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Exclusive: Nile Marr records version of ’Only Time Can Break Your Heart’ live in session for Backseat Mafia
Stepping out of the shadow of his famous father (and national treasure) Johnny, songwriter Nile Marr is the latest to join us for a Backseat Mafia Session with his acoustic performance of Only Time Can Break Your Heart. The Manchester-based performer’s latest single was recorded in the studio he built during lockdown in an abandoned …
Premiere: Michael Scott Dawson releases new visuals for the beautiful ambient soundscape of Campestral
Canadian sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Scott Dawson is building towards the release of his new album Music For Listening, out April 8th via We Are Busy Bodies. from it, he’s releasing the second single taken from it, Campestral, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Following …
Premiere: Brisbane’s A Country Practice unveils beautiful, emotive video for the poignant track ‘The Longest Drought’ and announce launch dates.
A Country Practice exemplify an archetypal antipodean sound: unabashed Australian accents mixed with a detailed eye for the minutiae of everyday life, bursting ripe with a poignancy and sense of place. We are very honoured to be able to premiere the exquisite video for the track ‘The Longest Drought’ from the band’s debut album ‘I …
PREMIERE: Catcher deliver a cathartic shock to the system on their powerful debut album ‘The Fat of a Broken Heart’
You may have noticed, but we like New Yorkers Catcher quite a bit. We broke the news of their debut album in this effusive premiere post of its lead single ‘Behind a Bleeding Heart’. Well, we got offered an upfront stream of said debut album and when we say there’s enough energy here to power …
PREMIERE: Cooper Kenward debuts with a floaty song about death on ‘In Due Time’, debut album incoming
Who wants to hear a cheerful song about mortality? Northern California export Cooper Kenward has got one for you if you’re a big fan of stark contrast between sound and subject matter. His debut single gets an assist from touring members of Hand Habits, Vetiver, Bedouine and more. It’s a sweetly melodic indie-folk song with …
PREMIERE: MuMu strips back ‘Brooklyn Tonight’ for first offering of 2022
She closed 2021 with the original version of this song and we’ve gotta say, the rework is just as good, if not better. If MuMu – the New York-based Madeline Rhodes – is new to you, listen to this and then go seek out her other stuff immediately. A sultry acoustic spin on the track …
Exclusive: Goeran Meyer exclusive takeover mix for Backseat Mafia ahead of his new EP ‘Keep Asking’
Ahead of the release of his new EP, ‘Keep Asking’, which drops soon on his ever-excellent MYR label (February 18th), we’re delighted to have a Takeover Mix from German DJ / Producer Goeran Meyer. Goeran Meyer: Thanks a lot for inviting me onto to the Backseat Mafia Takeover mix series and the opportunity to create …
Premiere: Anya Anastasia makes enthralling music video debut with fierce, rousing first single ‘Losing Wild’
Adelaide singer-songwriter, Anya Anastasia, first revealed her wonderful fusion of experimental folk and West-African inspired desert-rock on the 28th January, in the form of fierce debut single Losing Wild. And now, Backseat Mafia are excited to exclusively reveal the stunning visuals of the accompanying music video. Anya takes a conscious, storied approach to her songwriting, …
Premiere: Sydney’s oWo unveil the post punk arctic blast of ‘Super Role Model’, the title track for debut album due out on 25 February.
We are very pleased to premiere today the new track ‘Super Role Model’ from Sydney trio oWo: a slinky louche slice of attitude-laden post punk rock. With a sardonic and dissociated vocals imbued with a sneery attitude, the music is dramatic and bold with shards of guitar slicing the ether. There is an archetypal Australian …
Premiere: Steven Young (ex-The Imagineers) exclusively unveils new solo single, the dynamic and dark ‘Delirious World’ and announces launch gig.
Steven Young‘s distinctive sonorous and velvet vocals add a vibrant lustre to his new single ‘Delirious World’, which we are honoured to premiere today. Young began his career in The Imagineers, moving on to GANGS before going solo with earlier single ‘Chains’. His second solo release ‘Delirious World’ is a vibrant post punk thrill: reverberated …