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News: Erland Cooper releases his chorally collaborative ‘Egilsay’ EP: see a making-of film and find out more about his debuting silent movie score performance
MAGISTERIAL Orcadian composer Erland Cooper has released his second choral collaboration with the Shards ensemble, an EP focussing on one of Orkney’s northern islands, Egilsay, featuring four tracks of and about the island with a population of 14. Here at Backseat Mafia we featured a track, the moving, almost holy “Glimro”, at the beginning of …
Track: Eliza & The Delusionals spin pure gold with the dream pop track ‘Nothing Yet’, and announce Australian tour
I frequently bang on about the perfect recipe for pure pop, and the new track from Eliza & The Delusionals appears to have concocted the perfect sonic dish with all the essential ingredients in their new track ‘Nothing Yet’. Shimmering, scything guitars ring out- picking, plucking, arpeggiating and power chording all in the mix – …
Live review: Ishmael Ensemble, The Cornish Bank, Falmouth, November 24th, 2021: soaring and warming on a chill evening by the water
IF YOU’RE talking of about any kind of chronology of British Black musics down the decades, then it’s arguable really that there’s a triangle of cities which inform and inspire and spur each other on; those cities being London, Birmingham and Bristol. And what a fine tradition that Avon city has in this regard: the …
Premiere: Float away to the ethereal, dream-soaked sounds of Juniper Stone’s latest lo-fi offering ‘Moonchild’ out November 26
Backseat Mafia is excited to premiere the latest, dreamy drop from Brisbane’s Juniper Stone, who officially unveils newest single Moonchild this Friday 26 November. The track is truly a sonic flow of lo-fi indie that wraps itself around you like a cosy blanket on a rainy day, if that blanket was also woven with delicate …
Live Review: The Jesus And Mary Chain – Albert Hall, Manchester 18.11.2021
I’m not sure who first came up with the concept of the “Classic Album Tour”, whereby an artist plays the whole LP, track by track in the running order, in which it was originally released. It has become the preserve of bands who don’t have any new product to tour but fancy making a few quid, possibly …
See: Howdy, pardner; Novelty Island takes a breezy, bluegrass psych-pop trip in ‘Cowboy On A Bicycle’, with three shows next month
YEP. Yep. You’ve swooned for the baroque-pop, early-Seventies’ auteur styles of Strawberry Guy. Of course you have. Why ever not? The minute you walked in the joint I could tell you were a being of consummate taste. You’ve got a taste for one-man pop visionaries from the north-west, haven’t you? Hungering to explore more? This …
Track: Australia’s Beddy Rays unveil elevating new track ‘On My Own’
The rise of Beddy Rays has been spectacular to watch. Coming off the back of their beloved single ‘Sobercoaster’ placing #57 in last year’s Hottest 100 countdown, a slew of catchy party singles, and the astonishing Like A Version cover of Thelma Plum’s ‘Better In Blak’, the band are delivering yet another magnificent single titled …
Premiere: We get an exclusive look at the video for Australian country pop sensation Rachael Fahim’s effervescent song, ‘Darts in the Dark’
‘Darts in the Dark’ is a bright and bubbling track that shines and radiates joy, yet a thread of melancholy gives it a bittersweet edge both in the lyrics and Australian singer Rachael Fahim‘s delicate yearning vocals. We are pleased to be able to provide an exclusive look at the video accompanying this piece of …
News: elkyn announces his debut album and accompanying tour; hear a first single, the intimate whisper of ‘everything looks darker now’
WHERE his EP from last year, beech, got aficionados of a certain stripe of nocturnal, confessional singer-songwriters talking about great potential and one to watch, it looks like Joey Donnelly, the artist in his early twenties who appears with a guitar, a hushed voice and a bag of beautiful tunesmithery as elkyn, is set to …
Album Review: The Terrifying Lows release a scintillating collection of dark edged gritty pop in the brilliant self-titled debut album.
The Terrifying Lows is the work of Melbourne-based musician and Gamilaroi artist Tyler Millott, and his new self-titled album is a sparkling collection of jewels: finely tuned pop vignettes that have a dark undercurrent beneath the shining melodies. To add to the wonder, Millott took full control of the creativity – writing, recording and producing. As …