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SEE: nothing,nowhere. Shares New Video For ‘fake friend’
AMERICAN singer and rapper nothing,nowhere. has shared the video for his latest single, ‘fake friend’ via DCD2/Fueled By Ramen.
See: Midnight Sister release new video for ‘Satellite’
Los Angeles artists Juliana Giraffe and Ari Balouzian, aka Midnight Sister, have released a new single and video from their album ‘Painting the Roses’, which dropped on January 15th via Jagjaguwar. If you’re unfamiliar with the pair, Giraffe is a designer who makes the costumes for the bands videos, but also for other artists and …
See: Black Country, New Road release new visuals for brilliant new single ‘Track X’
Ahead of the release of their new album ‘For the first time’, which drops on February 5th via the ever brilliant Ninja Tune label, Black Country New Road have released a new video for their single, Track X. Of the track, frontman Isaac Wood said “Track X is a song we first worked on in …
Track: Bicep release new single, Sundial
One what like a ‘Sundial’ does, Bicep’s final single before the release of their forthcoming album ‘Isles’, creates a time and a place for you. Belfast-born duo Bicep (Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson) released ‘Sundial’, which stands apart from the rest of their discography due to its traditional Indian influence and the simplicity of its making. The track features samples …
Album Review: The Body – I’ve Seen All I Need To See
Through harrowing combinations of noise, doom, darkwave, industrial, and sludge metal, The Body has proven themselves as a well-equipped vacuum of all things dismal and horrific. A freshman listen of such tumultuous viscosity can prove the tenacity of one’s eardrums. Equated to be such heavy hitters, both in popularity and audio presentation, they’ve garnered a …
SEE: The Underground Youth – ‘For You Are The One’: dark romance and the swing of the violin
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH, Manchester-forged and currently Berlin-based – and can’t you so hear that city bleeding through their sound? – have today released the video for the gravel-voiced, folksy swing of “For You Are The One”; untucked collars and suits, late-night card tables and spirits, cigarette smoke and dark romance in the veins. You can …
Track: The Barettas – Touché
The Barettas have returned, albeit as a duo, with an entire new album due – ‘All Is Fair In Love And Rock & Roll’ due January 29th. To whet our appetites the band have shared the single ‘Touché’. Lauren sees it as a, “This is me, take me as I am,” no fucks given attitude. Katie sees …
ALBUM REVIEW: Yvette Janine Jackson – ‘Freedom’: two suites of free expression of the Black experience
If real, unafraid, powerful sonic architecture, dialogue and expression is your thing – and in terms of consciousness, maybe it should be – then this record is essential. But enter steeled and go carefully, friend
See: Cole Anyway Shares single Sundown plus visualiser by Cole Kush
Cole Anyway is the new project from sound designer and multi-instrumentalist Cole Emoff. He has shared his second and final single ‘Sundown’ from his new EP – ‘Sitting With Stillness’. The EP is a collaboration with Canadian filmmaker and animator, Cole Kush (Mac DeMarco, Homeshake, Jerry Paper, TNGHT). Shimmering and reflective synths with crushed guitars giving the track a …
Premiere: Samana release All One Breath
Described by Elbow frontman Guy Garvey as his ‘Artist of the Year’ on his 6music show, Welsh duo Samana (aka Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett) have released a new single All One Breath, which we’re absolutely delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Describing the track as “a rumination of our interrelations …