Premiere: Michael Scott Dawson releases new visuals for the beautiful ambient soundscape of Campestral

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Exclusive: Lucy Kruger records ‘A Stranger’s Chest’ live in session for Backseat Mafia

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Was it only last week Duran Duran announced their Future Past tour with shows set to take place at Manchester’s AO Arena on April 29th, marking the band’s first-ever performance at the venue, followed by London’s The O2 Arena, Leeds’ First Direct Arena, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena, and the 3 Arena in Dublin. Due to (predictably) …

Taken from her new album The Dog Don’t Hunt, out now on Itza Records, Addie Brik has revealed new visuals for one of the stand out moments of the album, Retromingent. Featuring dancers, animals wandering through, animations by Martin Obando and metal sculptures by Ross Spencer, its bubbles with the same creativity that infects the …

Glasgow based Canadian singer-songwriter L.T. Leif is gearing up for the release of her debut album ’Come Back To Me, But Lightly’, out vis the ever brilliant Lost Map imprint in association with OK Pal Records on January 27th, 2023. Ahead of its release, there’s a single ’No Birds’, available as part of Lost Maps …

Broken Forest is the project of Luise London, who blends folk with elements of pop and trip-hop. We’re delighted to bring you the premiere of the track Spirit of The Meadows right here on Backseat Mafia this morning, taken from her Wild At Heart EP, due out on the 29th July. Of the song Luise …

New outfit Night Crickets may have gone undermyour radar, but they boast a couple of famous faces in former Bauhaus and Love and Rockets man David J, alongside Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and multi-instrumentalist Darwin Meiners. Their debut album A Free Society came out earlier in the year via Omnivore Recordings, and now they’ve released a new …

Today, Thursday 30th June, marks the 25 th anniversary of an extraordinary record, the iconic Fat Of The Land from The Prodigy. Taking underground rave music and, without diluting it at all, forcing it on the mainstream, the record is a landmark in dance music. The bands third album debuted at number one and became …

Describing themselves by saying “We create psych music that sits in a dreamy haze between catchy and explorative. Six singles have set a strong sonic territory on which to build their sound, with two mini albums set for release this year, the band are keen to innovate at the forefront of the UK psych scene,” …

Taken from their new album 1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love (and free hugs), Whatever it is (I’m against it) is the brand new single from a re-energised Kula Shaker, and we’re delighted to be able to share the accompanying video for the track exclusively here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The song is a …

Legendary might seem an overused word, but were gonna go ahead and use it anyway to describe Glasgow indie band The Orchids. First coming to notice making smart, emotive and ambitious indie pop for the equally legendary Sarah Records (we really don’t give two hoots dropping the L word), we’re delighted to be able to …

Out tomorrow via the lauded Nettwerk label is the new single from Swedish producer/musician Slumberville, following on from his recent singles ’For the Win’ and ’Forever Young’. Of the track Sebastian Fronda, aka Slumberville says, ”I wanted to capture a feeling or state that is (for me) difficult to put in words; maybe the illusion …