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PREMIERE: Demsky – ‘Cold Coffee’: a chilled drink and loose-limbed, ambient downbeat
IT’S BEEN a proper learning curve: I mean, we’ve all had to find our own ways of dealing with … this, haven’t we? Whatever gets you through. Personally I’ve got friends who’ve deep-dived into utter vinyl addiction; who’ve really got into 5k running, or taken up painting for the very first time; who’ve planted out …
News: New permanent mural in Brixton pays homage to lost rapper Ty
Here at Backseat Mafia we were upset when we heard that London rapper Ty had died, a man we had written about quite a bit on the site, and interviewed as well. So we were delighted to receive the news that there is a new permanent Brixton mural pay homage to himafter he passed away …
Premiere: Key Out releases video for haunting single ‘Buildings’ plus list top ten influences
Key Out are a phenomenal Sydney band – I recently rated their brilliant album ‘Anthropomorphia‘ a well deserved nine out of ten. Backseat Mafia is therefore utterly delighted to premiere Key Out’s new double sided single consisting of the opening track from the album, ‘Buildings’ as well as a remix of earlier single ‘Chorus’. ‘Buildings’ …
News: Elvis Costello reveals new album ‘Hey Clockface’ plus releases new single.
The legendary Elvis Costello has confirmed his welcome return to the music scene with the announcement of a new album ‘Hey Clockface’ on 30 October 2020 as he releases a new single ‘We are All Cowards Now’. Of the album itself, Costello says: I wanted the record to be vivid, whether the songs demanded playing …
Track: Evanescence Enlist Guest Vocalists To Help Champion Empowerment With New Single, “Use My Voice”
Evanescence shares new track ‘Use My Voice’, the third track to be released from ‘The Bitter Truth’, Evanescence’s forthcoming new album, and their first containing all-new material in nearly a decade. Amy Lee said: “This is an era of awakening, and full of powerful beauty. I hope to inspire others to seek truth, find their own …
Track: Tommy Lee shares fourth single ‘Demon Bitches’
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee releases the fourth single from his October 16th, 2020 release, Andro via Better Noise Music Recording. ‘Demon Bitches’ is a collaboration with artists Brooke Candy and Moon Bounce. You don’t have to read the youtube comments to realise Lee is going to upset many a fan with tracks like previous singles ‘Tops’ …
Track: Keaton Henson releases beautiful new single, Prayer
Keaton Henson has announced his new album Monument is to be released on October 23rd via Play It Again Sam, and from it he’s released a new single, Prayer, accompanied by a video with footage provided by Henson and put together into haunting form by Stink Rising director Geej Ower. Of the track, written shortly …
Track: Bastille team up with Graham Coxon for new track ‘What You Gonna Do’
Bastille’s surprising new song ‘What You Gonna Do’, shows a different side to the band frontman Dan Smith says: “We finished the song and it felt urgent. We didn’t want to sit on it.” This track comes after the bands acclaimed third album Doom Days. “This next phase feels like a new beginning. It’s about completely tearing …
TRACK: Father John Misty drops ‘To S’ out of the blue
YOU know, just maybe he’s our saviour: Sub Pop’s microdosing piano auteur Father John Misty, whose 2017 track “Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution” and its brilliant accompanying animation looked like fantastically melodic future pastiche then, and maybe too close for comfort now, has just dropped “To S”, his first …
SEE: Black Honey drop brand new single, ‘Beaches’
ONE of the UK’s most beloved bands, Black Honey, have dropped their new single and accompanying video for “Beaches”, ahead of their highly anticipated new album which is yet to be announced. The video has been made in lockdown using the creative outlets that have been our sole company for the last three months – …