Music
Track: Leddie MC – Save Your Soul
After releasing her EP Born Of Stone the North East artist continues her single a month project with the release of track ‘Save Our Soul’ featuring Samantha Durnan on guitar and is Mixed and Mastered by Steve Hoggart. The jazz influences that featured on Leddie’s EP ‘Born Of Stone’ are also heard on this new …
Meet: We chat to Catastrophe and Cure after releasing their fantastic album ‘Somewhere Down The Line’
Here at Backseat Mafia we had the pleasure of meeting singer Johanne Eder of indie band Catastrophe and Cure, to find out about the band’s recent album, their take on the music industry and how the pandemic has affected the band. First off, I hope all of you are doing ok? How has the pandemic …
Track: Motherland – Starting Blocks
Five piece alt-rock band Motherland have just released their latest track Starting Blocks. The band comments: “‘Starting Blocks’ is our biggest boldest single to date, unapologetically combining a range of sounds and styles” The guys have created a track that is a straight up rocker with energetic drums and a superb vocal performance. The two …
Premiere: Jack The Box reveal Paul Johnson remix of Heat
Ahead of the re-issue of their lauded ‘Side A’ album, Jack The Box, the Berlin based duo comprising Chicago house icon Tyree Cooper and Bobby Starrr are releasing three new remixes to their track Heat, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the legendary Paul Johnsons remix right here on Backseat Mafia. The other …
Track: Katatonia – Behind The Blood
Katatonia have released a live performance video of the City Burials single ‘Behind The Blood’, taken from the forthcoming live lockdown session album Dead Air. Vocalist Jonas Renkse comments: “Here’s our first and (so far) only live rendition of ‘Behind The Blood’ from our latest album, City Burials. As weird as these times are, it gives us a …
ALBUM REVIEW: Dope Body – ‘Crack A Light’: shriekin’ and howlin’ at the altar
Crack A Light really won’t disappoint if you like guitars that shriek and howl in hardcore-stoner distress. A righteous noise purging
SEE: Ailsa Tully’s ‘Drive’: sweet bass-driven folk-pop from the Welsh borders
DALLIANCE RECORDINGS, the boutique label that’s already garnered the loveliness of Gia Margaret and Common Holly to its hearthside, has hit a triple score on singer-songwriters by adding Welsh border country talent Ailsa Tully to its roster. Ailsa’s been plying her line in confessional pop a little while now – you may have been lucky …
Track: Death Angel – A Room With A View (Acoustic)
Bay Area thrash giants Death Angel recently released a new EP titled ‘Under Pressure’, which featurs their stunning take on rock legends QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE’s iconic song of the same name. The EP also includes the new original song, “Faded Remains,” and two newly recorded acoustic versions of “Revelation Song” and “A Room With A View.” Guitarist Rob Cavestany comments on the song: “I’m …
Say Psych: Track Review: October and The Eyes – Playing God
New Zealand-born, London-based singer & songwriter October and the Eyes is sharing her new single & video ‘Playing God’ which is taken from her upcoming debut EP Dogs and Gods, scheduled for 20 November via KRO Records. Speaking about the new single, October explained “‘Playing God’ is about the innate human desire for power and control but also our ability …
Say Psych: Album Review: Nero Kane – Tales of Faith and Lunacy
Tales of Faith and Lunacy is the new album by Italian songwriter Nero Kane, a visionary story with a cinematic flavour, a timeless journey conceived in a personal vision of faith between spirituality and passion. The album unfolds in a desert landscape where medieval European mystical influences blend with the flavour of the American West …