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Premiere: darkdarkhead – Falling Upwards
We’re delighted to premiere the new, second single titled Falling Upwards, to be taken from darkdarkdarkhead’s new EP Strange Weather, which drops on March 25th via Saint Marie. Already having been the subject of a retrospective via Captured Trakcs, the band have continued to make slightly psychedelic shoegaze despite the band’s singer leaving in 2009. …
Premiere: Man & The Echo – Vile as you want
We’re delighted to be able to premiere the new single, Vile as you want, from Warrington agit-indie rockers Man & The Echo. It follows on from a busy 2015 from the band, who released three singles – two of which garnered decent amounts of AirPlay, the third, largely due to the 25 ‘fucks’ contained within …
Premiere: Sugarplum Fairies reveal new video for Blues Run The Game
Describing their music as ‘playing melancholic songs on sparkling instruments’, Los Angeles Sugarplum Fairies play gentle, expressive songs that hint at folk and Nico and tears shed over lost loves. We’re delighted here on Backseat Mafia to premiere their new video, for a cover of the Jackson C. Frank song ‘Blues Run The Game’, and …
Premiere: AM Exchange releases live acoustic version of ‘Unreachable’
We’re delighted to premiere the new video from AM Exchange, aka Los Angeles singer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Jacobs. Its a live acoustic version of his track Unreachable, the second single from his debut EP, released earlier in the year. Essentially a comment on communication, this acoustic version allows the song to breathe a little, and …
Premiere – Barons Of Hiddenhausen stream new EP ‘Bedroom Edits’
Mortiz Kofler, aka Barons of Hiddenhausen has a new EP, Bedroom Edits out this Friday, and we’re delighted to premiere a stream of the whole thing here on Backseat Mafia. The Vienna based musician locked himself in his flat and has made an EP that belies the title which suggests some kind of lo-fi recordings. …
Premiere: Redray Frazier reveals video to Blood in the Water
We’re delighted to premiere the new video from Portland soulful singer-songwriter Redray Frazier. Its the title track from his single Blood in the Water. With music having been in his family throughout his life, starting with singing in his fathers church choir, he’s toured as a member of David Byrne’s band and was in The …
Premiere: TAXES – Lost at Sea / Your Other Left (remixes)
San Franciscan six piece TAXES release their new single, Lost at Sea, backed by Your Other Left his coming Friday (November 20th) and we’re delighted to premiere remixes of both tracks by Chris Crawford from clintongore. Lost at Sea retains its form as rather a lovely little pop song that makes your heart ache a …
Premiere: Seep Away – Trudge
Seep Away are a York/Manchester noise-punk quartet, and we here at backseat mafia are delighted to premiere their debut single, Trudge, taken from their forthcoming self-titled EP. It’s this dark twisting mass of edgy guitar riffs and splashing drums at the beginning, as it lays down (in no uncertain terms) their muscular delaration. From there …
Premiere: SPC ECO – Let It Be Always
Here at backseat mafia, were very proud to be able to premiere the new video from SPC ECO, Let It Be Always. As some of you (no doubt the hipsters)may know if that the band (pronounced Space Echo) is the project of former Curve member Dean Garcia, alongside singer Eve Berlin. The track is floating, …
Premiere: Antlered Aunt Lord reveals video for Abandoned Car
Antlered Aunt Lord is the project of Jesse Stannard, a singer songwriter who’s spent the last ten years in Athens, Georgia, making music on his own terms and his own agenda. Following whatever path he feels like (his ramshackle shows are legendary in Athens) HHBTM are putting out his first official release, Abandoned Car. In …