indie rock
Album Review: MNNQNS – Body Negativity
Hailing from Rouen, France, post-punk quartet MNNQNS are following up their critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Advertisement’ with their first full-length album, ‘Body Negativity’. The band claim to “hate rock ‘n’ roll” and be influenced by artists as wide-ranging as Deerhunter, Death Grips, and the Beach Boys, along with various bands on the Cardiff music scene …
Track: The Murder Capital – Don’t Cling to Life, plus Album and Tour News
Ireland’s art punk maestros, The Murder Capital, have released a third single off their forthcoming debut album ‘When I Have Fears’ which is due for release on 16 August 2019. And based on the singles released thus far (and an accidental preview), this is an album to look forward to. ‘Don’t Cling to Life’ has …
Track: Goo Goo Dolls return with new single ‘Miracle Pill’
Multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls have unveiled their new single ‘Miracle Pill’ today via Warner Records. The track will be featured on the band’s brand new album of the same name set to be released this autumn. A definite new sound to the Goo Goo Dolls, a sinister yet powerful ballad of sorts and a welcome return …
Track: New Model Army – End of Days
New Model Army have released this track as a taster of what is to come with the release of the eagerly anticipated new album From Here – Due out 23rd August via Ear Music It’s not very often you get a track that knocks you sideways and right from the very first pounding drum beat and …
Track: Editors – Frankenstein
Editors have recently released some in music in the form of a single titled Frankenstein. With a hint of dance and distorted vocals you would be forgiving if you didn’t recognise The Editors on Frankenstein as the same band that wrote the likes of Sparks and Munich. There’s still that voice but they have changed …
Track: Pixies – On Graveyard Hill plus Album and Tour News
One of the most influential and inspiring bands of the past few decades, the Pixies, have announced a new album – “Beneath the Eyrie’ – to be released on Friday, 13 September, a world tour and a taste of what’s to come in the single ‘On Graveyard Hill’. And the single is the same delicious …
See: Wand release new video for Thin Air, announce European tour dates.
Taken from their recently released Laughing Matters album which came out in April via Drag City, Wand have released new visuals for the track Thin Air. The notoriously assiduous band, who’ve release an album a year for the last four years and have toured all over the world between times, have also announced new European …
Track: Crushed Beaks – Honesty Box
London-based Crushed Beaks return in a confident mood with a new album ‘The Other Room’ and new single up their sleeve. A taster of whats to come in the album is ‘Honesty Box’, a blast of pure energy powered by a driving motorik beat and drenched in layers of warped distortion. The Other Room was …
Premiere: The Purple Lights reveal new video for Lake
We’re delighted here on Backseat Mafia to premiere the new track/video from London/Suffolk duo The Purple Lights for their forthcoming single Lake, out on July 12th via 3-6-9 ‘Essentially Lake is a break-up song, for anyone who has loved and lost, a coming to terms with reality and moving forward in life’ say the band, and …
See: The Raconteurs release new video for Help Me Stranger, plus World Tour Dates
Supergroup The Raconteurs – Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler, have resurfaced with a new album ‘Help Us Stranger’, out on White’s Third Man Records on June 21st. From it the band have released a new single ‘Help Me Stranger’, and details of their World Tour. The old time blues start is …