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Premiere: The Florin Arc exclusively unveil their epic new single ‘As I Rode Out Of The Cane Field Fire’: a gothic, alt.country journey into the outback.
We are honoured to premiere today the new single ‘As I Rode Out Of The Cane Field Fire’ from the New England (NSW) duo The Florin Arc. With a razor sharp production from Hugh Cook that you could cut yourself with, and a sweeping, weeping string undercurrent, this is a rich, lush track that seems …
Live Review: Black Stone Cherry/The Darkness AO Arena, Manchester – 02/02/23
Gallery: Danko Jones Forming in 2000 in Lowestoft, British rock band The Darkness burst into the UK music scene following the success of their 2003 debut album Permission to Land which spawned the ever popular ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ and was followed up by a further six top 20 albums. The band …
EP Review: PHEA – Healing Hearts
American-German singer-songwriter and producer PHEA invites us into her unique avant-pop world on the new EP ‘Healing Hearts’. As a survivor of potentially fatal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, PHEA found expression and comfort in her music in the years that followed her open-heart surgery and implantation of her first defibrillator, at the age of 10. As the …
Premiere: Hobart ambient magicians follow sparkle and shine with their new single ‘Isla’
Last month we brought you the extraordinary debut single ‘Sentimental Health’ from the ambient Hobart instrumental band follow and it is with the greatest of joy we premiere their shimmering follow-up track ‘Isla’, with its gorgeous video as a spectacular visual accompaniment. Crystalline guitars etch delicious sonic contrails across the clear blue sky, sparkling and …
Meet: Bristol’s Post-Punk Specialists Saloon Dion
They sound like a beastie boys cover band playing Robbie Williams songs at a wedding, and want to support the Vengaboys in a fish and chip shop. Bristol’s Saloon Bar are a band we all need to know. Give us a potted history of the band We’ve been a band for almost two years now, 5th …
News: Lime Cordiale Announce Country Club Experience Tour
Lime Cordiale have announced an extensive East Coast tour.
Album Review : New Age Doom & Lee Scratch Perry – Remix The Universe : a daring excavation of The Upsetter’s parting gift.
This is exactly how Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry would have liked it now that he’s left us. Not just commemoration with a stream of inevitable reissues or out-take raids from his archive but something more vibrant, new music with him providing its soul. Dial back to November 2021 when the legendary Upsetter performed as the inspirational …
Album Review: Gena Rose Bruce’s ‘Deep Is The Way’ is an ethereal, majestic triumph. Australian and UK tour dates also announced.
We here at Backseat Mafia have been long time fans of Melbourne-based chanteuse Gena Rose Bruce with her smoky, sultry voice and reverb-inflected laconic style that comes across as a melange of Mazzy Star and P.J. Harvey: a femme fatale with a steely spine cloaked in luscious velvet and a smoldering style. We first noticed her soon …
News: Coyle Girelli Shares Brand New Single ‘True Love Forever’ From Upcoming Musical Theatre Show
‘True Love Forever’ is a brand new single by the New York City based British singer-songwriter Coyle Girelli. His first release since 2022’s ‘Funland’, his second solo album, and its acoustic companion piece, ‘Stripped’, the song appears in a show that he has created in collaboration with the musical theatre company Third Rail Projects. Girelli …
News: Marianas Rest Announced new album ‘Auer’ & release Video for first single.
Watch the New Clip for “Diseased” Auer out March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records Melodic death doom heavyweights MARIANAS REST have announced their upcoming fourth studio album, entitled Auer, out March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records.Hailing from the coastal town of Kotka, MARIANAS REST embodies the Finnish melancholy and sadness of a cold, harsh winter …