Music
Album Review: Cocoon – Mathias Kaden & Popof in the Mix
It’s that time of year again when everyone turns to Cocoon and their famous mix series to see what the sounds of the summer will be. This time charged with laying out the enduring German label’s sonic mix for Ibiza 2014 is Mathias Kaden and label regular Popof. They do so across two fantastic mix CDs, which in …
Track: Lyke Giants – Let Up
Tasmanian indie-shoegazers Lyke Gia return following the release of their debut album, with a new single, Let Up, out on August 4th. The band has been on an upward curve, gaining blog love from around the world whilst back home performing at The Falls Festival and supporting bands such as British India and Faker. The …
Not Forgotten – Steely Dan – Katy Lied
The general consensus seems to be that Katy Lied is Becker and Fagen’s least favourite Steely Dan album, because it didn’t match their levels of studio perfectionism that they had achieved on their other albums. As it turns out that is exactly the reason that it is my favourite Steely Dan album. I’m a rock …
Album Review: A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Sea When Absent
I can’t remember the first time I heard A Sunny Day In Glasgow, but I do remember how I felt. I felt as if I’d found this wonderful musical gift. Part dream pop, part shoegaze, and yet still totally modern. They were taking the building blocks of those late-80s noise genres and turning into something …
Exclusive Interview and DJ Mix: Jordan Peak Headlines Shake Underground’s 5th Birthday
Shake Underground house and techno night in Bournemouth approaches its 5th birthday this coming weekend, so I caught up with the man who started it all and resident DJ for Shake, Dave Hornby. Indeed you may have seen the event promo material already and know that rising superstar Jordan Peak is booked for the night, …
Psych Insight: Live, Elephant Stone, Wharf Chambers, Leeds, 10/06/14.
I always seem to be playing catch up with Elephant Stone. I missed their live gig at The Leeds Cockpit, in support of Black Angels because of a queue on the motorway, and I didn’t really get into their eponymously titled 2013 album until this year. Now that I have I think it’s one of …
Premiere: Will Joseph Cook releases video for “July”
Without trying to be stalkers of Will Joseph Cook, we are becoming slightly obsessed with the Tunbridge Wells singer-songwriter, as so its rather a treat for us here at Backseat Mafia to premiere (a slightly posh word for doing nothing more than previewing it, before it goes live on his own media, but you know, …
Album Review: Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
Lets get this straight right from the off. Taylor McFerrins debut LP Early Riser is one of the albums of the year, and the fact that its taken this long since its release (nearly a month) to get a review together is a crime for which we here at Backseat Mafia are torturing ourselves with …
New Music: Boz Boorer “Girl From Atlanta” (featuring Eddie Argos)
Out of a long tradition of slightly tongue-in-cheek, somewhat naive, cockney-geezer ditties that I associate with ‘classics’ like Bill Wyman’s “Je Suis Un Rock Star”, Wreckless Eric’s “Whole Wide World” and even Blur’s “Parklife” comes Morrissey’s current favourite guitarist and co-songwriter Boz Boorman with “Girl from Atlanta”. The major difference is, of course, is that …
Track: Moiré – No Gravity
Out on August 11th via Werkdiscs is the debut album from London based producer Moiré. Describing the title Shelter as ‘the listeners perception and subsequent emotional response to a collection of sounds and motifs, its fair to say that Moiré produces thoughtful and emotive house music, as demonstrated by a first glance at the album …