Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

Premiere: Montreal’s Population II ready new album with the intense ‘Pourquoi qu’on dort pas’

There’s no language barrier with Montreal trio Population II, so don’t worry if you can’t speak French – the Francophones serve up enough intensity to get the meaning across. They’ve…

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Premiere: John Chiaverina returns as Rustbelt, shares EP taster ‘You Got Nowhere to Go But You’re Going There Tonight’

John Chiaverina doesn’t look particularly pleased to be on that lounger. There’s a possibility the Milwaukee native could be thinking about his project as Rustbelt going down in flames, but…

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Premiere: Stream Careful’s first new music in a decade, the ‘Promise/Practice’ EP

Back in June, Eric Lindley resumed releasing music as Careful after taking a hiatus from the project following 2014 album The world doesn’t end. His first new release since then…

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Premiere: Safari Room picks up the pieces on new single ‘Broken Things’

Now is as good a time as ever to catch up with what Omaha-born and Nashville-based Alec Koukol has been up to. Wasting no time after the release of Complex…

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Premiere: Portland collective Family Worship Center let the good times roll on ‘Snake Dance’

‘So we just do whatever, right?’ is how we imagine the photo shoot went, but Portland nine-piece Family Worship Center are much more focused on record. Five of the eight…

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Premiere: Stream ‘Army Ants in Your Pants’ from Bruce Haack’s reissued LP Captain Entropy, out tomorrow

2023 marks 35 years since the loss of Canadian experimental musician Bruce Haack, so he’s being commemorated in the latest release from the archives of Shimmy-Disc with a reissue of…

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Premiere: Stream New Yorkers FORAGER’s essential debut album Pipedream Firewood

We’ve been lucky enough to live with this album for a little bit. If there’s one thing you need with New York trio FORAGER, it’s time – there’s an immediacy…

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Premiere: salamander share ‘xylem’, announce debut album for October

We’ll have what they’re having because we’re very excited about this band. Say hello to New York trio salamander, which took shape when PJ Hunter and Leo Frampton were asked…

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Premiere: Ben Hazlewood risks it all in a game of ‘Chemical Roulette’

Earlier this year, Melbourne-based Ben Hazlewood (born in New Zealand, lived in London for a few years – he’s been places) kicked off a series of single releases with ‘Fumes’,…

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Premiere: Macedo return with the effortlessly cool ‘Block of Ice’

If it seems like the eponymous Los Angeles duo Macedo have been away for a while, that’s because they have. The pair of Michelle and Melissa Macedo last released an…

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