Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Premiere: Stream Darker Lighter’s massive self-titled debut album

We told you there was more to come from Los Angeles artist Salar Rajabnik, aka Darker Lighter, and here it is: his self-titled debut album. He’s worked with the likes…

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Premiere: Stream Fielded’s introspective, lush new record ‘Chuckles Deluxe’

The new album from Brooklyn’s Lindsay Powell is a beautiful, unflinching exploration of identity and self-expression; it feels like a record they needed to make. Their sixth as Fielded, it…

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Premiere: Mappe Of conjures intimate beauty on ‘Honeyhaze’

It’s been a good while since Tom Meikle’s been around, so two singles as Mappe Of in the span of three months would seem to indicate there’s more from him…

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Premiere: Adam Lytle presents the dark majesty of ‘Sister Wave’, new album out early May

Brooklyn’s Adam Lytle has levelled the hell up on his new record, it has to be said – nothing difficult about this second album, at least not in execution, as…

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Feature: hairpin detail the influences behind punchy debut EP Modern Day Living

Last month, South Coast quartet hairpin dropped ‘Curtain Call’, an ideal introduction to their scuzzy post-hardcore sound – it’s taken from their debut EP Modern Day Living which (a) is…

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Premiere: Fielded wants what they’re owed on sumptuous new song ‘Lost Youth’

Do you know your worth? Lindsay Powell is more sure of theirs than they’ve arguably ever been, and they want the world to know. As Fielded, the Brooklyn-based artist has…

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Premiere: Darker Lighter bursts through the clouds on soaring new single ‘Open Up, Sunshine’

He’s done the rounds as a guitar tech for the likes of Kim Gordon and Queens of the Stone Age, and clearly has been struck by inspiration – California’s Salar…

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Premiere: ‘JFC’, this new Day Joy song is good; new album this year

Succinctly capturing the national mood with the title of their new single and the album it’s taken from, Austin-based band Day Joy (led by Michael Serrin) make it two singles…

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Track: hairpin get a ‘Curtain Call’ on new single; debut EP out next month

Featuring current and previous members of such UK scene luminaries as Lost in the Riots, Nervus, Weatherstate and Lakes, south coast UK band hairpin may be a relatively new name…

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News: Californians RAUE seek ‘Escape’ as they plan new EP for May

It hasn’t been too long since we last heard from Californian duo RAUE (it’s pronounced ‘roo-AY’), but we haven’t yet heard them like this. Since the …Or Forever Hold Your…

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