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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 …
Premiere: Elephants And Stars – On The Table
Canadian five piece Elephants and Stars, are set to release their new brilliantly titled 6-track EP ‘Last Chance Power Drive’. Along with the news the band have shared the lead single ‘On The Table’. “The lyrics were inspired by a true crime documentary about a senseless, drug-fuelled murder in small town USA,” says guitarist Manfred …
Premiere: Ewan McFarlane releases new video for All Those Years
Former Apollo 440 / Grim Northern Social frontman Ewan MacFarlane is already a friend to us here at Backseat Mafia, following the brilliant session he recorded for us a while back, more so now as we premiere the video for a brand new track , All Those Years. His debut solo album Always Everlong recieved …
Premiere: The Motion Below Release New Single ‘It’s All The Same’ And Announce New EP ‘Breakthrough’
Here at Backseat Mafia we have a soft spot for the hardest of metal and we are pleased to be premiering Melbournes post-hardcore quartet, The Motion Below’s new track ‘It’s All The Same’. The band also reveal it will be the first to drop from their upcoming EP, ‘Breakthrough’, due 8th July. About the track …
Exclusive: Former Apollo 440 / Grim Northern Social frontman Ewan MacFarlane records three tracks in session for Backseat Mafia
In the run up to his forthcoming debut solo album ‘Always Everlong’, out on October 29th, former Apollo 440 and Grim Northern Social frontman Ewan MacFarlane has recorded three tracks exclusively for us here at Backseat Mafia in session. Taking inspiration from the likes of Bowie, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, MacFarlane has channeled epic …
Premiere: Safari Lee releases Web, a taster from her forthcoming EP III
Out on June 1st is the new EP from goth-rocker Safari Lee, III. From it, we’re delighted to be able to premiere the forth of five songs from the EP, ‘Web’ right here on Backseat Mafia today. Inspired by the goth-rock of 1979, Safari’s band os made up of three electric basses and a drum …