Track: Magon – Change
Along with announcing his 2nd album ‘Hour After Hour’ due for release January 29, 2021. Magon has also shared the first single – ‘Change’. Born out of a year-long period during which everything changed in his life. This sweet ballad sounds like the perfect mix between indie rock and psych pop, between Ty Segall and The Velvet Underground. Laid …
Track: Rhyal Knight – Summer’s Over Soon
Rhyal Knight’s released “Summer’s Over Soon” as single via Grumpy Bastard Recordings. It’s his first single from the forthcoming album, Tresxha Clarity. Overdriven guitar and great vocals sees Rhyal Knight create some great-sounding Americana pop. Strong drum beats and floating synths fill in the gaps on this perfectly produced track. Check it out, here: Find out …
Track: Left Field Messiah – A.M Moonlight
Left Field Messiah are Steve Bays (of Hot Hot Heat), Jeremy Ruzumna (of Fitz & The Tantrums) and Erik Janson (formerly of Wildling). They have announced their new project with the single ‘A.M. Moonlight’, the lead single off of their upcoming debut album, ‘In Praise of Bombast’, due out early next year via KEXP. Melodic bass line …
News: Live Skull Announce new album ‘Dangerous Visions’ – A collection of new and old recordings, including unreleased tracks from their 1989 Peel Session
NYC’s Live Skull have announced a new album, ‘Dangerous Visions’, to be released via Bronson Recordings on December 11th. Emerging in the early 80s at the end of New York’s legendary No Wave scene alongside Manhattan comrades Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull reshaped the aggression of burned-out post-punk into heavy, guitar-driven rock. This new release showcases their evolution, with Side 1 featuring …
Track: Accept – The Undertaker
German Heavy Metal band Accept are set to release new single ‘The Undertaker’ taken from their forthcoming album. Details of which will be released at a later date. The single will be a 2-track featuring a previously unreleased live version of ‘Life´s A Bitch’ recorded in Oulu, Finland in 2019. It will be released digitally as well …
Premiere: BrucexCampbell Share track ‘Project Annihilation’ – Listen first here
LA Grindcore band BruceXCampbell have announced the North American vinyl release of their debut full length album ‘South To No Life’ via Give Praise Records. The band share track ‘Project Annihilation’ and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Named in homage to the famous Evil Dead actor, BruceXCampbell has been blasting furious, horror-themed grindcore since 2005. …
Meet: Ivar Bjørnson and Iver Sandøy of Enslaved discuss the new album and life in the band
With their fantastic new album Utgard released to the world. Read our review here. We caught up with Ivar Bjørnson and Iver Sandøy from the band to find out about the album and how they have managed to survive and thrive over the 3 decades of making music. You have a new album set to …
Album Review: Enslaved – Utgard
With ‘Utgard’ Enslaved are looking behind the mirror, tracing the origins of the well-known fables of the northern world back into each and every one of us. A band that have always been more than a black metal band endlessly turning out the usual and expected. Enslaved are happier when pushing the boundaries especially into …
Album Review: Amaranthe – Manifest
Power Metal, melodic death metal, dance rock what ever you want to call it. Amaranthe have made that particular brand of metal their own. With ‘Manifest’ the band bring the vibe of last album ‘Helix’ but make it heavier and louder. Starting the album with fast paced track ‘Fearless’, the band are sounding confident and refreshed, …
Track: Tim Burgess Shares Track ‘Yours. To Be’ From New EP Ascent Of The Ascended
After releasing his solo album ‘I love The New Sky’ Tim Burgess announces news of a new EP, Ascent Of The Ascended, due 27th November via Bella Union Of the track, ‘Yours. To Be’, Burgess says: “At the tail end of the glory of the night before – with all the hope and beauty that …