ALBUM REVIEW – CAR SEAT HEADREST: THE SCHOLARS

“You can love again, if you try again.” [Enter Stage] Everyone’s favourite internet obsessed band is back! …Well one of my favourites. The lovechild of Virginia-born Will Toledo, what once started out as a simple solo project, coalescing into a full band project, returns after 5 years with “The Scholars”, an album that, at its […]
-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- Will Toledo is a contradiction of a frontman. Arriving on stage tonight he is replete in a pair of MC Hammer style harem pants and dances like a cross between a more loose-limbed Ian Curtis and Mark Corrigan at Rainbow Rhythms. (I encourage you to seek out S2E1 of Peep Show for […]

LIVE: CAR SEAT HEADREST – 07/11/2018

CAR SEAT HEADREST RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘WAR IS COMING (IF YOU WANT IT)’ – LISTEN NOW

War Is Coming (If You Want It) by Car Seat Headrest Car Seat Headrest release new song ‘War Is Coming (If You Want It)’. The demo version, ‘War Is Coming (If You Want It) [March Mix]’, cannot be heard anywhere anymore, having been made available for purchase via Bandcamp for just 24-hours on August 4th, to […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Will Toledo and the rest of Car Seat Headrest have quite the following in Manchester, if I’m honest it was totally unexpected. I know they’re a great young band with two fantastic albums under their belt, Teens of Style (2015) and Teens of Denial (2016), but I had no idea how […]

LIVE: CAR SEAT HEADREST – 24/03/2017

CAR SEAT HEADREST ANNOUNCE UK SUMMER TOUR DATES

2016 proved to be a breakout year for Seattle wunderkind Will Toledo. Under the aegis of Car Seat Headrest, he signed to Matador and promptly released Teens Of Denial, which went on to become one of the most acclaimed albums of the year, with Uncut, Crack, Loud and Quiet, Time Out and Clash, among others, […]
He may have been slowly gathering steam over the past few years, but 2016 was the year that saw Car Seat Headrest cross over from hotly tipped indie newbie to critically acclaimed breakthrough. With the release of Teens of Denial, his first studio album proper for Matador, Will Toledo found himself winning plaudits left, right […]

CAR SEAT HEADREST ANNOUNCE LIVE DATES FOR 2017

SPOTIFY APPROVED SESSIONS FOR CAR SEAT HEADREST

Available now on probably the world’s most popular streaming site Spotify, Seattle outfit Car Seat Headrest have released a new sessions EP, recorded at 2016’s SXSW. Despite what opinions you may have of streaming sites or modern methods of music distribution, it’s worth biting your lip and at least getting a free trial to enjoy […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Car Seat Headrest (let’s do CSH from now on for the sake of my fingers) are what one would call ‘quite prolific’. Starting off as the solo project of Will Toledo (apparently called CSH due to recording the vocals for his first album in the back seat of his […]

LIVE: CAR SEAT HEADREST – 22/06/2016

2015 END OF YEAR – JOE CURRAN

ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly It’s topping polls left, right and centre and for good reason. An enormous, sprawling hip hop opus that captures the grim reality of black America, wealth and fame. It’s far from the easiest listen, but the rewards are there for the giving TPAB the attention it thoroughly […]