Music
Meet: Musical Tour De Force Andrea Viscardi
After studying piano at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdiin Milan, graduating in 2012, Andrea Viscardi is a musical tour de force. He has worked in classical and electronic music and also written film scores. In 2013, Viscardi wrote the music for the documentary Cue …
Live Review: Porij – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 21.9.22
If you like your music genre-defying, hard to pin down but irresistibly danceable, then last Wednesday’s sold-out crowd at Brudenell Social Club is where you should have been… Porij formed in 2019 in Manchester, a product of the Royal Northern College of Music, making beats that subsequently blossomed into a heady mix of UK garage, …
EP Review: Luxury Goods – This Is No Time To Dance
Sheffield solo artist Luxury Goods shines on her striking debut EP This is No Time to Dance – a four track release showcasing infectious energy and punchy indie-come-alterative-pop soundscapes which move between biting intensity and melancholic reflection. Opening with ‘Tiny Moving Parts’ quickly introduces the punching live drums prevalent across the EP, giving the growling …
Premiere: Andrea Viscardi Shares New Track ‘Distance’
After stretching his musical wings into electronic music and film scores 2020 saw Andrea Viscardi returning to the piano and more classical scores. We are very pleased to be premiering the video for Viscardi’s new single ‘Distance’. The track is his new solo piano piece released via Phono Klavier Limited on September 30th 2022 You …
Track: The brilliant Gena Rose Bruce collaborates with Bill Callahan in sultry new track ‘Foolishly in Love’
We here at Backseat Mafia have been long time fans of Melbourne-based chanteuse Gena Rose Bruce with her smoky, sultry voice and reverb-inflected laconic style that comes across as a melange of Mazzy Star and P.J. Harvey: a femme fatale with a steely spine cloaked in luscious velvet and a smoldering style. Her debut album …
Live Photos: THICK – Seattle, Washington 23.09.2022
THICK is currently on tour supporting their new album ‘Happy Now’, the follow-up to their 2020 album “5 Years Behind”.
Track: Supera Morza – Dull
Manchester’s Supera Morza have shared the video for their brand new single ‘Dull’ released via Modern Sky. The track is the first of three tracks which will make up the bands forthcoming E.P, due early 2023. The track was mixed and produced by David Radahd-Jones at Red City and Mastered by Grant Berry The band …
PREMIERE: Gemma Laurence recounts the anxiety of a blossoming relationship on ‘Watchdog’
With the release of her second album approaching at an alarming rate, the Brooklyn-based Gemma Laurence appears to be going from strength to strength as she prepares to release the third single from Lavender. The record’s been a while in the making, following on from 2019 debut Crooked Heart, but while it’s still five weeks …
Track: Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners – Footprints In The Sand
Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners have shared the video for their new single and video ‘Footprints in the Sand’. The track is taken from their forthcoming debut album on October 7th on Wicked Cool Records. The thoughtful and charming “Footprints in the Sand” is about “patting yourself on the back occasionally, giving yourself credit for the personal …
Say Psych: Live Review: Float Along Festival, Sheffield, 24.09.2022
This weekend saw Float Along Festival hit the streets of Sheffield for the first time. It spanned four venues, six stages and encompassed the best of psychedelic rock as well as a medley of the best in indie and alternative. I arrive in time to watch local ladies Sister Wives at Record Junkee. The four piece …