Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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ALBUM REVIEW: Anna Järvinen – ‘Vestigia Terrent’

A dazzling collaboration with Dungen for Swedish chamber-pop diva

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ALBUM REVIEW: Small Forward – ‘Small Forward’

Great easy listening on debut LP by LA trio

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ALBUM REVIEW: Miley Cyrus – ‘Plastic Hearts’

Plastic Hearts took me on a rollercoaster ride that really caught me off-guard, says Chloe Ross

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Track: Arab Strap release new single Compersion Pt.1 ahead of album and tour

Iconic Scottish troubadours Arab Strap have announced details of their forthcoming 7th studio album, ‘As Days Get Dark’, their first since 2005’s The Last Romance, and due 5th March 2021.…

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TRACK: Northern Portrait – At Attention

FOR followers of Matinee Recordings and contemporary indie-pop as a whole, this is exciting news. Anyone who has listened to Northern Portrait’s debut album, turning eleven this year (!), will…

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