Electronic
See: Lonelady releases video for album title track Hinterland,plus tour dates
We’ve known here at Backseat Mafia for quite some time that Warp Records can do no wrong, and that was proved once again with the release, earlier in the year of Hinterland, by Manchester singer/songwriter Julie Campbell, aka Lonelady. Realising her small town (Audenshaw, to be exact) tales and dreams through her wonky synth pop …
See: Funktionalust release video for Even
South London duo Funktionalust follow the release of their debut EP A Different Street this week with a new video, their first, for closing track Even. Early tracks Seats’, ‘Dots’ and ‘Likeability’ but interest on the duo, aka Sage Redman and Joe Gillick as they mixed up post-punk and electronica into something new and interesting, …
Track: Stalgia – Rust
Its difficult to impart information on a band that there is so little information abut as Stalgia. At the same time, it means you come at it from a completely open perspective, because there’s no prejudices because of place, time, history or anything else. Even on the press release that floated into Backseat Mafia towers, …
Interview: Blitz pop trio CURXES
Macaulay Hopwood, Roberta Fidora and Camille Philips are CURXES and they’re based on the South coast of England. Their sound has been likened to “The sound of two robots f*cking”. Clearly, they’re our kind of band. CURXES talk to Nina Fritsch about their influences, their new LP and random budgie heads. One of the …
Track: Coldabank releases debut single, ‘Heart Strings’
With an incredibly strong debut single, Coldabank (real name Joachim Walker) has instantly made his mark and set the level of quality he’s capable of, and believe me this is only the beginning. ‘Heart Strings’ is a song that contains everything you’d want and throws in an equal amount of surprises too that all combine …
Track: Kelpe – Doubles of Everything
Kel McKeown, under his Kelpe guise, has been creating a place for himself at the forefront of UK experimental electronic underground for the last twelve years. Following on from his 2013 album Fourth: The Golden Eagle, his first on his own DRUT Recordings, comes his forthcoming fifth album, The Curved Line, which drops on August …
New Music: Anwai – Move Along
Atmospheric Swedish duo Anwai, aka Mons Lorenzen and Amadeus Rudolfsson, took the decision to lock themselves in a studio (presumably allowing themselves comfort and food/sleep breaks, but you never know with these electronic types) to record an album, with no outside distractions. Emerging with the fruits of their labour, intact but possibly frazzled by e …
Track: Eliza and the Bear – Love Don’t Play Fair, plus Headline Tour dates
Those Eliza and the Bear people have been busy. After releasing a handful of delightful synth pop tracks, the band have been on tour most recently with Twin Atlantic, having occupied the same slot with Imagine Dragons and Paramore. They’ve recently unveiled their latest video for ‘Make it on my Own’, from the forthcoming EP …
News: Switzerland gears up for Edge of The Lake Festival
Nestled smack bang in the middle of the Swiss Alps and on the edge of idyllic Lake Géronde, the aptly named Edge of The Lake Festival returns for a ninth year. The festival is very popular with music lovers from all over Europe, with organisers promising to “absorb the people in a eco, festive, hot …
Not Forgotten: Tom Vek – We Have sound: 10th Anniversary
Recently classic albums ‘Screamadelica’ by Primal Scream and ‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana celebrated their 25th anniversaries with special releases of their classic albums. Whilst it does make those of us who remember those albums so affectionately from the first time around, it is important to remember albums that shaped music in such a way. Whilst Tom …