Music
Track: Exit Kid Return With New Track – Out Of Time
Exit Kid have shared a new track ‘Out Of Time’ the first they have released since the acclaimed ‘Basis’ EP in late 2021. Vocalist Emre Türkmen comments: “Out Of Time is a song about holding on tight to the important things. We should all strive to live in the present because the clock is ticking.” Made up of …
News: Download Festival Preview
A little over four weeks now until the UK’S premier rock festival returns to the legendary Donington Park in the guise of the Download Festival. The mammoth five-day event, housed in the spiritual home of rock and metal, will be headlined by a triple whammy of metal and rock royalty with Iron Maiden joining us …
Album Review: HIGH ACE to Unveil Stunning Debut Album Release “Snowcap Menace”
Every now and then, a full-length LP/CD comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. Snowcap Menace is unmistakably one such album. The brainchild of Australian folk-rock husband & wife duo, Jeff Lang and Alison Ferrier, Snowcap Menace is a virtual cornucopia of the pair’s musical influences and varying styles, ranging from blues, ethno-folk …
Track: TOWNS unveil the fuzzy hook-laden track ‘Season 5 (Break My Fall)’ and announce signing to label Farmer And The Owl and tour dates.
If you’ve ever had the chance to meet either Aston or Dan from TOWNS, you’ll know that they’re not only of the sweetest and kindest humans on earth, but you’d also know just how much personality and character they inject into their projects. Everything they do is multicoloured and distinctive, and their new single ‘Season …
Premiere: Hobart’s Caelo unveils second single ‘Morning Comes’: a shimmering, rambling organic delight.
There is a raw organic groove to the new single ‘Morning Comes’ from nipaluna/Hobart born wunderkind Abe Parsons, performing under the name Caelo, that is energising and radiant. We feel very honoured to premiere this buoyant track ahead of its general release tomorrow. The acoustic crunch and ambulatory forward movement may remind one of the …
News: Nothing But Noise Festival Line Up – 21st May
In an association probably made in heaven, the 360 CLUB in Leeds have teamed up with the explosive FUDGE. to create NOTHING BUT NOISE, their first joint curated one-day festival showcasing some of the most exciting and innovative – and often noisiest – bands currently coming out of their home city, which will take place …
Premiere: The Big Sway release new visuals for single Gun Fun In Rifle City
Boston psychedelic rockers The Big Sway have announced a new single, Gun Fun In Rifle City, taken from their second full length We Made This For You, out later in the year. We’re delighted to be premiering the accompanying video right here on Backseat Mafia today. On the track, bassist and visual artist Joe MacFadzen …
Live Review: Imelda May / Rachael Sage / Niall McNamee – Vicar Street, Dublin 15.05.2022
Imelda May has been on tour since the beginning of April with her Made to Love spring tour, running through April and May with dates all across the UK and Ireland, ending with three dates in her home town of Dublin.Support in Dublin was Rachael Sage and Niall McNamee. The Sunday night was the final …
Premiere: The Good Love emit golden sonic rays with the radiant single ‘Sunshine Sometime’ and announce rural tour.
We are honoured to premiere the new video from NSW outfit The Good Love – a slinky, soul-inflected piece of solid gold. Glorious harmonies and epic choruses combine to create something quite anthemic. There’s an easy sixties glow, touched with a hint of psychedelia, and singer Leroy Ashford-Meehan’s golden tonsils add a pastoral, bucolic glow. …
VIDEO PREMIERE: New Yorkers The Velvicks explore the cyclical nature of trauma on powerful new single ‘Old Mistakes’ (+mini Q&A)
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from New York-based band The Velvicks. They’ve been suspiciously quiet aside from the release of a couple of singles last year, and now we know why: they’ve been working on their debut album! That’s very exciting indeed for a band who displayed plenty of promise on 2020’s debut …