Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Premiere: Kit Major fights for self-acceptance on ‘Garbage Planet’, off October’s new EP

After releasing the loosie ‘Let Me In Your Band’ earlier this year, Kit Major has her sights set on bigger things, with the follow-up to 2022’s Vampire Saturday EP pencilled…

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Premiere: Burr Oak stun with emotionally poignant and surprisingly heavy ‘Annabelle’

There’s a moment, about two-and-a-half minutes into the title track from Burr Oak‘s new EP, where everything drops out except a nervous, agitated guitar line—then, chaos and an almighty musical…

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Premiere: Chiara Angelicola returns as Bird Call with the quietly devastating ‘Tiny Transistor’

We all coped differently at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. For Chiara Angelicola—the Guatemalan-Italian who’s been operating as Bird Call for about 15 years, and who should…

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News: Local H share remastered ‘P.J. Soles’ from forthcoming reissue

Chicago pair Local H are celebrating a pair of important anniversaries this year. Not only is it the band’s 30th year in existence (with their most recent record being early-pandemic…

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Premiere: Cara Potiker shares dazzling new moondaddy song ‘Water Bearer’

San Diego’s Cara Potiker helms moondaddy, a six-strong project who made their debut last year with Poet Lies – a little over a year later, Potiker is planning to follow…

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News: Dream Phases switch off on ‘Turn Away’; new album Phantom Idol out today

Los Angeles quartet Dream Phases spent the guts of the past two years at work on the follow-up to late 2021’s second album New Distractions, and that time bears fruit…

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News: Julia Gaeta shares title-track video from debut EP; ‘Blur Divine’ out now

The American-born and Paris-based Julia Gaeta released her debut single ‘Weight of You’ in 2022, and it was promising enough that we wondered when she’d be back with something more…

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News: Kato Hideki & Kramer search for ‘Tranquility’, set album for August

The visual accompaniment for the first taste of Kato Hideki and (Bonner) Kramer‘s collaborative album pictures someone sitting at the end of a dock, gazing wistfully out into the sea.…

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Premiere: Frank Viele ponders ‘The Trouble With Desire’ and shares ‘Lo-Fi Goodbye’

New Englander Frank Viele has a new album coming – that shouldn’t be a surprise considering his tireless work ethic. It’s not available widely until early next year (a staggering…

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Premiere: Brooklyn’s Gooseberry prep debut album for September, share anxious new single ‘Dying to Meet You’

Brooklyn trio Gooseberry‘s debut album is shaping up to be a must-listen. It’s not out for a few months yet, but they’ve shared an explosive new single that acts as…

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