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Premiere: NYC’s London Plane exclusively unveil the epic and anthemic title track to their forthcoming album ‘Bright Black’.

NYC’s London Plane have exclusively unveiled to Backseat Mafia the scaling, anthemic title track to their forthcoming album ‘Bight Black’, out through Declared Goods on 17 June 2022. The track,…

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News: Interpol alert – New York’s finest announce new album ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’ for July through Matador Records/Remote Control, and release the reflective, atmospheric single ‘Toni’.

It’s exciting to see Interpol back in action with news of the release of their seventh LP ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’, due out on 15 July through Matador /…

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Album Review – Francis Harris – Thresholds

Beginning with 2012’s ‘Leland’ New York artist Francis Harris has been doing a deep dive into the sonic swells and contrapuntal granularities that articulate our most abstract, and sometimes slowest…

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PREMIERE: Andy Frasco & the U.N. share loved-up new song ‘Grow Old’

As Paul McCartney once sang, some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. California native Andy Frasco is not that kind of person. At least, he isn’t…

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PREMIERE: Catcher deliver a cathartic shock to the system on their powerful debut album ‘The Fat of a Broken Heart’

You may have noticed, but we like New Yorkers Catcher quite a bit. We broke the news of their debut album in this effusive premiere post of its lead single…

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PREMIERE: MuMu strips back ‘Brooklyn Tonight’ for first offering of 2022

She closed 2021 with the original version of this song and we’ve gotta say, the rework is just as good, if not better. If MuMu – the New York-based Madeline…

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PREMIERE: New Yorkers Catcher come out swinging with ‘Behind a Bleeding Heart’; debut album follows next month

We’re just going to say it: the debut album from New York sextet Catcher is an absolute scorcher. Fans of Protomartyr, Preoccupations and the more muscular proponents of the current…

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Track: Barrie is vulnerable, reckless perfection on new single ‘Quarry’: Album ‘Barbara’ out 25 March on Winspear

American songwriter and producer, Barrie, has shared her latest single Quarry with the announcement of new album Barbara, due out on 25 March. The strength of ‘Quarry’ is in its…

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PREMIERE: Nicotine Dolls cause a ruckus on storming new single ‘Upset the Neighbours’

Goodness, this song is fun. If you’ve had New York quartet Nicotine Dolls on your radar before now, you’re probably familiar with their debut EP – Sex, Addiction, & Everyone…

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News: The magnificent Bambara announce new EP ‘Love On My Mind’, new dates for US/EU tour and release the dramatic and gothic ‘Mythic Love’

Bambara‘s album ‘Stray’, released before the before the world went mad early last year was described by me as being an epic release – deeply satisfying, cathartic to audiences who…

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