indie exclusives
Premiere: Velvet Sunset reveal the scuffed beauty of new single ‘I Ride All Night’
French duo Velvet Sunset, aka Max and Eleonore are back with a new single, I ride all night, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The band mix up this indie rock sound with element of shoegaze and psychedelia in the single, with these scuzzy guitars winding …
Premiere: Stump’s whispering foil Kev Hopper returns for Dimple Discs – hear the rubbery baroque pop excellence of ‘The Dog Walker’
STUMP were one of those ultra-Peel bands, like The Noseflutes, Bogshed, The Fire Engines, who sorta belonged to the (no doubt press-confected) ‘shambling’ movement of the Eighties – Beefheartian, collapsed, askance, freakishly fun, revealing truths about the world from an oblique perch above it all. They had an all-too-brief moment of notoriety in the public …
Exclusive: Salvation Jayne and Ashton Rapturous team up to record Arlo Parks’ Black Dog in session for Backseat Mafia
UK alt-rock five-piece Salvation Jayne teamed up with Ashton Rapturous to cover Arlo Park’s Black Dog for our latest Backseat Mafia Session. Their performance really brings a new life to the song with Rapturous’ feature displaying how collaboration can be a very creative tool. Check out their recent single ‘A Mouthful Of Magnificent Spite, which …
Premiere: Eucereon releases the beautiful melancholic indie-folk of ‘Go’
UK/US based indie folk singer, songwriter and producer Eucereon has unveiled her new single ‘Go’. – written in Denmark, produced in the UK and released in the US, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Of the track, Eucereon says “Go is about codependency masquerading as …
Premiere: The Silver Bars release new single, The Long Night
Barrow-In-Furness Indie rock quintet The Silver Bars are back with a new single, The Long Night, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s a follow on from their debut EP which dropped earlier ion the heart, and see’s them channel and refine their sound in a …
Premiere: The Jazz Butcher – ‘Time’: RIP, Pat, but there’s one final album in store and a celebratory gig in Camden this weekend
THE JAZZ BUTCHER is one of those artists who make indiepop kids of a certain generation go misty eyed, and with good reason; Pat Fish, the man behind the jazz despatching curtain, as it were, was an all-round gentleman of the whimsical song, someone you’d definitely find in the kitchen at parties; sometime indie television …
Premiere: Lazyrave reveal the trashy brilliance of ‘Snakey’
Newcastle Upon Tyne’s indietronica outfit Lazyrave – aka the unlikely union of frontman (Dan Clark) and drummer (Ben Kindlan) from rock & roll band ‘The Kush’ with producer (Mark “Clem” Clemmett) and tech engineer (Pete Cheyne), are releasing a new track Snakey, and we’re absolutely delighted to be able to premiere it right here on …
Premiere: Red Sun Radio release the beautifully melancholy ‘Surrender’
New York City’s Red Sun Radio are back with a new single, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, vocalist Azan told us exclusively “Releasing this song a year after I wrote it is really a full circle moment for me. At that time …
Exclusive: Laura Reznek records a Important live in session for Backseat Mafia
Canadian-born Laura Reznek joined us for our Backseat Mafia Sessions with a performance of Important taken from her brand new album Agrimony. The simple, stripped back combination of vocals and guitar compliments the lament resulting in an intimate listen you will lean in closer to capture. Now living and working out of London, the album …
Exclusive: Stone Jets record recent single I Will Rise Again live in session for Backseat Mafia
London-based Stone Jets are the latest to join us for our Backseat Mafia Sessions with this fantastic performance of their recent single I Will Rise Again! The track came out back in April on the Platoon label (owned by Apple Inc, none the less. Of the track, the band say it was ‘written pre-covid, recorded …