century for Mute next month, have dropped another chill, single-track postcard portent from the electronic edge in “The Power (Of Their Knowledge)”. Take a listen with us. The new album, Shadow Of Fear, is the Cabs’ first release with Richard H Kirk as sole …
TRACK: Cabaret Voltaire – ‘Vasto’: first album for 20 years in November
AS UNEXPECTED developments in the world of eerie electronica go, the announcement of a new album for winter 2020 by Sheffield game-changers Cabaret Voltaire has to be up there. And it’s true: with Richard H Kirk the sole remaining member, the Cabs have announced that Mute will be releasing Shadow Of Fear on November 20th. …
TRACK: Big Bad Mama Jama – ‘Memory’: steel city funksters forge forward
STEEL CITY funksters Big Bad Mama Jama got together just last year in Sheffield. Their mission? To “bring you the biggest baddest mama jams”. And today they release their second single, “Memory” ahead of their debut EP, Summer’s Here To Stay, which will be with us on August 21st. Powering ahead on a rush of …
Track: Polyhymns – Down With The Kids
Sheffield trio Polyhymns – Andrew Bolam, Gavin Harris and Sam Smith have just released a new single, Down With The Kids, which has already been garnering plenty of interest, and was chosen out of 200 tracks to be a favourite on the BBC Introducing Fresh on the Net website, as well as getting a slot …
Track: Sergeant BuzFuz – Theresa McKee, plus new album news
Sheffield punk-folk stalwarts ‘Sergeant BuzFuz’ are gearing up to release a highly anticipated seventh album ‘Fox Pop’ on July 3rd via their DIY label Blang Records It’s been 5 years since the last Sergeant Buzfuz album, 2015’s ‘Balloons For Thin Linda’. Band leader Joe Murphy has lost both parents, got married, been a victim of a smear campaign (as a whistleblowing …
Premiere: Air Drawn Dagger – Hexed
Sheffield rockers Air Drawn Dagger Started out in the back of a cake shop when guitarist Lewis and vocalist Maisie started writing songs almost immediately after meeting. Fast forward to a honed, and much more experienced Air Drawn Dagger who are releasing the single Hexed, which we are delighted to Premiere tonight on Backseat Mafia. …
Feature: Chris Trout – tales from the outer edges of pop
So we did this thing, on Instagram and Tumblr and Spotify, where some of us made sort of an ongoing, hopefully continuing mock John Peel programme. Or at least we wanted it to be records and memories and memorabilia (posters / fanzines / tickets / magazine clippings) and photos of bands and scenes and fans …
Track: Self Esteem – Favourite Problem (Alternative Version)
Sheffield’s Self Esteen has announced a new EP, Cuddles Please which is out on May 1st via Fiction Records, featuring alternative versions of three of the songs from her much lauded Compliments Please album from last year, ands a cover of Alex Cameron’s ‘Miami Memory’ The EP features a Sheffield-based choir, Neighbourhood Voices, which was …
See: Mr Ben & The Bens reveal video for Beast in the House
Ahead of the release of their new album, Life Drawing, out on July 10th via the ever brilliant Bella Union, one of our favourite Sheffield bands Mr Ben & the Bens have released a new video for the first single to be taken from the album, Beast In The House. The track, this elegiac three …