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Premiere: Colin Cannon releases new video for ‘Ing Right I’
Taken from his new album ‘McGoldrick’, out February 26th via Infrequent Seams, ‘Ing Right I’, is the new song from Colin Cannon, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it on Backseat Mafia today. As with the previous track from the album Cannon released, Get Up, it travels through Jazz, fusion, post-rock, electronica to …
Exclusive: Benjamin Lazar Davis records What Am I live in session for Backseat Mafia
We’ve long been admirers of Benjamin Lazar Davis, the go to man around Brooklyn, well, for everything really. He’s worked with the likes of Okkervil River, Kimbra, Sam Amidon, Anaïs Mitchell, and Lady Lamb, made records on his own and with folk pop collective Cuddle Magic, and in duo settings with Joan Wasser (Joan As …
Premiere: Little Winter release new live video for the stunning ‘Wonderlost’
Danish indie quintet Little Winter have just released a new video for their track Wonderlost, in conjunction with Port Practice Productions’ Mikkel Carlsen, and it’s out tomorrow. Ahead of its, release, we’re delighted to b e able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Little Winter say “In its essence, …
Premiere: Bliss Williams reveals new single on unrequited love, Falling For You
London singer-songwriter Bliss Williams is releasing his new single ‘Falling For You’ just in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of being a loved up tale of being together though, it’s a heartbreaking story of unrequited love, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the song, Bliss …
Premiere: Blackbirds FC release the gorgeously shimmering single ‘Island of the Dogs’ and announce new album
With a sparkling jangle and a deeply satisfying crunchy rhythm, the new single ‘Island of the Dogs’ by Melbourne band Blackbirds FC is immense and cinematic, and we are proud to premiere this on Backseat Mafia. There is an unmistakable antipodean blood flowing through the veins of this song – drawing in the wide sweeping …
Premiere: Lycio release the taut electronic rock of ‘I will take over’
SELF-recorded and self-produced, I will take over is the new single from UK electronic trio Lycio, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Genie Mendez of Lycio says:”So as you may have guessed from the hostility within the title, this song is mostly about me (and …
Premiere: Ken reveals new video for new single ‘Human Touch’
Out tomorrow (8th February) is the new single from Ken, aka Ken Billington. It’s taken from his forthcoming album ‘I’m your man’, the whole thing written and recorded in his Bristol home using just two microphones. We’re delighted to be able to premiere for the a-side Human Touch right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of …
Premiere: Keep Calm Stay Home reveal the lush electronica of ‘A Theme For…’
Keep Calm Stay Home is the current moniker of London based composer Oli Morgan, a man who’s worked with the likes of Seal, Bastille, Gregory Porter, Princess Nokia, Venom and more as a mastering specialist at Abbey Road studios. Lockdown left Morgan with plenty of time to express his own creativity, and his first EP, …
Premiere: Arnan Raz releases new single, 7 Days
Arnan Raz, member of the ‘The Side Project’, and acclaimed Saxopohonist, has drafted in an eclectic band made up of Saxophonist Eyal Hai (NY/Israel) trumpet player Hillel Salem (NY/Israel), Percussionists Kofi Hunter (U.S.A) and Joel Mateo (Puerto Rico), and bass player Scott Colberg (U.S.A) for his third foray into solo recordings. The result is 7 …
Premiere: Meril Wubslin release the melancholy indie-folk of C’est Faux
Out on Friday via Geneva label Bongo Joe Records is the new album from Meril Wubslin, Alors quoi. They’re the brainchild of Swiss indie royalty, Velma guitarist-songwriter Christian Garcia-Gaucher and Toboggan and Wild Guys singer-guitarist Valérie Niederoest, accompanied by Toboggan and Rosqo drummer, Jérémie Conne. From the album, we’re delighted to be able to premiere …