Music
Not Forgotten – Mick Ronson – Slaughter on 10th Avenue
I will always argue that Mick Ronson is always massively short changed in any assessment of the career of David Bowie. Without Ronson’s arrangement acumen, iconic guitar heroics and unerring sense for what made for great rock and roll dynamics, Bowie would have been little more than a cult artist, rather than the international mega …
Track: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Trapdoor
You’ll know if you read Backseat Mafia at all regularly (and why wouldn’t you?) that we love the seven piece Melbourne psych jugganaut King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Their latest album, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, is due out on November 13th via ATO Records and from it comes a new track, Trapdoor. It’s got …
Album Review: Kurt Vile – b’lieve i’m goin down
Kurt Vile comes off as a bit of a mystery at first. You listen to the guy as he mumbles and shrugs his way through a song, surrounded by some really great music. You wonder is this guy for real? You listen some more and little details, shaded nuances, and sly phrases begin to make …
Track: Lyla Foy releases the intimate ‘Right to Be’
There’s an innocence and delicacy about London singer-songwriter Lyla Foy’s voice, even when it’s ŵrapped up in echo and draped over a tingling Cocteau Twins backing, such as in Right To Be, taken from her upcoming EP UMI, the follow up to last years Mirrors the Sky. It’s a shadowy and lo-Fi affair, but the …
News: Edsel to Reissue five Comsat Angels albums with extras
Sheffield quartet The Comsat Angels were perhaps always the bridesmaids, never the brides. Whether it was that their brand of Post-Punk was always that little to bleak, and the angst contained within was a little to heartbreaking for the wider public, that instead latched onto the likes of U2, the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes …
Track: Nations of the Soul – To the Loved Ones
Born in France, but now resident in Norway, brothers Mikael and Lucas Roussel – aka Nations of the Soul, have supported the likes of Hudson Taylor after scoring second place at Eggstock Festival. Their first single, Dancing Spirit, was picked up and cherished by the press and radio stations in their adopted home, and they’ve …
Track: A Mouth Full Of Matches – White Flag
Manchester born alt rock quintet A Mouth Full Of Matches follow on from opening for The Darkness and performing at the Brownstock Festival by releasing a new single, White Flag, taken from their forthcoming EP, titled Demon Days. White Flag is a searing, muscular workout for the band, but they weigh it down with driving …
Track: Rainer Weichhold – Bamboo 2015 (Sacha Robotti Giant Panda Remix)
Out right now on Rainer Weichold’s Gold Records is a new remix from Sacha Robotti of the head honcho’s track Bamboo, a 2015 version, rather than the original that dropped some eight years ago. In the intervening period Robotti has honed his craft, following nigh on ten years in the game working both as a …
Track: Mount Kimbie – Bell_5
Mount Kimbie, aka London producers Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, have reached week three in their month-long residency at NTS Radio with their show, broadcast Monday (21st Sept). They were joined by King Krule during the episode, with Archy Marshall popping in to take the reigns and be the subject of an interview, alongside Alex …
Track: Iman – Golden
If you like your electro pop a little more in your face than the recent penchant for syrupy, hazy sounding tracks, likelihood is you’ll go for Golden, the debut track from British born African/ Middle Eastern pop artist Iman. It’s all about these big 80s sounding synth riffs and 90s sounding beats, like sitting shoulder …