indie rock
MEET: we interview New York doom merchants GHXST + Spooky new video for Halloween
New York doom merchants GHXST have landed in the UK, just in time for Hallowe’en. In keeping with the season, and all things dark, the trio have today released a suitably spooky new video for the latest single ‘Galaxia’ , due for release on 10th November. Not for those with a nervous disposition… We managed …
Meet: We talk to The Twilight Sad about their new record, touring, politics and more
The Twilight Sad have always been one of our favourite bands here on Backseat Mafia. Their fourth album, ‘Nobody wants to be here, and nobody wants to leave’, dropped on Monday and see’s the band again make plaintive, emotive songs, and wash them through in Mogwai / Epic Rock (insert your own favourites) style backings, …
Track: The Slow Readers Club release new single, Forever in Your Debt
Following the success of previous single ‘Don’t Mind’, which found favour on both the BBC and XFM, Manchester quartet The Slow Readers Club return with a new track, ‘Forever in your Debt’, which is due to drop on December 1st. Forever in your debt starts has this pounding beat and a trebbly bass that ripples …
See: Archie Bronson release video for “Two Doves on a Lake”
Alls well in the Archie Bronson Outfit. Fresh from the release of one of the albums of the year in their forth album, Wild Crush, they’ve now returned with a new video for their forthcoming single, Two Doves on a Lake, which drops on Monday 8th December via the ever brilliant Domino Records label. Its …
Track: Communions – So Long Sun
What is it with Denmark at the moment. Everything it touches, musically at least, seems to turn to gold. Communions – comprised of brothers Martin and Mads Rehof, Jacob van Deurs Formann and Frederik Lind Köppen, are another one off the production line, using the same rehearsal space that houses those other Danish bright young …
See: Catfish and the Bottlemen release Fallout Video (plus tour announcement)
Catfish and the Bottlemen are a fearless young band from Llandudno, Wales, who have managed to strike up a huge fan base this past year. With only a handful of singles between them, the band have gathered huge audiences across the country who would do anything to support them; they’re a success story in the making. …
News: Weezer announce new album / US tour dates
Returning after a four year wait come Weezer, with their ninth album, titled Everything will be alright in the end, which drops on September 30th via Republic Records. The band have deliberately taken their time with this new album, with singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo freed by the time afforded him, allowing him to write at a …
Album Review: Select All Delete Save As – ‘Ultra Cultura’
Just when I thought I’d figured out ‘Ultra Cultura’, the new album by Select All Delete Save As, it continued to throw curveballs left, right and centre. Constantly exciting, always involving and brilliantly put together this is an album that makes each listen rewarding for multiple reasons. Achieving that is one thing but making this …
New Music: Jack White – High Ball Stepper, plus album news
Oh Jack White you little tease, you. Everybody knows that he is a man who, when he touches things, they turn to gold. He’s released a little bit of the shiny stuff from his forthcoming album, Lazaretto out on his own Third Man Records on June 9th I the shape of a instrumental track, High …
A Buyers Guide to Pixies
Just imagine what rock music over the last 25 years would have been without the influence of Pixies. Few bands have had the all-infusing influence that Pixies have demonstrated and fewer can claim to have had a direct impact on two of the biggest rock acts of a generation. Indeed, both Nirvana and Radiohead are/were …