Premiere: AKU! reveal the incredible new noise-jazz-funk single, Clawing The Earth Apart
Glaswegian Jazz / Noise / Experimental band AKU! which features members of corto.alto and & Graham Costello’s STRATA are releasing a second single ‘Clawing The Earth Apart’ from their new LP Blind Fury out now on Worm Discs, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Blasting into life with these …
Exclusive: The Brothers Landau release At Home Session version of Haven’t Got A Name
We’ve featured indie-folk duo The Brothers Landau (aka David Landau on cello and vocals, and multi-instrumentalist, singer and guitarist brother Daniel) before, and were absolutely delighted when the brothers agreed to do an At Home Session version of the title track from their recent EP Haven’t Got A Name for us here at Backseat Mafia. …
See: Bicep release new video for the warm, bubbling techno of ‘Apricots’
BELFAST duo Bicep have returned with a new video for ‘Apricots’, the lead single taken from forthcoming second album Isles, out on January 22nd next year via the brilliant Ninja Tune label. The single features a couple of notable samples – traditional Malawian-singers recorded in 1958, and a 1950s’ performance by The Bulgarian State Radio & Television …
Track: Anna McClennan shares new single, ‘Raisin’, from forthcoming full length
Taken from her forthcoming album ‘I saw the light’, out in 20th November via Father/Daughter records, Raisin is the new single from Omaha singer-songwriter Anna McClennan. Of the song, Anna says: “I have long romanticized the idea of jumping off a cliff, and categorized it as the perfect metaphor for letting go. If I could only …
See: Katy J Pearson releases new visuals for Something Real
Taken from her debut album Return, out on the ever brilliant Heavenly Records on November 13th, Katy J Pearson has shared the new video for her track ‘Something Real’. Although it starts as this gently strumming, almost folksy indie rock, Pearson sweet but deceptively powerful vocal drags it into indie rock territory, as layer upon …
Track: Mock Suns reveal new track, Nobody’s Watching
Philadelphia indie / dream pop project have shared a new single, Nobody’s Watching from the forthcoming self-titled album, out 10/23, Bandcamp pre-order. Now essentially the solo project of Greg Puglese, it’s a follow on from previous track ‘Enchanted Forest’. If you can resist the warm chords, persuasive synth and piano lines and frankly gorgeous backing vocals, you’re …
Track: Oaagaada release the experimental funk/jazz of Oag-ada
Out on October 30th via We Jazz Records are the latest new tracks from new Southern Finland jazz quartet Oaagaada. The release is out on lovely 7” vinyl and comes with typically old school heat-pressed labels and a brown paper sleeve. Oaagaada hail from the town of Hämeenlinna in Finland and consist of Tuure Tammi (trumpet), Sami …
News: The Pretty Things to reissue 50th anniversary edition of Parachute
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Pretty Things 5th album Parachute from 1970, Madfish Records have an announced a new reissue of the album, cut directly from the original Abbey Road master tapes. With a second LP featuring one side of rare singles and B-sides, and one with an original etching by Phil May, …
Premiere: Al Di Meola & Dodi Battaglia release new track, One Sky
When two guitar legends combine, sparks fly. Or at least that’s what we’ve gleaned from listening to this brand new track, One Sky, from American fusion legend Al Di Meola and former slinger for 70’s prog-poppers Pooh Battaglia. It’s out today on 7” vinyl and streaming and we’re delighted to be premiering it this morning …
Track: Lee Ritenour releases title track from forthcoming Dreamcatcher album
There isn’t much that legendary jazz / fusion guitarist Lee Ritenour hasn’t achieved in his long career. He’s worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, B.B. King and Tony Bennett to name a few, as well as leading the 90’s supergroup Fourplay, releasing a host of his own solo albums along the way. …