Track: Rasstokyo transcends the Atlantic effortlessly with ‘Good Feeling’ release
UK artist Rasstokyo started out in the industry as a producer before shifting into singing and rapping. His latest release, ‘Good Feeling’ exemplifies his targeted sound well, and is executed brilliantly. Formerly known as Tokyo the Producer, he’s spent a long time perfecting a sound he calls “water music” — music with mutable energy that …
Track: DijahSB shares new single ‘By Myself’ ahead of new album
Toronto-based rapper DijahSB just gifted us with ‘By Myself’, sporting a down-tempo classic boom bap beat with a funky bassline to suit. The tune has a sprinkle of the contemporary, with a distinct guitar riff towards the final verse and chorus, present in a portion of Odd Future’s records, early last decade. The production on …
ALBUM REVIEW: Valley Maker – When The Day Leaves
An enjoyable, if a little lame, new album by the South Carolina songwriter
SEE: Jehnny Beth shares emotional video for ‘French Countryside’
Singer, songwriter and author Jehnny Beth has unveiled the music video for her latest single “French Countryside”, taken from critically acclaimed debut solo album To Love Is To Live. Surrounded by heartbreak in the form of extended piano lines and aching strings, Jehnny Beth is at her most circumspect with the beautifully melancholy French Countryside. …
NEWS: The Pretty Reckless chart with ‘Death By Rock And Roll’
Legendary rockers The Pretty Reckless chart at number 6 with their fourth album ‘Death by Rock and Roll’. The critically-acclaimed record entered the UK Official Albums Chart at the band’s highest position since their debut album ‘Light Me Up’ in 2010 which also peaked at number 6. ‘Death by Rock and Roll’ also hit number …
Album Review: nothing,nowhere. – Trauma Factory
Massachusetts-born rapper and singer Joe Mulherin (professionally known as nothing,nowhere.) opens a new chapter with Trauma Factory, his fourth studio album and second for Fueled by Ramen. This 15-song long outpouring of emotion is his deepest emotional venture to date. Battling ideas of pain, anxiety and heartbreak, Trauma Factory digs deep into the psyche of …
Track: Mulini releases the bubbling R&B/electro of Keep Moving
Alternative artist and producer, Mulini’s new track ‘Keep Moving’, articulates a self-deprecating mental state that many of us have had to drag themselves through over the past 12-months. This record features Nuneaton-based rapper GSQ2, and is definitely not one to sleep on in this blurred space between alternative Hip Hop and grunge. The track was …
EP Review: Of Mice & Men – Timeless
Of Mice & Men’s latest offering Timeless marks the start of their new relationship with Sharptone Records and gives us a concise three track taste of what we can expect from this new era. The reflective intro for title track ‘Timeless’ sets up the introspective nature of this EP. This is swiftly displaced by the …
Premiere: DISOUT release brand new track ‘All of Them’
Polish rock/metal outfit DISOUT are unveiling their brand new single ‘All of Them’ and we have the pleasure of revealing it here on Backseat Mafia. Taken from their debut album MIEN, released February 8th on CD Baby, ‘All of Them’ is in line with the album’s conceptual theme; on 15th January, the band tweeted “this …
Album Review: Loathe – The Things They Believe
This is an album Loathe have been threatening to make for a while, something more conceptual, akin to that of a film score; less Meshuggah, more David Lynch. The heavy, distorted guitars are absent for the duration of The Things They Believe. Instead, they are replaced by waves of otherworldly synths and more subtle instrumentation. …