Music
Track: Escapement – Feed
Escapement are a new band formed by vocalist Johnny Ray (3 Headed Snake) and keyboardist Alex Nasla (Witherfall, Helion Prime) after meeting on the famous 70k Metal Cruise and throwing musical ideas off of each other during pandemic boredom. After a few months of reworking the songs and adding creative touches, they are ready to show off …
Track: As We Suffer – Concrete Fist
Ottawa’s As We Suffer are releasing their debut album ‘The Fallen Pillars’ on April 30th, 2021. The band have shared their third single ‘Concrete Fist’. A superbly produced brutal sounding single that should only be played loud. The vocals growl and snarl over the groovy main riff and tight drum skins. The band have done a great job keeping the …
Track: Man On Man – ‘It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)
MAN ON MAN have shared the new video for track ‘It’s So Fun (to be Gay)’ from their forthcoming selftitled debut album due 7th May via Polyvinyl Record Co. / Big Scary Monsters. The video features JD Samson, Patty Schemel (Hole), John Cameron Mitchell, Jibz Cameron (Dynasty Handbag), Heklina and more. “We wanted “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)” …
See: Gordi unveils enigmatic and atmospheric video ‘Refractive’ – an evocative amalgam of tracks ‘Extraordinary Life’ and ‘Volcanic’ and announces news of live EP
Gordi, the name of Melbourne musician Sophie Payten’s solo work, is a living icon in the Australian music scene: her last album ‘Our Two Skins’ released in the middle of the COVID lockdown last year was a graceful and epic release, thrown into release by Payton’s extraordinary work as a doctor, assisting with understaffed local …
Premiere: longing releases brand new single ‘Adored’, the perfect soundtrack to a Myspace break-up
In a Backseat Mafia exclusive, we are excited to bring you the latest single Adored by longing. Originally an internet project, the artist hit an incredible 100,000+ Soundcloud streams worldwide from followers who felt connected to his unique sound. And now, over a year since his last release, longing returns to re-connect with fans and …
Premiere: The Immigrants from Sydney set sail with a cathartic hard rock blast on ‘Saturday Night’
The Immigrants from Sydney don’t believe in a delicacy of approach: their new single ‘Saturday Night’ has all the power and presence of a battering ram and the very cathartic aural impact of thundering guitars and growling, whiskey-soaked vocals. Who needs nuanced delicacy when you can just rock. We are very pleased to premiere this …
Live Review: Alex Maas, Bastrop, Texas
Levitation have been savours during this pandemic. Offering escape and salvation through the means of live sets beamed into our homes, they’ve been a wonderful form of entertainment in a world where four walls have become the norm. From the sandstorm desert driller of a set from Oh Sees to the cosmic UFO space sounds …
Track: James anticipate new album with release of the anthemic and transcendent ‘Beautiful Beaches’:
The legendary James have already wet our appetites for their forthcoming sixteenth album ‘All The Colours Of You’ with the release earlier this year of the title track single reviewed here at Backseat Mafia. Hot on the heels of this is another classic James track, ‘Beautiful Beaches’. Written on reflection of the destructive California wildfires, …
EP: Brenso – Demo EP
Brenso (from Bologna’s slang BREve + inteNSO — Short + Heavy) formed in Bologna in 2019. The band defines its music as post-covid, over-the-counter rock, influenced by the many sounds and experiences of its members: from Grunge to Desert rock, through punk, hard rock and 1970s psychedelia. The Demo-EP ‘Brenso’ was recorded in a one-day …
Album Review: Sleeps Society- While She Sleeps
Sheffield metalcore mob While She Sleeps take on the music industry on their fifth record, entitled Sleeps Society. The group tackle societal issues and mental health battles as well as providing empowering messages of self-motivation backed by heaving slabs of metallic riffing. WSS have always felt like a rougher, harsher, more punk alternative to the …