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Track: Ron S. Peno & the Superstitions release brilliant double singles ‘The Strangest Feeling’/’Everything Has Changed’ and announce new album ‘Do The Understanding’ for 26 July 2021

It is difficult to express what a profound and integral influence singer/songwriter Ron S. Peno has had on the Australian independent music scene. As co-songwriter writer and frontman for the…

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Premiere: Brisbane-based David Rylands’s atmospheric new single ‘Get Heat’ blisters with a haunting euro-disco beat

We are very honoured to premiere the title track of the new EP ‘Get Heat’ from Brisbane artist/songwriter/producer extraordinaire David Rylands, out through that purveyor of good taste, False Peak…

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News: Chubby and the Gang Announce Second Album

Having experienced critical acclaim and moderate commercial success with their first album, ‘Speed Kills’, West London pub rockers Chubby and the Gang have announced details of its follow-up, along with…

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New Music: Rebecca Vasmant – WITH LOVE, FROM GLASGOW

Glaswegian musician, producer, DJ and curator Rebecca Vasmant announces her debut LP ‘With Love, From Glasgow’, showcasing the breadth of the incredible Jazz talent the city has to offer. Having…

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Premiere: Lucky Lo reveals new video for ‘Supercarry’

We’re delighted here at Backseat Mafia to be able to premiere the new video from Swedish musician Lo Ersare, aka Lucky Lo today, for her second single ‘Supercarry’, the follow…

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See: Llyr stuns once more with ecologically cautionary visuals for the absolute banger, ‘The Hawthorne Effect’: music for your brain, your soul and your body

LLYR, the musical guising of Gareth Williams, who frankly will blow your mind with the ecologically concerned, sourced and refashioned IDM he’s presenting at the end of July with his…

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See: Zawraq – ‘Fate El Foute’: a little gem from Moroccan newcomers

EVERY once in a while at Backseat Mafia a little gem pops up from nowhere … cue the first single from the Moroccan newcomers Zawraq, “Fate El Foute”. Coming with…

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Film Review: It Must Be Heaven

Unfortunately, once again our news feeds are dominated by tensions in Israel and it seems that there’s unlikely to ever be a satisfactory resolution to this lengthy conflict. Whilst there…

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Track: New Duo ‘ Wanderland ‘ debut the heavenly ‘Soon’

I had the pleasure of reviewing songstress Natalie Wildgoose’s debut single “You”, here at Backseat Mafia. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect from this up and coming…

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Track: Glenn Fallows and Mark Trefell – ‘Faith In Time’: Brighton duo bring the louche soundtrack funk fo’ yo’ soul

ARE YOU a sucker for an imaginary soundtrack, film-score funk? Hell, I am. Ever since the days of Barry Adamson’s inestimably influential Moss Side Story, the score for a Manchester…

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Track: Ron S. Peno & the Superstitions release brilliant double singles ‘The Strangest Feeling’/’Everything Has Changed’ and announce new album ‘Do The Understanding’ for 26 July 2021

Premiere: Brisbane-based David Rylands’s atmospheric new single ‘Get Heat’ blisters with a haunting euro-disco beat

News: Chubby and the Gang Announce Second Album

New Music: Rebecca Vasmant – WITH LOVE, FROM GLASGOW

Premiere: Lucky Lo reveals new video for ‘Supercarry’

See: Llyr stuns once more with ecologically cautionary visuals for the absolute banger, ‘The Hawthorne Effect’: music for your brain, your soul and your body

See: Zawraq – ‘Fate El Foute’: a little gem from Moroccan newcomers

Film Review: It Must Be Heaven

Track: New Duo ‘ Wanderland ‘ debut the heavenly ‘Soon’

Track: Glenn Fallows and Mark Trefell – ‘Faith In Time’: Brighton duo bring the louche soundtrack funk fo’ yo’ soul