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Album Review: DoomCannon – Renaissance
‘Renaissance’ sees DoomCannon’s combine the social inspiration over the last few years, from the global pandemic to the worldwide outcry of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020. Mixing this inspiration with his carefully honed musical talent has seen DoomCannon craft a concept album, that encourages us to dream of a fairer world …
Meet: 10 questions with The Melbies
After the release of the bands album ‘If Only We Were Serious’ to huge critical acclaim the band have returned with with new album ‘Song for Harambe (Vol. I)’. Produced by Charlie Creese at Magpie Studios, Kent between 2019 and 2021. Originally due to be just an EP, then two EPs (‘Vol. 1’ and ‘Vol. …
Track: Julia Jacklin Drops New Track ‘Love, Try Not To Let Go’
Julia Jacklin’s new track ‘Love, Try Not To Let Go’ is a delight that augurs well for her new album ‘Pre Pleasure’ which is out on 26 August.
Track: Ruby Gill Releases New Track ‘I Forgot To Be Profound Today’
Ruby Gill proves that she is a master of social observation with her new track ‘I Forgot To Be Profound Today’
News: GRAPHIC NATURE release pair of pummeling new singles ‘Into The Dark’ and ‘Bad Blood’
Rising British metallers, Graphic Nature, known for their aggressive contemporary sound, one influenced by nu-metal and early 2000’s metalcore, have today released a pummelling pair of new singles, ‘Into The Dark’ and ‘Bad Blood’, their first new material since their breakthrough debut EP, ‘new skin’. Speaking of ‘Into The Dark’, frontman Harvey Freeman says, “it’s probably one of the most intimate songs we’ve ever written. It’s about the breaking of relationships, …
News: Travie McCoy celebrates the release of new album with music video for ‘Full Monarch’
Travie McCoy’s highly anticipated new solo album NEVER SLEPT BETTER was released this past Friday, with the album available to listen in full to at: ffm.to/neversleptbetter In celebration of the album release, Travie McCoy premiered the music video for ‘Full Monarch‘. On the song, Travie shares, “Lyrically, it’s about escapism and a relationship gone bad. But it stems from a show …
Meet: Jazz Singer And Band Leader Leon Garner
Fronting the much sought after London-based jazz band The Leon Garner Trio, Leon Garner is making huge waves in the jazz circles of the world. We at Backseat Mafia thought it was about time we introduced the rest of the world to this talented singer. Give us a potted history of yourself I’m a jazz …
Premiere: Ponte Pilas – San Ignacio
Berlin based Scottish-Ecuadorian four piece Ponte Pilas are set to make 2022 their year with the release of their debut album due later this year. Backseat Mafia are delighted to premiere the new single ‘San Ignacio’. A song dedicated to one of their biggest heroes in Iggy Pop, and the fourth track to be taken …
Album Review: Tegh & Adel Poursamadi – Ima ایما : probing electro-acoustic possibilities and reaching to the future.
As a practitioner and sound artist Shahin Entezami (aka Tegh) has produced a consistent stream of expansive works which have put him at the forefront of the Iranian experimental music scene, a community that continues to reach way beyond its homeland. His music entranced under the melodic swell of 2015’s undulating ‘Night Scenes’ then took …
Premiere: Broken Forest release beautiful new track ‘Spirit Of The Meadows’, from forthcoming EP
Broken Forest is the project of Luise London, who blends folk with elements of pop and trip-hop. We’re delighted to bring you the premiere of the track Spirit of The Meadows right here on Backseat Mafia this morning, taken from her Wild At Heart EP, due out on the 29th July. Of the song Luise …