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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SEE: Juanita Stein – ‘Reckoning’; seven UK dates from May
TORCH-songtress Juanita Stein, who released her third album of rootsy songcraft for Nude, Snapshot, in late October, has released a video for the dark, rousing drama of “Reckoning” and announced…
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Meet: Emre Türkmen of Exit Kid
After releasing their immensely brilliant The Garden EP, read our review here. We caught up with Türkmen to find out about the band and their music, album art and the…
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TRACK: New Bums – ‘Billy, God Damn’: a freewheelin’ acoustic slide blues
ONE – and there are many more, but for now, this – one of the many reasons we over at Backseat Mafia love the good folks at Drag City, is…
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PREMIERE: Ben Eisenberger – ‘Soloists’: hear a set of warming folk grace from Omaha tunesmith
Beautiful and drawing respectfully on a number of strands in the wider folk pantheon, Ben's songwriting, arranging talents and his musicianship pull this record into a pretty special place indeed
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SEE: The Underground Youth – ‘A Sorrowful Race’; tenth album in March
BORN in the musical fires of Manchester, currently resident in Berlin, it’s fair to say that there’s a decent dose of proper musical heritage, maybe a little darkness, a willingness…
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Say Psych: Album Review: Flying Moon in Space – Ardor
Flying Moon In Space are a seven-piece band from Leipzig, Germany borne out of live improvisations which are known to last for hours at a time. Having clocked-up nearly fifty…
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Say Psych: Interview: Meet the Label – Strong Island Recordings
Neo-Psychedelia has become the fastest growing musical trend, and the genre that everyone who wants to be associated with. With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that it is…
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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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SEE: Cabbage – ‘Get Outta My Brain’: wired weird gets the visuals
BETTER late than never, as the old adage goes. Mossley’s art-guitar bandits Cabbage came for us back in the heady, high summer days of August with “Get Outta My Brain”,…
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