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PREMIERE: Free Country – ‘The Life Of Riley’: wistful, essential lofi from his hometown basement
FREE COUNTRY is the indie pop project of LA’s Jason Ribadeneyra, a man with an ear for a wistful, low-key melody delivered with weary truth in his voice. Tomorrow he releases his latest six-tracker, the introverted, pretty-as, guitar and piano indie pop stylings of The Life of Riley; but tomorrow, as Annie sings so famously, …
Premiere: Emily Kuhn releases new video for ‘Roses’ featuring Helios
Ahead of her debut album Sky Stories, out on October 30th on BACE records, Chicago trumpeter Emily Kuhn has released a new video and track from it, titled ‘Roses’, and we’re absolutely delighted to premiere it here on Backseat Mafia today. Emily has worked already with the likes of Kitt Lyles, Erik Skov and Gustavo …
PREMIERE: See the video for Arch Garrison’s ‘Open My Eye’: warm psych-country track trails tomorrow’s LP; live stream news
ARCH GARRISON, the ‘other’ project of North Sea Radio Orchestra’s Craig Fortnam, have a rather lovely album of pastoral psych-folk, The Bitter Lay, out tomorrow on Believer’s Roast. It’s an album steeped in the landscape of the chalk downs; of spindle-whorls turned up by the plough, of seemingly endless old drove roads cresting the ridges; …
Premiere: Cobra Man release new visuals to ‘Heatwave’
Los Angeles power disco duo Cobra Man have released new visuals for their recent single Heatwave, which caught the ear of the great and good (and probably not so good as well) in the blog / radio worlds, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the video right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of …
Premiere: Tanzos releases new visuals for ‘Birdy’
Austrian Indie rocker Mik Tanzos trades under his surname, and recently released a new single ‘Birdy’ – the follow up to his debut track ‘How Do You Want Me?’. We’re delighted to premiere the accompanying visuals right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Tanzos says “Birdy tells the story of a couple´s life …
Exclusive: Backseat Mafia takeover mix 002: Shifting Gears
Tokyo producer Hoshina Anniversary has always been a player on the scene, developing his self-branded ‘Watechno’ style, blending together traditional Japanese instrumentation with Chicago and Detroit house/techno, which has seen him release music on a range of labels including ESP Institute, Young Marco’s Safe Trip and Amsterdam-based MUSAR Recordings. His latest EP, released on MUSAR …
Premiere: Scoobert Doobert releases new video for ‘Moving To Canada’
California’s Scoobert Doobert, named after the supposed real name of Scooby Doo (although in researching this article I discovered there’s some conjecture about that, and in fact his surname may indeed actually be ‘Doo’, but I digress) has just released a new video for his new single ‘Moving To Canada’ and we’re delighted to premiere …
Exclusive: Lucy Dreams record Know My Number as an At Home Session
We were knocked out by Viennese production duo Lucy Dreams recent single ‘Know My Number’, which we premiered back in June, and are equally delighted that the band, who record their vocals through an AI nicknamed Lucy (hence the name), have managed to record an At Home Session version of the song. At the time, …
Premiere: Don’t Get Lemon release new track, Futures Lost
Don’t Get Lemon are a three piece synth-pop/post-punk band, taking inspiration from the likes of Lust for Youth, New Order, The Human League, Giorgio Moroder and other luminaries. Their new track Futures Lost is out today and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, Don’t Get Lemon say “As …
Premiere: SLOVO release new video for Enough
South London based collective SLOVO who include US hip-hop innovator Mike Ladd, Italian singer Barbarella and former Faithless guitarist amongst their number, released their new album ‘Bread & Butterflies’ back in July, and we’re absolutely delighted to premiere the new video for the track Enough right here on Backseat Mafia. It has political statement at …