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Premiere: Mike Alias – ‘Drift’: celestial jazz-hop from California
CALIFORNIAN artist Mike Alias today releases his new single, “Drift”, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here today on Backseat Mafia. Born into a musical family, Mike took inspiration from the hiphop and R&B roots of the Bay Area, using his guitar and music production skills to create his unique soundscapes. …
Premiere: Watch the video for Sasha & The Shades’ theatrical folk-blues, ‘Smile’; the magician’s assistant finally has her say
SOUTH-EAST London vaudeville blues-folk quintet Sasha & The Shades have a new EP, Grin & Bare It, lined up for release not just digitally, but on that sexiest and scarcest-used of formats, the 12″, too, and that’ll be with us next Friday; but they want you to draw close, so today here at Backseat Mafia …
Premiere: Niko Novak’s ‘Tuesdays, Tuesdays, Saturdays’: watch the snow fall over his bar-stool yearning
WE’RE absolutely delighted to be able to premiere the new video from Niko Novak here at Backseat Mafia today. It’s for a song entitled “Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays”, which is out on Anomic Records. Niko was in revered Slovenian punk band Dicky B. Hardy between 1994 and 2001, before moving to Berlin and releasing eight albums, …
Premiere: French indie rockers Velvet Sunset release beautiful shoegaze of new single, Blue
French indie rockers Velvet Sunset release their new single Blue tomorrow, and ahead of it we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The band, Eléonore on vocals and Max on guitar and bass, formed in 2016 and released their first album in 2019. Last year saw the release …
Premiere: SHEMY releases the irresistible pop punk of Something Bout You
Out today is the new single from Flint, MI singer-songwriter, rapper and all round musical polymath SHEMY. Taken from his forthcoming ‘Awkwardly Confident’ album, our on May 5th, the track is called ‘Something Bout You’ and we’re delighted to have the UK premiere of it right here on Backseat Mafia. It’s the follow up to …
Premiere: Paola House reveals the emotive ‘Searching For You’
Out today (16th March) is the new track from Paola House, titled ‘Searching For You’, via Fed By Music. It’s the second release from a five-song EP released over the forthcoming months, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Paola House says: “The writing of the …
Premiere: Three Day Monk releases the serene melancholy indie folk of ‘Osaka’
Released this coming Friday (19th March) is the new single Osaka from Bedfordshire multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Tristan Nelson, aka Three Day Monk. Recorded with Matty Moon (Lonely the Brave, False Heads) at Half-ton Studios in Cambridgeshire, UK, it’s his third single in his ‘Seasonal EP project’ the follow up to ‘I wish you were dead’ …
Premiere: Brisbane’s Full Power Happy Hour unveils bucolic video for the delightful track ‘Old Mind Of Mine’, ahead of self-titled album release and tour
There’s a breezy lilt to the single ‘Old Mind Of Mine’ from Brisbane indie folk outfit Full Power Happy Hour that pervades the jaunty new video we are very pleased to premiere today. ‘Old Mind Of Mine’ is a jangling and effervescent track filled with an air of languid sunshine and idyllicism. The video exudes …