Track / Video
See: The XX Night + Day sessions in London, and new Video, Fiction
The XX are one of our favourite bands here on Backseat Mafia. Well, I say that, they’re one of my favourite bands and I’m writing this article. Anyway, I digress. For those people who have not been on the planet, or at least listened to the radio in the last year or so, then …
See: Amplify Dot releases new visuals for new single ‘I’m Good’, featuring Busta Rhymes
I think I’m probably the most mainstream of all the BM writers in my musical tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I love being introduced to new bands and in turn introducing stuff I have found to my friends. I like a self-released EP produced in someone’s bedroom as much as the next person. But, I …
See: Laura Welsh releases new video for Cold Front
You read about the song in our piece earlier in June, now watch the video for Laura Welsh’s “Cold Front” (single out on 15 July). Erotic, sensual and enticing, the video opens with the neat conceit of a dancer being manipulated by silhouetted puppet masters. But it doesn’t overplay the idea, the video developing through …
See: Editors reveal new video for ‘The Weight’
Ahead of the release of their fourth studio album, “The Weight of Your Love”, and as a counterpart to the lead single from the album, “A Ton Of Love”, Editors have also released a video to accompany the opening track from the album “The Weight”. The black and white video was shot in Nashville, Tennessee …
Track: Lolo, and listen to her track Weapon for Saturday
I was a very shy youth at school. Just when I changed school to secondary school, someone (accidentally) whacked me around the head with a golf club, and I ended up in hospital for weeks, and then not allowed to go to school in the afternoons for several months. Even worse, I lost large parts …
See: Sion Russell Jones releases video for new single, Unholy Ghost
Glamorgan isn’t really the home of Southern States Americana, but taking that and throwing in a good dose of Elliot Smith, and a smattering of folk (amongst other things) is Sion Russell Jones. He’s had records out before, in particular a startling debut, that heralded the arrival of a songwriting talent, and his last release …
New Music: The Baltic States – Kontrol
I once went to Estonia. It was for a concert I was playing in (check me out)so I packed appropriately. This was Estonia we’re talking about, right? Jumpers, thick coats, hundreds of (well, maybe four) pairs of socks, gloves. Of course when we got there Estonia turned out to be warm, friendly and beautiful. Tallinn …
Discover: Amber and listen to their track Noah
Me and my friends came together at University to do various things, some of them very creative. Some of the highlights of this creativity include swapping chocolate slim-fast with chocolate laxatives (how were we supposed to know he had an instrumental exam the next morning) signing one of our friends up to every free offer …
Track: Fenech-Soler release new track Magnetic (Sane Beats Remix)
I’m from the Midlands. Yes, I can stand up and admit it. The problem is that the people from the south of England think that you’re northerners and the people from the north think that you’re southerners. To make matters worse, the only point of reference for those people is Birmingham, which, especially where I …
See: Emily and the Woods release new video for small song / announce Summer tour dates
My father used to take us to the woods, quite a lot of the time. They didn’t have much money (I’ll never live the embarrassment of my home-made elasticated school trousers, but needs must I suppose) and so at the weekend, when me and my brother (and latterly my sister) were tearing the house apart, …