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Track: Brighton Indie Trio Dutch Criminal Record Return With Vibrant, High Octane & Ever Breezy New Single ‘Oat Milk’
Released alongside the announcement of a upcoming EP ‘Apathy Mixtape’ Dutch Criminal Record offer another taste of their delectable and vibrant indie prowess on ‘Oat Milk’. Stepping into a more murky and intense approach with a wall of punching drums, modulation and reverb soaked guitars, subtle synths and distorted, yet light and melancholy tinted vocals, …
Album Review: Berlin Strings – On a dark night (Edition DUR 12)
Edwards Berlin Strings is a classically trained chamber ensemble specializing in collaborations with pop and indie musicians, as well as cinematic compositions. The quartet consists of Lisa Marie Vogel (violin), Johanna Wundling (violin), Tabea Haarmann-Thiemann (viola) and Luisa Babarro Fernández (cello); the inspiraton is to make classical music more tangible for the modern listener. With dissonances …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Monnone Alone unveil innovative video for their jaunty new single ‘Loose Terrain’ on eve of launch date.
Melbourne jingle jangle gurus Monnone Alone are on the eve of releasing their fourth album, and, to whet our appetites, last Friday released the single ‘Loose Terrain’. We are honoured today to give you an exclusive look at the innovative groundbreaking 3D video for the track. ‘Loose Terrain’ launches with a twanging mouth harp before …
Album Review: Jim Wallis – In Huge Gesturing Loops: moving ‘ambient country’ way beyond passive mood music.
Drumming and making ambient soundscapes is not a well populated intersection on the musician directory Venn diagram but Jim Wallis sits comfortably within that quirky enclave. Perhaps best known for his stick wielding in Modern Nature, Still Corners and Psychic Markers, he’s also a producer/mixer/engineer (recent credits include Bryde and Ellie James) plus one of …
Track: Jet City Sports Club unveil ethereal new dream pop single ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time) as they head off on tour.
One of the best purveyors of antipodean jangling dream pop, Jet City Sports Club are back with the delightful dreamy ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time)’. Featuring the most wistful and yearning melodies carried on the shoulders of jangling fuzzy guitars, this is an epic pop track that glitters sparkles like the sun off a diamond. …
Meet: Teiger London’s New Rock Trio
With a debut album and tour coming later this year, Teiger are bringing their own brand of female-led rock to the UK’s stages. We at Backseat are huge fans and wanted to introduce the rest of you to the world of Teiger. Give us a potted history of the band Thank you for having us! …
Premiere: heavy wild Release Lyric Video For Hazey New Single ‘Death Dreams’
London newcomers heavy wild share the haunting, hazey and effortlessly cool new lyric video for their new single ‘Death Dreams’, needless to say we’re very excited to be running the premiere! Creating a captivating grunge tinted shoegaze soundscape, ‘Death Dreams’ brings together dark, atmospheric soundscape with it’s cavernous reverbs and wonderfully lazy delivery. Led by …
Premiere: ‘Hang On To Me’ – Fallon Cush exclusively unveils achingly beautiful new single on announcement of new EP.
We are honoured to be able to bring you the new single from the esteemed outfit Fallon Cush – a Sydney band whose output we have been assiduously following for a number of years. Often described as Americana, my sense of vacuous patriotism would argue Fallon Cush have an antipodean flavour – a sort of …
Track: Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Kat Greta unveils stunning elegy ‘Farewell My Friend’ that shimmers like stars in the firmament.
We were honoured to premiere Melbourne chanteuse and multi-instrumentalist Kat Greta‘s debut video for the track ‘Let It Go’ last year and her new single “Farewell My Friend’ is an ethereal and haunting elegy that showcases her stunning vocals and songwriting craft. Greta’s bell-like delivery reminds me of a mix between the legendary Kate Bush …
Premiere: Austin’s The Western Civilization exclusively unveil evocative new single ‘Fool’ ahead of the release of their first album for eight years.
We are very honoured to bring you a first taste of the new single from Austin, Texas band The Western Civilization ahead of their first album in eight years. ‘Fool’ is a deliciously cool drink of water – dappling guitars and pattering drums carry dual female/male vocals from Rachel Hansbro and Reggie O’ Farrel over …