Music
See: Heligoland release an arctic chill with gorgeous new video for ‘Hera’ off album ‘This Quiet Fire’
The track ‘Hera’ perfectly encapsulates the overall shimmering beauty of Heligoland‘s album ‘This Quiet Fire’ (reviewed by me recently), and the band has released an enchanting video that is the perfect cinematic vision for the track. The black and white landscapes loom ominously – the snow-laden, naked boughs and walls of frosted trees frame the …
Premiere: Local Authority, Brisbane’s shoegaze/dream pop trio, release evocative and psychedelic video for the blistering single ‘Forever, For Now’
Backseat Mafia is very pleased to premiere the video for the new single by Brisbane’s dream pop/shoegaze specialists, Local Authority. I have championed this band for a while on these pages – I reviewed their last album ‘Negative Space’ and described it as a truly a magnificent album that carves out a unique space for …
News: Wolf Alice announce new album ‘Blue Weekend’ and unveil epic, anthemic single ‘The Last Man on Earth’
Legendary indie band Wolf Alice have announced their return with news of a new album entitled ‘Blue Weekend’ scheduled for release on 11 June via Liberator Music / Dirty Hit. To mark this great news, the band has also released a video for a new single off the album – ‘The Last Man on Earth’. …
Track: Recall The remains – Darker Path
Brit metalcorers Recall The Remains have released their new single and video, ‘Darker Path’ taken from the band’s debut EP, ‘Dead Dreams’, which due out 5th March. Starting all quiet with a melodic guitar line its not long before the brutal heaviness kicks in, but its not until the vocals start that the madness is truly let loose. …
Album Review: Spiders From Saigon Create An Instant Classic With Self Titled Album
Spiders From Saigon are a studio based hard rock band based in the North East of England. Made of 3 core members: David, Luke and Matt the album features various guest solos and performances by other north east musicians – notably Kev Smith (Lords of Ruin) who provides blazing guitar solos on several tracks. Completely independent, the band …
Track: Bobby Oroza releases the sultry Soul of I Got Love
Following on from his rather brilliant 2018 debut album This Love, Helsinki raised Bobby Oroza has just released a new single, I Got Love. Born of a Bolivian mother and Finnish father, found music coursing through his veins, his jazz guitarist father being some influence to his sound, this old soul vibe he has going …
Track: Rasstokyo transcends the Atlantic effortlessly with ‘Good Feeling’ release
UK artist Rasstokyo started out in the industry as a producer before shifting into singing and rapping. His latest release, ‘Good Feeling’ exemplifies his targeted sound well, and is executed brilliantly. Formerly known as Tokyo the Producer, he’s spent a long time perfecting a sound he calls “water music” — music with mutable energy that …
Track: Oya Paya – ‘Pretty Slick’: bip-bippin’ with the lo-fi electro thang
LIVERPUDLIAN lo-fi indie combo Oya Paya, who we last bumped into on our daily peramble gosh! all way back in December with the slacker-pop winter warmer of “Focus”, are back! with a complete brainworm of a groovy ditty, “Pretty Slick”, which manages to fuse a wholly bedroom indiepop aesthetic with some verry Eighties’ kinda melodies, …
Track: Rural Tapes releases debut single, Pardon my French
As a member of The No Ones, Kjelsrud Mathisen has played alongside R.E.M. members Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck for years. Now he’s going solo for the first time in his career, releasing music under the moniker Rural Tapes. His first single, Pardon My French, features guest appearances from Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, and saxophonist …
Track: New Bums – ‘Cover Band’: lamentin’ the life of the working combo
NEW BUMS, the duo of Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny and Skygreen Leopards’ Donovan Quinn, are all set to release their actually really lovely second album, Last Time I Saw Grace, in about three weeks, via the offices of Drag City; and they’ve made it three’s company this very afternoon with a new single …