Indie
Track: Ice Baths – Clusters
Ahead of tomorrow’s (31st May) release of their Decadent Sprinter EP via Blank Editions, London post-punks Ice Baths have revealed the last single to be taken from it, Clusters, following on from previous singles, Auster and Simulation. It’s a taught slice of post-punk/art rock, with these shards guitar shattering over the accompaniment in the verse …
Album Review: Honeyblood – In Plain Sight
Stina Tweeddale goes solo and takes inspiration from her fears on Honeyblood’s epic third album In Plain Sight. We all have album releases that make us nervous – that make our hearts beat that little bit faster on first listen. They’re usually from an artist or band that you have high – maybe unreasonably – …
News: …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead announce Autumn UK shows
Texan alt-rockers …And you will know us by the trail of dead have announced a run of UK shows as part of their European tour, with the band hitting Norwich, Manchester, London, Newcastle and Edinburgh for shows in September / October of this year. It’ll be in support of their new as yet untitled album …
Premiere: DEWR reveals new video for Serenity
San Francisco singer-songwriter DEWR, aka Brian Dewar is about to release his new single Serenity and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the video here on Backseat Mafia. The song, Dewar told us “….is a song about not being able to have it all. You have a finite amount of energy and attention you …
Album Review: Sinkane – Dépaysé
On their seventh album, having a sense of belonging as a London born Sudanese person living in America in the Trump era make up much of the albums focus and indeed much of the meaning behind its title. As the bands Ahmad Gallab says “At some point, I discovered the French word dépaysé, which basically means …
See: The Buffalo Skinners reveal Sheffield-centric new video for Do What You Want
Sheffield’s The Buffalo Skinners have announced a new 7″ is out via Loose Chat Records on June 21st, and have revealed a new video for ‘Do What You Want’. It marks a fresh start for the group, for whom this release will be new lead guitarists Phil Nixon’s first, and it was recorded to two-inch tape …
See: Modern Nature release new video for Peradam
Modern Nature, the new project from Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting / Mazes), Will Young of BEAK>, Woods’ Aaron Neveu and Jeff Tobias of Sunwatchers, have announced their debut album – How to Live, will be out via Bella Union on August 23rd, and from it they are sharing a new video for the single Peradam. …
See: Seablite release new video for There Were Only Shadows
Ahead of their debut album Grass Stains and Novocaines, out via Emotional Response on June 6th, Bay Area shoegazers Seablite have released a new video for the track ‘There were only Shadows’. The four piece, made up of three girls and one boy, have a real DIY aesthetic that wears its heart proudly on its …
Track: Drab Majesty – Long Division, plus European Tour Dates
LA duo Drab Majesty have just announced their new album, Moden Mirror, is set to be released on July 12th via Dais Record. From it, the band have shared a second single, Long Division, and have also announced a string of UK dates as part of their European Tour that takes in Birmingham, Nottingham and …
See: Ezra Furman releases new video for ‘Calm Down’, plus new album and live news
Never one to rest upon his laurels, Ezra Furman is back with a new album – Twelve Nudes, out via Bella Union on August 30th, barely 18 months since his critically acclaimed Transangelic Exodus dropped. From the new record, Ezra has released a video for single ‘Calm Down’, and announced a whole raft of live …