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Premiere: Pete Briley – Rhonda
As one third of the brilliant The Outlaw Orchestra, Pete Briley is no stranger to the music scene and we at Backseat Mafia are very pleased to be premiering the video for Briley’s debut single is ‘Rhonda’. A beautifully written drunken tail an ode to Rhonda that echoes the likes of Pete Doherty, Badly Drawn …
Premiere: Fine Lame – Follow Me
Born in 2019, French rockers Fine Lame, offer frantic tracks of literary-oriented French rock with Anglo-Saxon-rooted performance poetry. They are set to release their debut EP ‘Nous tournons en rond dans la nuit et nous sommes dévorés par le feu’ (We go around in circles in the night and are devoured by fire) on the 29th of November via …
Premiere: Ardz – Gasoline Heart
We are very excited to be premiering London’s apocalyptic rocker Ardz brand new single ‘Gasoline Heart’ and the accompanying video created by the very talented Stanislava Museva. ‘Gasoline Heart’ is the first single to be lifted from his forthcoming E.P ‘C.O.I. Eye Inside’ which is due early next year. Ardz states: “Gasoline Heart is about …
Premiere: Tara Elliott Is In Charge With New Track ‘Queen Size’
American founder of Bettie’s Bombshells Tara Elliott is coming to the UK for her Bowie-inspired Runway Rock-Burlesque Show on the 20th of November at Wenlock & Essex. Tara will be bringing a full production of her Bettie’s Bombshells Bowie-inspired Runway Rock- Burlesque show to London venue, Wenlock & Essex, offering the complete retro experience: a …
Premiere: The Heat Inc Release New Rock ‘N’ Roll Anthem ’98
We are extremely pleased here at Backseat Mafia to be premiering the new track from one of our favourite bands The Heat Inc. The brand new single, titled simply ’98’ is a victorious Rock ’n’ Roll anthem made for stadiums. Regarding the track Singer Jon Dodd comments: “There’s a wistful, at the same time celebratory feeling to ‘98. It’s …
Premiere: Big Mono Share Video For Debut Track ‘A Thousand Times’
Big Mono are a brand new band that came together during the pandemic from classic rock fans. The band are set for an album due in mid ’23. Here at Backseat Mafia we are very excited to be premiering the bands video for their debut single ‘A Thousand Times’ which is taken from the bands …
Premiere: Buñuel – For the Cops
“If you’ve never been approached by men with nightsticks who are intent on beating you into compliance while you’ve been naked in a jail cell, you have not lived.” – Eugene S Robinson, Buñuel.
Premiere: Ardz Shares Lyric Video For Track ‘Dancing In The Rain’
London artist Ardz has released the lyric video for his new track ‘Dancing In The Rain’ which is taken from his first EP ‘C.O.I. Dance to the Apocalypse, Please’. We are pleased to be premiering the video here at Backseat Mafia. Ardz states: “It’s a song for our times, how one day we’ll be cherishing …
Premiere: Just A Ride Share Video For New Track Great Divide
‘Great Divide’ is Just A Ride’s latest single, which speaks out against the division in our society and explores the consequences of living in a post truth world. A thundering hard hitting track that keeps things on the down for the verses but bursts apart on the chorus with the driving heavy riff that explodes …
Premiere: Night Crickets, featuring Bauhaus’ David J, release new video for The Unreliable Narrator. Watch it here, first
New outfit Night Crickets may have gone undermyour radar, but they boast a couple of famous faces in former Bauhaus and Love and Rockets man David J, alongside Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and multi-instrumentalist Darwin Meiners. Their debut album A Free Society came out earlier in the year via Omnivore Recordings, and now they’ve released a new …