indie exclusives
Exclusive: Fake Turin’s record At Home Session of ‘Legs’ for Backseat Mafia
A while ago we premiered Leg’s, Fake Turins latest single. We were enamoured by the indie rock of the backing over this intelligent spoken word poetry over the top, and so we were delighted when Fake Turins agreed to do a session version of the song for us. Although a collective of audio visual artists …
Premiere: Moon Attendant release the indie psych of Hot Power
Taken from Brighton indie psych collective Moon Attendant’s forthcoming album ‘One Last Summer’, out 28th August via Big Potato Music, we’re delighted to premiere ‘Hot Power’ today right here on Backseat Mafia. The band includes some old friends making new music. Brother Blewett and Holton from Black Hearted Brother are on vocals/guitar and synth/production. Label …
Premiere: Stiletto Feels – I wanna break it
Stiletto Feels was initially an experimental project formed by Austin based Geoff Earle, who brought in studio musician to improvise over demo tracks after a single listen, Stiletto Feels have evolved and grown. The outcome of those initial sessions was a debut album ‘The Big Fist’ caused a stir in the Texas scene and led …
Premiere: 80s/90s indie heroes BOB release new track, ‘Plastic’
Long standing readers of Backseat Mafia will know that our love for criminally underrated 80/90s heroes BOB knows no bounds. So the news of a ‘new’ album – ‘You can stop that for a start’, out on 29th September via Optic Nerve is one thing, the news that we can premiere the first single taken …
PREMIERE: See The Citrus Clouds’ ‘A Pastel Sky’: a marvellous shoegaze rush
PHOENIX, Arizona is a place for amazing skies: we know this from that famed Orb sample of Rickie Lee Jones in childhood wonderment as used on their ambient-tech crossover hit, “Little Fluffy Clouds.” And Citrus Clouds, the Phoenician three-piece comprised of bassist and singer Stacie Huttleston, singer-guitarist Erick Pineda and drummer Angelica Pedrego, draw inspiration …
Premiere: Liverpool’s Sienne reveal new single – Side By Side
Liverpool band Sienne are preparing to release their third single ‘Side By Side’ on Friday 17th July, following the success of previous singles ‘Coming Alive’ and ‘Where Is Home?’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The four-man band from Warrington have made an impressive entrance to the music scene so …
Premiere: Dunebug – Impossible With You
Dunebug is essentially the project of Manchester born, London-based bedroom musician Chi Limpiroj. Ahead of her debut album, due out later in the year, she’s releasing a new single – Impossible With You, out tomorrow (17/7), and we’re delighted to premiere it today right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, Chi says “I wrote …
Exclusive: Tommy Ashby does Blood Wolf Moon live in session for Backseat Mafia
We fell for Scottish singer-songwriter Tommy Ashby’s recent Blood Wolf Moon single, its aching melancholy set against this bubbling acoustic guitar, so we were absolutely delighted when he agreed to do an At Home Session for us here at Backseat Mafia and record the track, taken from his forthcoming EP ‘Everywhere is Home’, out this …
Premiere: Beezewax – Mom and Dad
Beezewax have been pillars of the Norwegian indie scene for over a decade, fading in and out of the scene, as bands do from time to time, but providing consistently energising material throughout. We are privileged to premiere their new song ‘Mom and Dad’ which is in fact a cover of a song by fellow …
Premiere: The Apartments – Pocketful of Sunshine
Sydney’s legendary The Apartments are back with a new album, ‘In and out of the light’, out on September 18th via Talitres Records. Peter Milton Walsh formed his charges in Brisbane back in 1978, and took them from Australia to firstly New York, then London when they were signed by Rough Trade, finally back to …