Music
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Track : Chet Faker releases the bubbling funk of ‘Get High’
Chet Faker, the highly acclaimed project of Aussie native Nick Murphy is someone I’ve been following ever since he burst unto the electro -pop scene with his cover of Blackstreet’s ‘No Diggity’. Clearly a distinctive voice in pop music and a masterful showmanship of the ‘one man band’ outfit, he clearly is an artist who …
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See: The incredible hand-drawn video to ’68’s ‘Bad Bite’: righteous noise proves less is so much more
ATLANTA noiseniks ’68 have a much-anticipated new album, Give One Take One, out on Cooking Vinyl at the end of next month; in advance of which they’ve unveiled a frankly excellent hand-drawn video for lead single “Bad Bite”, which you can watch below. It showcases how much cathartic noise you can make with just two …
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Premiere: Blue Amber release new visuals for ‘Welsh Girl’
Cardiff’s Blue Amber are gearing up to the release of their new single Welsh Girl, out Monday 1st March via Rose Parade Recording Co.’s Single’s Club, and ahead of it we’re delighted to be able to premiere the accompanying video right here on Backseat Mafia. Following on from the funked up post-punk of previous single …
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Track: The Peacers – ‘Ghost Of A Motherfucker’: a lazyass garage nugget
WHAT’S set San Fran’s ace garage outfit The Peacers apart from other bands from that city’s scene they’re travelling alongside (and exchanging members with) is a more baroque, acoustic approach to their garage vision; maybe a little more Pearls Before Swine in that initial mix than say, Bubble Puppy, maybe more ’66 than ’69. Frankly, …
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NEWS: World Circuit to reissue ‘Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2’ and Ali Farka Touré’s ‘Red’ on vinyl
REVERED label World Circuit has taken a dive into the halls of its back catalogue and has announced vinyl pressings for two albums that will surely please fans of the global sound everywhere. The first of the two reissues is to be Various artists – Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2, an exploration of the rhythms of …
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Track: Anne Reburn – ‘Everywhere And Nowhere’: a sweet country-folk sentiment homespun for you
COMIN’ atcha from the state that likes to think of itself as The Native America, Oklahoma, Anne Reburn grew up singing, dancing and playing the piano from a young age. Her music is filled with the verve and excitement that comes from such an early joy, never lost. Her latest single drop, “Everywhere And Nowhere” …
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Track: Skinshape – ‘Losing My Mind’: charting lockdown in blissful six-string shimmer
DORSET’S languid, blissful Skinshape, the musical mask of Will Dorey, released two excellent and very different albums as 2020 ground us down elsewhere: the Afropop highlife stylings of Umoja, and the more downbeat sunshine of Arrogance Is The Death Of Men, whose basking rays are now really making sense with the yellow orb finally starting …
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Track: By George unveil the effervescent and infectious single ‘Relax’
By George hail from North Carolina and their new single ‘Relax’ is a delightfully effervescent track – a melody with more hooks than a fishing competition, layered harmonies and buzz-saw guitars. There is a low-fi restrained chaos but with an ultimately a joyful pace as guitar riffs sparkle and shimmer over a Hammond organ sound …