PREMIERE: Nicotine Dolls cause a ruckus on storming new single ‘Upset the Neighbours’
Goodness, this song is fun. If you’ve had New York quartet Nicotine Dolls on your radar before now, you’re probably familiar with their debut EP – Sex, Addiction, & Everyone Else was released in February, and we thought that would be it from them this year, but they’re closing out 2021 with a cracking new …
PREMIERE: The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb aim to spread early festive cheer on new Christmas song ‘Gold Shining’
Yes, before you ask: we know it’s still November. If you fancy getting festive a little early, however, then this beautiful new seasonal song from The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb should set the mood perfectly. It’s a soul-stirring song that has its genesis in a demo by Pieta Brown, who featured on three tracks …
PREMIERE: Experimental Baltimore pair The Furniture announce debut album with ‘Strom’
Leaning on the gradual mutation of blissful soundscapes, yet with something darker lurking underneath, Baltimore duo The Furniture today announce their debut album with an assist from us at Backseat Mafia. The self-titled record is due early next year, and we’re offering you a first look at the video for lead track ‘Strom’, a meditative …
PREMIERE: WARBLY JETS invite you to ‘Let Go : Be Free’ as they unleash new album ‘MONSTERHOUSE’
Don’t look so blue, WARBLY JETS – your new album is out! The Los Angeles-based pair of Samuel Shea and Julien O’Neill, avowed fans of upper-case letters, released their self-titled debut album in 2017, and followed that up with the Propaganda EP in 2019; the wait for a proper follow-up would go on a little …
PREMIERE: Kramer shares video for adaptation of Allen Ginsberg’s ‘At Apollinaire’s Grave’ as he releases ‘WORDS & MUSIC, Book One’
He’s had a hand in producing albums by Low and Galaxie 500, runs a record label and is an esteemed artist in his own right, so having Joyful Noise name Shimmy-Disc owner Mark Kramer (or simply Kramer) as their Artist in Residence for 2020 acted as suitable testament to his capabilities. This year, he’s been …
PREMIERE: Vancouver’s Gold & Youth get existential on ‘Blush’; long-awaited second album out tomorrow
In 2013, Canadian quartet Gold & Youth released their very good debut album Beyond Wilderness; then they, er, went into the wilderness. For eight years. We genuinely thought they had broken up – this is, thankfully, not the case. Not only are they still a band, but they’ve also got an imminent new record. Trailed …
PREMIERE: AM Higgins extends an invite into the world of her lush debut album ‘Hymning’
Last month, we premiered the beautiful ‘Anchors’, the lead single proper from Chicagoan export Annie Toth’s debut album as AM Higgins – a solo project that’s fleshed out into a full band on said 8-song record, called Hymning (which was signposted earlier in the year by teaser track ‘Peaks & Plains’). Toth is now based …
PREMIERE: San Francisco’s Hot Flash Heat Wave are going through the ‘m o t i o n s’ as they prep new LP
With their last notable body of work arriving two years ago in the form of the Mood Ring EP, San Francisco trio Hot Flash Heat Wave are gearing up for their first full-length in nearly 5 whole years – they released a further teaser track from it called ‘vampires‘ a few weeks ago, and today …
PREMIERE: Field Guide announces full-album cover of Coldplay’s Parachutes, enlists Lizzy McAlpine for ‘Yellow’
We’ve got a lot of time for Field Guide. We’ve also got a lot of time for Lizzy McAlpine, so when we heard the former – AKA the Winnipeg-based Dylan McDonald – was covering Coldplay‘s seminal debut album Parachutes in full, we were intrigued. It strikes a sweet spot between faithful reproduction and giddy reinvention, …
PREMIERE: Ryan Kaiser lines up new Yot Club EP for January, shares video for unsettled lead single ‘Alive’
You never know where interest can come from when you put your music out there. The Nashville-based Ryan Kaiser knows a thing or two about that; ‘YKWIM?’ was originally found on his Bipolar EP – released in 2019 under the Yot Club moniker – but the song found a new life on TikTok earlier this …