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PREMIERE: hear three tracks from Sorry Eric, outta Ohio on a Flying Nun tip
MARK TWAIN once said, it is noted, about Cincy, The Queen City, out there in Ohio: “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati; because it’s always twenty years behind the times.” C’mon now Mark: great writer you may have been, but is that entirely fair? Well, it’s had it’s …
Exclusive: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald records ‘I Love That Sound’ in session for Backseat Mafia
With his album ‘Love Valley’ out at the end of the week, we’re delighted that Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald has recorded an At Home Session exclusively for Backseat Mafia, featuring one of the songs Taken from the album, I love that sound. The album saw Michael make a set of songs that are warm …
Premiere: Cable Street Collective reveal new track featuring Gregg Kofi Brown of Osibisa: ‘Speaking In Tongues’
We’re delighted to premiere the new single from London based 7-piece Cable Street Collective right here on Backseat Mafia here this morning. Titled ‘Speaking in Tongues’, the track features Gregg Kofi Brown from legendary Afro-rockers Osibisa, who also co-write the song. Mixing up Afro rock, Soul and a good deal of sunshine, the track is …
Premiere: My Dear Mycroft release new track, Psyche
After announcing their debut LP – Heaven’s Entertainment will drop on October 30th, New York dark rock trio My Dear Mycroft have released a new single, Psyche, which we’re delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the new track, the band say “Psyche” was originally inspired by fortune telling and prophecy. Other …
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. …
Premiere: Dirty Freud releases new single Blood Bayou – listen first here
Taken from his upcoming EP ‘Love In The Backwater’, out on Modern Sky UK later in the year, Sheffield producer Dirty Freud is back with a new single Blood Bayou, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s the follow up to his lauded recent single ‘Intentions’ (ft. Szou), and …
Premiere: Mindset releases new single, Purple Açai
We’re becoming almost the official Mindset channel here on Backseat Mafia, having premiered his previous two singles ‘Breakfast in Bed’ and ‘I still use Ur netflix’, but the Colombia, South Carolina native makes such a catchy brand of soulful/funky hip-hop, we can’t ignore, so we’re delighted to premiere his latest release – Purple Açai. Named …
PREMIERE: Fixtures – ‘Five Ft One, Six Ft Ten’: proper scruffy, shredding alt.guitar pop like they used to make
BROOKLYN five-piece Fixtures know how to do a ridiculously fun guitar pop rush. Really, they do. They’ve just signed on the dotted with Spain’s Bobo Integral, and will be releasing their debut EP, Weak Automatic, for their new home in December. We’ve had a little listen, and another one, and another; and it really is …
PREMIERE: JR Samuels – ‘Doomer’: fine porchside guitar soli outta Philly
JR SAMUELS has been involved in the indie and underground scenes of the North-Eastern United States for the better half of a decade now. While resident in Ithaca in New York’s Finger Lakes back in 2015, he tickled the six strings in fine lofi outfit Izzy True and also steered the good ship Sweet Baby …
Exclusive: Alasdair Roberts records ‘Seagulls, Belts’ for Backseat Mafia live in session
Nearly 20 years after dropping his Appendix Out moniker, the name he used for his early output that put him firmly on the Folk map, Alasdair Roberts revisited it for his recent album ‘The Songs of My Boyhood’, which came out digitally recently on the acclaimed Drag City label. Mixing things up somewhere between Scottish …