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Album Review: Saint Sister dazzle on ‘Where I Should End’
When Where I Should End found its way to my email, so to speak, I welcomed it with a huge smile. I feel compelled to share my own personal connection, if you will, dear reader, with the talented duo. I first heard Saint Sister live in London, in a small but perfectly intimate setting of …
News: Faye Webster’s new album ‘I Know I’m Funny Haha’ is out now – see the video for latest single ‘A Dream With a Baseball Player’
The witty, genre-defying, Queen of sad girls Faye Webster has delivered her highly anticipated new album I Know I’m Funny Haha for our listening pleasure, via Secretly Canadian. Continuing to break barriers with her engaging songs of love, loneliness and the mundane, Webster’s ability to give profundity to matters of the heart and the everyday …
ME REX announce debut album ‘Megabear’ and share single ‘Galena’
Relatively speaking, it hasn’t been too long since we last heard from Brighton band ME REX, the solo-project-turned-full-band spearheaded by Myles McCabe and filled out by Kathryn Woods, Phoebe Cross and Rich Mandel – all current or former members of Fresh, Cheerbleederz and Happy Accidents (seriously, those three are in so many bands) – as …
Track: Cosmic Crooner’s ‘Popsicle Place’ comes highly recommended as a slice of doowop space pop
AMSTERDAM-based singer-songwriter Cosmic Crooner is back in his own Willy Wonka-esque dreamworld of sleazy cool with his new single, “Popsicle Place”. Following the release of his debut, Nouvelle Vague-inspired single “Deep Down In Jazz”, Cosmic Crooner hits all the notes when it comes to bringing the quirks and charm of 70s’ psychedelic lounge music. I …
Album review: Fightmilk – ‘Contender’
Contender, the second album from South London four-piece Fightmilk follows on from their 2018 debut, Not With That Attitude, and could well be their breakout moment. Formed in a beer garden in 2015, Lily Rae and Alex Wisgard used the energy of relationship break-ups to fashion an indie pop soundtrack indebted more to the Britpop era, …
See: Lime Cordiale release official video for ‘No Plans to Make Plans’ + Australian Tour
Gearing up for their biggest ever Australian tour this October, Lime Cordiale have unveiled the official video for new single No Plans to Make Plans via Chugg Music. A visually vintage jaunt, the Leimbach brothers – accompanied by Summer Kane – go up against their alternate, evil selves ‘Oscar and Leroy Slimebach’ in the clip, directed …
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.
Track: Martin Gore – Mandrill
Martine Gore, songwriter and founding member of Depeche Mode, releases an exhilarating new track ‘Mandrill’ on 17 November 2020 on Mute, taken from the forthcoming 5-track instrumental EP The Third Chimpanzee out 29 January 2021. “The first track I recorded had a sound that wasn’t human,” Martin explains. “It sounded primate-like. I decided to name it ‘Howler’, after …
Premiere: Jack Hinks reveals new video and single, ‘Jigsaw’
HERE at Backseat Mafia we’re very happy to premiere the video for Edinburgh singer-songwriter Jack Hinks’ brand new single, “Jigsaw”, out tomorrow. Jack is quickly becoming well-known in Scotland due to his introspective songwriting, renowned guitar playing and cross-media experimentation. With his multidisciplinary project Fabric is raising awareness of mental health issues and recovery, Jack …
See: The spectacular video for $hit & $hine’s ‘Devil’s Backbone’
CRAIG CLOUSE, the artist behind the $hit & $hine name, has partnered with Teeth of the Sea’s Mike Bourne to create an enthralling, pummeling visual miasma for his latest single, “Devil’s Backbone”: you can watch it, below. Witness the visual spectacle of a roughly hewn flood of distorted footage, all bathed in a violent and …