Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

Amon Tobin asks ‘How Do You Live’, presents imminent new album in pitch-black premiere event tonight

With his new album arriving tonight at midnight via Nomark – we’re excited, and you should be too – Brazilian electronic trailblazer Amon Tobin is introducing it to the world…

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PREMIERE: Royal Canoe get surreal in cinematic video for new album highlight ‘Surrender’

Back in July, Winnipeg-based quintet Royal Canoe released a rather good new record called Sidelining, the fruits of the band’s labour over the two years since 2019’s Waver. They probably…

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PREMIERE: My Son the Doctor play with pop-punk tropes on spiky new song ‘Bethany’

Subversions of popular songwriting tropes, if done well, can really speak to an artist’s strengths. In the case of Brooklynite new wave bunch My Son the Doctor, their new song…

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PREMIERE: Canadians Dear Rouge rail against influencer culture on storming return ‘Fake Fame’

It’s been a hot minute since we heard from Canadian duo Dear Rouge; the duo of Drew and Danielle McTaggart have kept a relatively low profile since the release of…

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PREMIERE: Broke Royals spruce up their sound with help from Bartees Strange on crackling new track ‘Postcard’

Sometimes, a small change can make a big difference; for Washington D.C. quartet Broke Royals, that change was brought about by bringing on their contemporary Bartees Strange as a test-run…

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Gardenhead Records releases stacked Sunrise Movement benefit compilation

It’s Bandcamp Friday again, and you know what that means – waiving their fees means that artists and labels get a bigger piece of the pie. There are plenty of…

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EP Premiere: Fair Visions – Modern Kids

We’ve got a midweek treat for you on the site today, in the form of New Yorker Ryan Work’s new EP. As Fair Visions, he released his debut EP A…

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PREMIERE: Guided By Voices are ‘High in the Rain’ as they prep new album for October

Don’t act surprised: Guided By Voices are releasing another new record this year. Driven by the eyebrow-raising work ethic of Bob Pollard, the Dayton, OH-based band (currently a quintet) opened…

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PREMIERE: Jordan Lewis gets introspective on new single ‘Company’

Los Angeles-based Jordan Lewis certainly can’t be accused of lacking ambition. He’s done musical engineering work for the likes of Beyoncé and Rihanna as well as hitmaker duo The-Dream &…

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Californians Foxx Bodies trail new album with raucous lead single ‘Bad Kid’

From the press photo above, it looks like Los Angeles quartet Foxx Bodies are waiting for something important, and that’s probably the release of their forthcoming second album, which has…

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