Indie
Track: The magnificent Fontaines D.C. release the brooding title track to their new album ‘Skinty Fia’ due out in April, and announce new live dates.
‘Skinty Fia’ is an Irish phrase which translates to English as ‘the damnation of the deer’ which is used to display disappointment or annoyance – phrase which resonated with Fontaines D.C.‘s frontman Grian Chatten as the correct expression of his feelings towards the ‘mutation’ of Irish culture abroad. ‘Skinty Fia’, the newly released title track from the forthcoming …
Track: Opus Kink – The Unrepentant Soldier
Brighton collective Opus Kink have shared ‘The Unrepentant Solder’, which will be their second track to come off their forthcoming EP due 21st March via cult indie label Nice Swan Records. Detailing their newest EP reveal, Opus Kink stated: “’The Unrepentant Soldier’ is an appraisal of remorseless evil in the key of C minor. Some men just want to watch the …
Live Review: Dea Matrona / Jack Devlin – Whelan’s, Dublin 18.03.2022
Belfast based Dea Matrona finally made it to Whelan’s this week for their headline show which has been rescheduled many times, originally meant to take place almost 2 years ago in 2020. The bands influences such as Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin shine through in many of their songs but their unique flare creates something …
Live: The Exploding Boys at The Triffid, Brisbane 19/03/2022: A cure for Brisbane
The Exploding Boys present The Cure: Head on the Door was an emotional journey back to the 80s with every song on the legendary 1985 album shared between 3 vocalists. In-between album tracks were classic singles from other Cure albums such as A Forest, Boys Don’t Cry, and Just Like Heaven. Brisbane goths and indie-pop …
Live Review: The Cribs / The Blinders – Chalk Venue, Brighton 12.03.2022
There was a real sense of vibrant energy and feverish atmosphere in the air in Brighton as TheCribs made their way to the stage with a real sense of missing the good old times in the amassed throng. Despite the band gigging for over 15 years and recipients of a host of top 10 chart …
Exclusive: Scottish songwriter Peter Cat records the wonky pop of Melon Dating Simulator live in session for Backseat Mafia
Glaswegian purveyor of left field pop, Peter Cat recently releases his latest ep The Magus and featured two if his most actuely melodic and whimsical creations in singles Blue Raspberry and the brilliantly absurd ’Melon Dating Simulator’. Hes recorded a version of the latter live in session for us here at Backseat Mafia. Of the …
Track: The Nagging Doubts tell you it’s a ‘Dirty Scene’ in their own inimitable fashion, with a scuzzy fuzzy melodic pop ramble.
Last year’s EP ‘Autocalm’ (reviewed by me here) was a brilliant introduction to the youthful exuberance of The Nagging Doubts, a band who have drawn on the rawness and street-wise veracity of The Velvet Underground and enriched it with a visceral antipodean sound. They are back with a new single ‘Dirty Scene’ and it is …
News: Enigmatic Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick announce EP ‘Get There’ and unveil the title track as a tasty and insouciant aperitif
Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick comprises of two musicians/producers with the most impressive and diverse CVs. Ian Nessick has spent many years in Australia as a maverick fashion retailer involving some of the more forward-thinking stores in Sydney and Melbourne. He currently runs Rudimentary Raiments. As well as designing clothes, Nessick also designs interiors and writes …
Premiere: Lewis Goldmark unveils the evocative and enigmatic video for the glorious single ‘Wild Night’.
We premiered the jangling pop perfection of Sydney crooner Lewis Goldmark‘s track ‘Wild Night’ back in November last year, and we are very pleased to unveil for you the new video for the track. Good things come for those who wait. The track ‘Wild Night’ is a jangling delight with a shimmer and shine that …
Track: Sydney’s Bellwether may be ‘Halfway Happy’, but they’re creating a lot of good fun punky pop joy. Debut EP and live dates announced.
On the back of two already very impressive singles (‘Charade’ and ‘Shortsighted’), Sydney pop punksters Bellwether are again leading the field with their new single ‘Halfway Happy’. This is all in the build up to the release of their debut EP ‘Impermanence’ on Friday, 8 April. ‘Halfway Happy’ incorporates chiming and ringing guitars that seem …