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Marika Hackman / Oyeme / Art School Girlfriend – Sleeping Village, Chicago 05.10.2024 – Backseat Mafia
Review and Photos by Victoria Wai 21 packed-out and sold-out venues for a North American tour celebrating the album Big Sigh were all wrapped up for Marika Hackman with a final sold-out date at Chicago’s Sleeping Village. This tour started with half of Marika’s band absent due to visa problems so those dates were stripped back and from social media footage they sure looked very special but the band were fully reunited to give us the tour that was intended and with added Art School Girlfriend on keys and percussion and also as main tour support, we were in for a treat. Most of the SOLD OUT crowd were in place when…
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See Inside the Olympic Village Hair and Nail Salon
With the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris well underway, TikTok is being flooded with videos from athletes talking about everything from infamous cardboard beds to the free swag competitors get. Another topic that’s getting a lot of attention this year is the Olympic Village and the many stores and attractions it contains. Unbeknownst to viewers tuning in from home, it has everything the athletes could possibly need during their stay, including a post office, multiple gyms, souvenir shops, and a full-service hair and nail salon. Daria Saville, a member of the Australian tennis team, shared a quick glimpse at the beauty salon in a TikTok video explaining that athletes can…
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The Bug Club – Village Underground, London 01.03.2024 – Backseat Mafia
It’s St David’s Day and Sam Willmett, Tilly Harris and Dan Matthew have escaped over the border and made it to the Village Underground. Following the release of their latest album Rare Birds: Hour Of Song, the Caldicot band bring their distinctive brand of garage rock and ornithological oddness to Shoreditch. There are more daft ditties than daffodils as Sam and Tilly rip through their rather lengthy set-list. So long in fact that drummer Dan doodled a devil on his set-list with the words “get the hell on with it!”- he doesn’t want it to drag on. There’s a club night starting soon and the band are very eager to…
