Music
PREMIERE: Piers Thibault streams compelling debut EP ‘Ire’
Having put himself on the Backseat Mafia radar last month with the devastatingly beautiful debut single ‘Dusk’, Piers Thibault’s forthcoming EP has been the subject of repeated listening when we’ve been in search of some gorgeous piano-driven instrumental music to take us out of ourselves for 15 minutes or so. It’s very good at that. …
Tracks: Wunderhorse – Butterflies
British newcomer Wunderhorse has shared his new single, ‘Butterflies’ released via Communion Records along with the official video for the track. Wunderhorse on Butterflies: “Butterflies is about a sexual experience I had with an older girl when I was still very young. I didn’t know what I was doing at all and it spun me …
Track: Alfie Templeman releases new single ‘Colour Me Blue’ and announces Australian tour dates
Prodigiously talented Alfie Templeman’s new single ‘Colour Me Blue’ is a bubbly, delectable celebration of love.
Feature: Susanna gives us a track by track on beautiful new album Elevation
Norwegian arstist Susanna (aka Susanna Wallumrød), has always pushed boundaries, searched for different angles and combined different aspects of art into her work. Thats seen her interpret poetry and art, as well as give a fresh take on songs; her take on Purcell’s early English Opera aria ’When I am laid (in Earth) still sends …
Exclusive: Kyle Morgan records Deer In The Pines live in session for Backseat Mafia
In wake wake of the release of his new album ’Younger at most everything’, Queens based singer-songwriter has released a liver version of one of the stand out tracks from the album, Deer in the pines for us her at Backseat Mafia. Taking his usual stripped down acoustic Americana – with a little bit of …
Track: BANKS Treads New Ground On ‘Fuck Love’
Steering slightly away from her previous alternative electronic-pop sound and further into the realms of R&B (with a smattering of hip-hop for good measure), BANKS is treading new ground on the latest single ‘Fuck Love’. Expressing how her new album ‘Serpentina’ has given her a new found sense of musical freedom, BANKS explains: “In the …
Track: Dub War Share new Single – War Inna Babylon
Fusion metal pioneers Dub War have released a new single titled “War Inna Babylon”, the second track to be taken from their first album of all-new material in over 25 years, ‘Westgate Under Fire’. The rousing ragga-punk cover of the Max Romeo and the Upsetters’ classic “War Inna Babylon”, features guest vocals from the legendary Ranking …
Premiere: The Wedding Present reveal live new video for the gorgeous, aching melancholy of Monochrome
Excitement reigns here at Backseat Mafia offices (i.e. my kitchen table) as we get to premiere the new video from the legendary boy Gedge and his Wedding Present co-conspirators – masters in the dark arts of making drop dead gorgeous indie gems, and they’ve cast another here in the shape of the melancholy Monochrome. Part …
News: LA outfit Launder announces debut album and releases two sparkling dreamy shoegaze singles, ‘Unwound’ and ‘Chipper’, co-written with DIIV members.
Dripping with incandescent reverb, walls of scything guitars and layers of glorious harmonies, Launder has just released dynamic double singles ‘Unwound’ and ‘Chipper’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Happening’ out on 15 July 2022 through Ghostly International (Hana Vu, Gold Panda, Tycho). Launder is essentially the work of John Cudlip, with collaborations on …
Track: Melbourne trio J4 exude bright rays of sunshine from their exuberant debut single ‘Try to be Cool’.
Do you remember that fantastic single ‘Steal My Sunshine‘ by Len? An utterly brilliant and joyous track that brought – and still brings – a smile to the dial. The debut single ‘Try To Be Cool’ from Melbourne trio J4 imports that same carefree joie de vivre: it’s a catchy uplifting and jaunty tune that …