Psych
Say Psych: Album Review: dreamweapon – Maelstrom X
Porto’s dreamweapon take their name from the 1990 Spacemen 3 live album ‘Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music’, who themselves took inspiration from the work of minimalist drone – or ‘Dream Music’ – visionary La Monte Young and a 1965 multimedia piece titled ‘Rites of The Dreamweapon’ by original The Velvet Underground drummer Angus …
Premiere: Modern Stars release new video for Space and Time
Modern Stars, aka Andrea Merolle, Barbara Margani and Andrea Sperduti are gearing up to release their debut album ‘Silver Needles’ in September via MiaCameretta Records and ahead of it they’ve released a new video for the track ‘Space and Time’, which we’re delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track the …
SEE: Sing Leaf’s ‘Easy On You’: wrap y’self inside indie-folk bliss
“THIS is the best song I’ve written, I think; real simple and clean,” says Sing Leaf’s David Como of the single he’s just released, “Easy On You”. “I wrote it while still living in the city [Toronto], an apartment in the trees near High Park. “People below us would howl and rage at each other …
Say Psych: Album Review: Autotelia – I
Autotelia, as originally coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, describes a process by which someone has a purpose in, rather than outside of themselves. Those who are autotelic depend less on external rewards for their satisfaction, being driven instead simply by purpose or curiosity. Such was the genesis of a new project put together by The …
ALBUM REVIEW: El Goodo – ‘Zombie’: at the corner of Haight and (Mountain Ash)bury
SOMEWHERE in the Welsh village of Resolven, deep in the Vale of Neath, there is a tap. As with all such fonts, miles of pipes lead the one end to the other, far up above in the Welsh hills, to a reservoir. As you approach that source, in your mind’s eye, you notice the visuals …
ALBUM REVIEW: Figueroa – ‘The World As We Know It’: shimmering psych-tronica from Amon Tobin
AMON TOBIN has been in there for quite a while now, toying with our heads with very fine, playful, exploratory and sometimes just wonderfully weird sonic artistry. Rio-born, he arrived with Ninebar Records as Cujo, fashioning these trademark deep bass surges out on the edges of drum ‘n’ bass, like spitting thunderheads. He came out …
Track: The Limiñanas – Calentita (feat. Nuria)
The Limiñanas‘ new single Calentita is replete with all the components which make their music so euphoric: tantalising serenades through the French lyrics, immaculate production, as well as layers of acoustic, lead and a splendorous addition of wah-wah affected guitars here. The heights of the band are lifted even higher by the tones of vocalist …
Track: Mint Field release the heavy psych sounds of Contingencia
With their new album ‘Sentimiento Mundial’ on the horizon, out via Felte Records on September 25th, Mexico City based psych duo Mint Field are back with a new track ‘Contingencia’, streaming now. Of the track the band say “‘Contingencia’ is one of the most energetic tracks from our upcoming album. A track about those times …
Say Psych: Premiere: Nest Egg – Dislocation
Nest Egg were formed in 2011 and hail from Asheville, North Carolina. The band have honed their sound on the live circuit and their new LP Dislocation was released last week on The Acid Test Recordings and Little Cloud Records and BSM is pleased to bring you the video premiere of ‘ Dislocation is the …
Premiere: Moon Attendant release the indie psych of Hot Power
Taken from Brighton indie psych collective Moon Attendant’s forthcoming album ‘One Last Summer’, out 28th August via Big Potato Music, we’re delighted to premiere ‘Hot Power’ today right here on Backseat Mafia. The band includes some old friends making new music. Brother Blewett and Holton from Black Hearted Brother are on vocals/guitar and synth/production. Label …