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SEE: Firestations – ‘Small Island’
IN AN attempt to maintain focus on their bands in a time when gigs are not possible, Lost Map is launching the Automatic Tendencies initiative, a periodic release of EP collections of alternative versions of previously released tracks, as well as remixes by other artists in their roster. There will be three releases of this …
MEET: London based psychedelic-cumbia band Los Bitchos
THE WORLD is a gloomy place (albeit there has been a glimmer of hope with the recent US elections and some sound news of the vaccine as of writing this), along with the autumn weather truly kicking in, but either way, one of the finest bands on the planet, Los Bitchos, are here to brighten …
SEE: Josephine Foster’s take on Daniel Blumberg’s ‘On & On’: reinterpretations album next month
YOU HAVE to say, Daniel Blumberg is one of the absolutely most interesting, unconventional songwriters to emerge on the British scene in many a long year. His album from a month or two back, On & On, pretty much has it all: confessional, heartfelt beauty; melodic simplicity; outside-the-pocket impro composition, taking the songs right to …
SEE: Andy Bell – ‘Cherry Cola (Pye Corner Audio remix)’
AS his GLOK side-project shows, Andy Bell is a shoegazing legend who really isn’t afraid to embrace the tronica; in the spirit of which, the latest single he’s released from his superb solo album, The View From Halfway Down (read our review of the album here), comes subtly rerubbed through the prisms of Pye Corner Audio. …
Premiere: Red Sun Radio release new single ‘I wanna get high’
New York City blues rockers Red Sun Radio are gearing up for tomorrows release of their new single ‘I wanna get high’, and we’re delighted to be able to give you a sneak preview of it right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, the band told us exclusively “This song is about love and …
TRACK: Reid Willis – ‘Finger To Pulse’: dark tech from new Mesh soundscaper
MESH, the exploratory techno label run by the brilliant Max Cooper, has added another complex and textural talent to its roster with the signing of American soundscaper Reid Willis, who’s set to debut his first full-length release for the label this Thursday. He’s preceding that deep and hallucinatory album, Mother Of, with a single drop …
Premiere: Tankus The Henge reveal new video for God, Oil, Money
Tankus the Henge are to release a new single – god, oil, money, ahead of their new album ’Luna Park!’ out on December 4th and we’re delighted to premiere the video for the track right here today on Backseat Mafia. Out digitally and as a 7” vinyl release, 50% of proceeds from the latter will …
TRACK: Rutger Hoedemaekers – ‘The Invention Of The Moon’: fragile wonder from Jóhann Jóhannsson collaborator
YOU MAY or may not be enough of an aficionado of modern composition to have come across Rutger Hoedemaekers, who’s recently signed to FatCat’s superb leftfield and experimental modern composition imprint, 130701 – but if this particular area of our musical landscape grabs you by the heart, you soon will be and frankly, damn well …
SEE: Alex Jayne – ‘Pictures’: grand introspection about letting go
LONDON songstress Alex Jayne, who’s released a triptych of potent, observational pop nuggets this year, is drawing down the curtain on 2020 with one final single, “Pictures”, again penned from the heart. Watch the Laurie Barraclough-directed video below. It’s a slow burn with a grand vocal performance: fragile, yet still soaring, you can really feel …
NEWS: Neil Cowley announces solo album for February; hear ‘She Lives In Golden Sands’
BRITISH pianist Neil Cowley, who released a septet of albums sitting astride the point where jazz begins to shade into modern composition and tronica over a period of ten years from 2006, has been on something of a musical journey. His previous combo, the Neil Cowley Trio, climaxed in the piano and tronica-led excellence of …