Track: Big Bliss – Contact / Override
Out today is the new 7″ from Brooklyn post-punks Big Bliss, Contact / Override, on Exit Stencil Recordings. Recorded last Autumn with Jeff Berner at Studio G in Brooklyn while…
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See: ShapeShiftingAliens reveal new video for Showing My Face
Taken from their self titled debut album, Showing my Face is a brilliant electro-goth romp infused with cool yet not self-absorbed swagger matched with a stunning video that perfectly captures…
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Album Review: The Shins – The Worms Heart
For me the fascinating thing about The Worms Heart is not its concept, or even the music within, but it’s trying to figure out exactly when James Mercer came up…
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Track: Eilish Gilligan – S.M.F.Y.
Backseat Mafia were highly impressed by Melburnian native Eilish Gilligan‘s single “Creature of Habit” late last year – a haunting, sparse piece of electronica that highlighted Gilligan’s extraordinary vocals. Gilligan…
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Album Review: ShapeShiftingAliens – ShapeShiftingAliens
There is no doubt that the vocals of Swedish duo ShapeShiftingAliens (SSA) will immediately make you think of David Bowie, and there are echoes of some other of my favourite…
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See: Martha Ffion shares ‘Take Your Name’ video
Martha Ffion playfully addresses relationship doubts with the lush surfy sway of new single ‘Take Your Name’, taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘Sunday Best’. Originally from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland…
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Track: Cut Worms – Till Tomorrow Goes Away, plus European tour dates
Max Clarke, under the guise of his Cut Worms project, has returned for the first new music since his critically acclaimed EP Alien Sunset dropped last year. Called ‘Till tomorrow…
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Live: Marnie – The Hug and Pint Glasgow 27.1.2018 Plus Gallery
Marnie performs ethereal and enthralling electro-pop that connects at her intimate Glasgow show. When the programme for the 25th anniversary of Celtic Connections festival was announced there were a few…
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Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
Indie rock group Car Seat Headrest are re-releasing their classic 2011 album Twin Fantasy on the 16th of February. The same songs re-recorded, re-imagined and professionally finished, with plenty of…
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Interview: The Orielles
Backseat Mafia recently reviewed the new single “Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist)” from the magnificent The Orielles, a band we have been following closely since 2015. In advance of a highly…
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