Electronic
Track: Blanck Mass – House vs House, plus new album news
Blanck Mass – the solo electronic project of Scotland-based musician Benjamin John Power – has announced his new album, ‘Animated Violence Mild’, out August 16th on Sacred Bones. The first glimpse of the new record comes with a track that accompanies the news, House vs House. It’s a constantly evolving slab of crystalline chords and …
Album Review: Mndsgn – Snaxx
Of the thinking behind Mndsgn, aka Ringgo Ancheta‘s fifth album, he explains, “I think of all the posthumous Dilla leaks, and how I’ve always been just as, if not more inspired by the stuff that was never supposed to come out. Albums should be proper meals, but every now and then a snack can really …
See: Pinty reveals new video for ‘City Lights’
Peckham MC & DJ Pinty recently released his debut EP ‘City Limits’ on acclaimed Rhythm Section International records, and he’s just released an accompanying video for the track. City Lights is this jazz infused breakbeat bubbler, with hints of garage in the background as it kicks in, with Pinty’s flow assured and full of description …
Premiere: New Spell – Where you are
Were delighted to premiere the new track from San Franciscan indie pop duo New Spell. Of the track, the bands Leanne Kelly told us “Scrolling through the digital world, it can be easy for me to get stuck in self-doubt. I wanted to write an honest, celebratory, jubilant song as a reminder to myself, and anyone …
Track: Mark Lanegan Band – Playing Nero
Following on from Stick It Up, which we fell for previously, the Mark Lanegan Band have released a new track, Playing Nero, in the run up to the released of the band Somebody’s Knocking in October. It’s Lanegan at his introspective best, his lived in voice offering up a rather melancholy tale. As he says “Sietse …
Track/Video: Haiku Salut – Loves / Going Back
Written over a two month period in their studio on the edge of the Peak District, Haiku Salut have written a new soundtrack to Buster Keaton’s 1926 comedy classic ‘The General’, and from it they’ve released a new double a-sided single, Loves / Going Back, ahead of the albums release on August 2nd via Secret …
Track: TTY – Buttercream
TTY are our sort of band. Ahead of the release of their EP this coming Friday on the ever brilliant Young Turks label, they’ve shared a track, Buttercream. But it goes way beyond that. As the label say: They definitely slept in the Young Turks studio for about 18 months. They would emerge from the …
See: !!! (chk chk chk) release new video for UR Paranoid
Art/Dance/Punk scenesters (delete as appropriate) !!! have released new music UR Paranoid and Off the Grid, and predictably it’s gluey, throbbing electro goodness, full of chanted verses, tinny high hats and a vibe that pulls you inside out over the dancefloor. The band have released a statement with it, saying “Who doesn’t feel paranoid or …
See: Metronomy launch video for new single Lately, plus album and tour news
Metronomy are gearing up for their new, sixth album, in the Autumn and have released their first new music since 2016’s ‘Summer 08’ album in the form of a new track, Lately. It’s classic Metronomy, with the eerie Stranger Things like synths at the start, taking more of a back seat as these sparkling chords …
See: Hot Chip release new video for Melody of Love
Hot Chip’s long awaited (at least by us here at Backseat Mafia) album A Bath Full Of Ecstacy is out on June 21st, and it’s the first time the band have worked with external producers, drafting in Philippe Zdar and Rodaidh McDonald. They’ve now released another second song from the record, ‘Melody of Love’. Apparently the …