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Album Review: Cassowary – Cassowary
Following hot on the heels of the new Thundercat album ‘It is what it is’ it just in terms of timing but style as well (and quality as well, let’s get that out there), with a new name, Cassowary, aka 25 year old Miles Shannon. He’s got form though, from playing piano on Childhood friend …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Warlocks – The Chain
Los Angeles’ The Warlocks are back with no less than their tenth studio album The Chain, which was released on Los Angeles based label Cleopatra Records on Friday. Describing it as “creamy, dreamy, glass breaking-style storytelling,” frontman Bobby Hecksher sets the scene for what is to come. The Chain was recorded by The Warlocks …
Premiere: Sky Keller – High & Hurt
Los-Angeles based singer songwriter Sky Keller is today releasing her latest single ‘High & Hurt’, and we’re delighted to be premiering it here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track Sky exclusively told us “I thought I’d never get out of that depressive funk, but writing the song gave me the kind of head change i …
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 …
Meet: We interview The Paranoyds
LA garage rock four piece The Paranoyds already have the a new two track ep out now digitally, ‘Hungry Sam / Trade Our Sins’ with a 7″ vinyl copy to follow via Suicide Squeeze label on July 12th. Here at Backseat Mafia towers (well, my kitchen anyway) we were totally enamored with the tracks, so …
Premiere: Karmic – X Marks The Spot
We’re absolutely delighted to premiere Los Angeles electro-indie pop six piece Karmic new single, X Marks the Spot here on Backseat Mafia. X Marks the Spot this little bubble of positivity, the co singers Laura Baruch and Kylee Katch trading harmonies and pretty much everything else as it floats around, its smart , cool pop …
Say Psych: News: Death Valley Girls announce European Tour & Share video for ‘Street Justice’
After releasing their album Darkness Rains last year via Suicide Squeeze Records, Los Angeles’ Death Valley Girls share a new video for ‘Street Justice’ and announce a European tour. Speaking about the single, Bonnie Bloomgarden said “This country is so messed up politically right now. Everyday we wake up it feels like we are stuck in a fucking haunted house. But we know in …
Say Psych: Track: L.A. Witch – Haunting
Californian trio L.A. Witch announce their new EP Octubre, to be released on 2nd November on Suicide Squeeze Records and share the first single from it, ‘Haunting’. Octubre may be a records about unhealthy infatuations and debilitating love, but it’s also an inadvertent statement in the past and permanence. Offered to the world as a …
Say Psych: Album Review: Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
Rock n’ roll has always served as a means to elevate the fringe of society, though it’s accentuated the plights of the outcasts and misfits in different ways throughout the years. Today we see it manifest in LA’s Death Valley Girls, who are more like a travelling caravan than a band in the traditional sense. At …
Say Psych: Track: Death Valley Girls – Disaster (Is What We Are After)
Los Angeles glam/psych rockers Death Valley Girls have announced that their third studio album Darkness Rains is scheduled for release on 5th October on Suicide Squeeze Records and released the lead track ‘Disaster (Is What We’re After) for digestion. The video has been causing a stir, with Iggy Pop recreating the famous Andy Warhol Eating …