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Track: Instanbul duo Fuji Kureta release new single, Finis Terre
Finis Terre, by Istanbul based duo Fuji Kureta, has this sort of charming bleeps and bells and ring and chime at the beginning of the track that conjures up this sort of dark, late night feeling. It bubbles away underneath, reinventing itself almost constantly until it evolves into this sort of fragmented bassline, surrounded still …
Track: Cassels release debut single, Seasick
I got seasick on a school trip once, in what was just about the most embarrassing moment of my school life. I even knew it was coming, I could feel the movement of the vessel we were aboard was rocking back and forth, and as I looked over the edge I could just feel this …
Track: Grigori reveals the smoky electronic soul of ‘Immune’
I can’t tell you a lot about East London producer Grigori, except, well that’s pretty much it. He’s a producer and he’s from (or at least based in) East London. What I can tell you though is he had a debut ep out called Sinas, and this track, Immune, took place after the sessions had …
Live Review: Savages – Vox, Leeds 11.11.2013
“We wanted to focus on writing lyrics for the stage…. we like to perform it in a really physical, emotional, violent way.” – Gemma. It’s Monday night, dark damp and quite frankly miserable. We find ourselves on the outskirts of Leeds city centre outside an old industrial that has been converted into a minimalistic contemporary art …
NOT FORGOTTEN – VIOLENT FEMMES – VIOLENT FEMMES
It’s been some time since I realised that I am getting out of touch with the guitar music that appeals to today’s youth. I can understand why the music in question appeals to those in their teens and early twenties, but it just doesn’t appeal to me, I’ve moved on, I’ve (for want of a …
New Music: Brisbane’s MTNS release the lush electronica of ‘Salvage’
In the vein of another antipodean export, The Temper Trap, MTNS, from Brisbane, produce very melodic, lush electronic based songs featuring high almost androgynous vocals. They have released a new single – their second – entitled “Salvage” which is a lovely slice of melodic and atmospheric music as laid back as any Australian sipping a …
See: Solomon Grey releases new video for the pulsating electronica of ‘Firechild’
You can’t help but wonder about the lives of others. According to their bio, the duo who make up Solomon Grey (Oxford friends Tom Kingston and Joe Wilson) pursued their muse in a lighthouse in Cork vacated by one of their relatives, where they recorded in splendid isolation, before then moving to another remote property …
See: Girl Called Johnny releases new visuals for single, Hey Jackie
Sometimes a break up makes you stronger, however hard it might feel at the time. That seems to have been the case for Brighton-born, London-based singer songwriter Karen Anne, aka Girl Called Johnny. But it wasn’t a romantic liaison that bit the dust, it was her former band Ramona. After forming a band, there was …
See: Royal Blood release new video for ‘Out Of The Black’
Royal Blood seem to want to get our attention. They just released their new single “Out Of The Black” a couple weeks ago and I must say it’s filled with chunky riffs and exploding drums that would make 1970-era Black Sabbath tear up. There’s a sense of menace and anger in the track that pummels …
NOT FORGOTTEN – U.N.P.O.C. – FIFTH COLUMN
I’ve been writing for Backseat Mafia for a while now, prior to that I honed my music reviewing on a website where members of the public were encouraged to review the music in their collection. It was as a tiny part of this small but enthusiastic online community that I first encountered Fifth Column, the …