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Droppin’ Knowledge: Standing On The Corner Release New Single: Angel

The Standing On The Corner Art Ensemble has released its first new music under that moniker since 2017’s Red Burns, a single entitled Angel (Life and Death of the Earth…

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Droppin Knowledge: New Album Review: Nappy Nina: 30 Bag

Nappy Nina has a way with words. The way they stretch and roll off the tongue. The way they can jumble together in a rush of emotion, or the way…

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Premiere: Tuff Sunshine releases new video for ‘Mask away’

Essentially the project of Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter/guitarist John Leitera, we’re delighted to premiere the new video for Tuff Sunshine’s track Mask Away right here on Backseat Mafia. Taken from their album…

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News: Sean Cronin’s Very Good Issue ‘Ghost Warning’ Prior to ‘Adulthood’

Brooklyn Americana eight-piece Very Good, the brainchild of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sean Cronin, have announced their third album, ‘Adulthood’, will be released on October 11th. ‘Adulthood’ is the group’s follow-up…

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Track: Crumb – Fall Down

With their self-released debut album Jinx only a couple of weeks away, Brooklyn’s Crumb have released a new track in the shape of Fall Down. It follows the release of…

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Track: Crumb – Ghostride plus tour dates

If you’re in the mood this evening for a leisurely, almost lounge-esque track to ease you into the upcoming weekend, Brooklyn collaborators Crumb is exactly the easy, relaxed group of artists…

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Album Review: Barrie – Happy to be Here

Barrie’s single “Tal Uno”, released last year, was for me one of the stand out singles of 2018 (along with Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Boys in the Better Land’). Their follow up…

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Track: Barrie – Geology

Ahead of thw release of te=geur debut album ‘Happy to be here’, out next Friday (May 3rd) via Winspear, Brooklyn five piece Barrie have released a new single ‘Geology’. Of…

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Track / Video

New Tracks: Barrie – Clovers/Darjeeling plus album and tour news

Barrie produced, for me, one of the stand out singles of 2018, Tal Uno – a perfect slice of pop heaven from the EP ‘Singles’. They have now announced a…

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Say Psych: Album Review: A Place To Bury Strangers – Fuzz Club Session

For over a decade Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers have been dealing in pure sonic destruction. Famously lauded as the loudest band in NYC, their thunderous noise-rock has seen them pick up a cult…

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