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Album Review: Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
I’m not a Lizzo fan. For starters I’m too white, too male, too middle aged, too cis to appreciate Lizzo on absolutely every level that she deserves to be appreciated on. I am not part of her ‘intended audience’. However, the fact that when I saw the broadcast of her recent appearance at the Glastonbury …
EP Review: Greta Stanley – Sun In My Eyes
It’s the spaces in between the ethereal beauty of Greta Stanley‘s vocals that make her music so mesmerising. Think later stage Radiohead – delicate, sometimes sparse, musical pattering serving and augmenting the song and the voice. Stanley has long impressed us here at Backseat Mafia and ‘Sun in My Eyes’ displays a stunning musical progression, …
Not Forgotten: Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs – Under the Covers Vol. 2
When the Under the Covers collaboration between power pop veteran Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles fame was announced, there must have been a fair bit of head scratching from fans of one but not necessarily the other. Then you hear their voices together and it makes absolute sense. Hoffs, despite her Paisley …
Track: Friendly Fires – Silhouettes, Plus Album News
Friendly Fires have distilled the sounds of summer for new track ‘Silhouettes’ and now share details of their eagerly awaited third album. It’s been eight years since the release of their epic and glorious second album Pala and I had long ago come to terms with the fact that the band I had fallen in …
Not Forgotten: Elton John – Caribou
Bless him, for all his tantrums (and tiara’s), Elton John has enjoyed a career reassessment over the last two decades to the point where he’s now arguably as popular as he’s ever been since the mid 70s. Perhaps more crucially, Elton understands and agrees that his 1970-1975 work is his most popular material, and does …
See: FKA Twigs releases new short film for Cellophane
FKA Twigs has released ‘Practice’, a short film that celebrates the physical training and creative process that culminated in her latest video, ‘Cellophane’. ‘Practice’ launched exclusively on WeTransfer’s editorial platform, WePresent, and delves deep into the making of FKA twigs’ most vulnerable song and ambitious music video to-date. ‘Cellophane’ is FKA Twigs’ first new solo music in over …
Album Review: Madonna – Madame X
I don’t know about you, but I’m beginnning to think Madonna is a Time Lord. In Madame X, Madonna presents yet another regeneration and an album with two themes: the accessible songs based in part on her experiences living in Portugal, and the songs based on her Madame X character. Madame X the character is …
News: The Dandy Warhols announce 25th Anniversary Tour Downunder
Legendary if not slightly wild and mercurial, psych-pop funsters, The Dandy Warhols, have announced a tour of Australia to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Live, the Dandies can always be relied on to produce wild, exuberant shows and they have an extraordinarily good back catalog to explore, with gems such as Bohemian Like You, Every Day …
Track: Cheat Codes – I Feel Ya feat. Ina Wroldsen
Cheat Codes have teamed up with Danny Quest and Ina Wroldsen for a new track, ‘I Feel Ya’, and it comes ahead of the trio’s EP 2, which has seen them collaborate with the likes of Kim Petras, Kaskade, and Afrojack. Of the record the band say “We’ve been looking to collaborate with Ina Wroldsen for a while …
Album Review: Tall Tree 6Ft Man – Boundaries
It’s amazing what potluck it can be picking up a reviewing assignment. Sometimes it’s an artist you know, sometimes someone you’ve asked for or hunted down desperately over the years. Other times it’s a leap in the dark: you open the email, click on the soundcloud link, start listening and pick through the bio and …