Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

NEWS: Evanescence announce release date for their new album, ‘The Bitter Truth’

EVANESCENCE’S first album of original music in a decade, The Bitter Truth, will be released on March 26th next year Sony Music, and pre-orders are now live. The band’s latest…

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SEE: Arctic Monkeys release live track video for ‘Arabella’ in aid of War Child UK

IN PROMOTION of the release of Arctic Monkeys – Live At The Royal Albert Hall on December 4th, the band have revealed the video for AM’s “Arabella”. The proceeds raised from Arctic Monkeys…

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WATCH: IDLES share new video for ‘Kill Them With Kindness’

IDLES have shared a new animated video for album highlight “Kill Them With Kindness”. The video, which was directed and designed by James Carbutt and animated by Pip Williamson, is taken from…

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Album Review: Deftones – White Pony – Black Stallion

Released in 2000, White Pony cemented Deftones as one of the most creative forces within rock and metal. Their chameleonic ability to shift between different moods and soundscapes encapsulated the…

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Track: Jovian releases new single, Where’d U Go

It may be a rare disorder, but many artists across the globe are ‘synesthetes’, including Brooklyn based artist Jovian. An artist that merges sounds using all senses, Jovian is a…

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TRACK: listen to James Bailey’s new track, ‘Cinema’

HIPHOP/R&B artist James Bailey, who hails from Los Angeles, has released a brand-new track, “Cinema”. Bailey wrote “Cinema” during a long-distance relationship in which he and his lover found themselves…

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TRACK: Mush release new track ‘Blunt Instruments’ ahead of new album

LEEDS-based art-rock trio Mush have shared their new single, “Blunt Instruments”. The track comes along with news of their second album, Lines Redacted, which is set for release on February 12th next year on Memphis Industries.…

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TRACK: Listen to lau.ra’s new single, ‘Wicked’

DJ, PRODUCER and vocalist Laura Bettinson, known under the alias lau.ra, has released her new single, “Wicked”, featuring rising UK rapper Eliza Legzdina. Lau.ra has already picked up praise from…

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Track: Löv – Never Lose Light

Back in 2017 Highasakite, undoubtedly Norway’s biggest band of recent years, broke up amidst messy legal positioning which ultimately saw the nucleus of the original band, Ingrid Helene Håvik and…

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TRACK: Becca Mancari – ‘I’m Sorry’

HAZY music is indeed the trademark of Captured Tracks, so that Becca Mancari has made another turn towards an increasingly layered Americana for her debut with the label is no…

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