San Diego
Premiere: Cara Potiker shares dazzling new moondaddy song ‘Water Bearer’
San Diego’s Cara Potiker helms moondaddy, a six-strong project who made their debut last year with Poet Lies – a little over a year later, Potiker is planning to follow up that debut album with a more bite-size release that’s no less impressive, taking off today with a refreshingly old-school six-minute lead single. What do …
Premiere: Psychic Graveyard tap into weird dreams on ‘Stuffed With Secrets’
We’re a couple of months away from the release of the new record by San Diego noise rock band Psychic Graveyard, and the band release the third single from Wilting tomorrow. Their relentless sound is characterised by massive walls of noise, which is often paired with an equal parts trippy and unsettling visual aesthetic. Said …
Premiere: Psychic Graveyard do it til it hurts on new single ‘Your Smile is a Hoax’
San Diego band Psychic Graveyard have been suspiciously quiet for about a year and a half since releasing a previous standalone single called ‘Haunted By Your Bloodline‘, itself released a little over a year since the quartet’s third album, Veins Feel Strange. That period of downtime ends today in emphatic fashion: they’re back, and god …
Premiere: Crocodiles get spiritual in video for new album’s title track; ‘Upside Down in Heaven’ out today
San Diego/Paris noise-pop duo Crocodiles looked like they were done a couple of years ago, with their prolific 2010s output sputtering to a stop with the release of 2019’s Love is Here – thankfully, it wasn’t a euphemistic ‘indefinite’ hiatus, more of a necessary slowing down, a consequence of the pandemic more than anything else. …
Live Gallery: Foxing / Greet Death / Home Is Where – Soda Bar, San Diego 08.08.2022
Indie rock band Foxing paid a visit to the Soda Bar with support from Greet Death and Home Is Where.
Live Review: The Maine / The Happy Fits / Charlotte Sands – House Of Blues, San Diego 21.04.2022
I have a special place in my heart for The Maine; they are one of the first bands that started my never-ending emo phase plus we are both from Phoenix, Arizona so I always felt just a little closer to them. The Maine, one of the most influential and well known pop-punk bands of the …
Live Review: Slothrust / Calva Louise – Soda Bar, San Diego 17.03.2022
Boston Rockers Slothrust and Manchester’s Calva Louise performed a riotous gig at San Diego’s Soda Bar venue. Taylor Betancourt was there to capture the fun for Backseat Mafia. Find out more about Slothrust via their Website Find out more about Calva Louise via the bands Facebook Purchase tickets for the remaining dates here
Live Review: The Darkness / The Dead Deads – The Observatory North Park, San Diego 09.03.2022
Another great gig at The Observatory North Park, San Diego captured by Taylor Betancourt for Backseat Mafia. This time Betancourt was present as British rock band The Darkness performed with support from the punk, metal, grunge, rock band that is The Dead Deads. Check out the photos, below: Find out more about the band via …
Live Review: Iglooghost – Casbah, San Diego 28.02.2022
London based Seamus Malliagh, known by his stage name Iglooghost, is currently touring America with his addictive and brilliant electronic music. Taylor Betancourt caught Malliagh’s San Diego gig at Casbah for Backseat. Check out her photos below: Find out more via Iglooghost’s Facebook Tickets and dates are available here Check out the video for the track …
Live Review: Small Pools – Voodoo Room, San Diego 09.02.22
With their new album out, Small Pools are currently on touring America in support of their new album. Our Photographer Taylor Betancourt was there at the Voodoo Rooms to capture their gig. Check out the video for the bands track ‘Life Of The Party’, Below: Find out more via the bands Website or Facebook Purchase …