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News: The Darkness release new single ‘Walking Through Fire’
The Darkness have released their scorching new single ‘Walking Through Fire’, the latest song to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘Dreams On Toast’ out March 28th via Cooking Vinyl. ‘Walking Through Fire’ is an epic Darkness anthem with signature guitar solos, a thunderous rhythm section and high-flying falsetto flourishes which deliver an amusing ode to the band’s love …
Track: Katherine Priddy encapsulates the move from Winter to Spring in new single, Daybreaker
Katherine Priddy’s latest single Daybreaker, released via Cooking Vinyl, is a stunning collaboration with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage that beautifully captures the transition from winters grip to the warmth of spring. Following the success of Close Season, this second track in their poetic-musical project embodies hope and renewal, both in its lyrical themes and its …
Track: Rosie Frater-Taylor – Give And Take
British singer and guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor has shared a new track ‘Give & Take’, which is the second single to be taken from her forthcoming studio album Featherweight, due for release on Cooking Vinyl on the 9th of February 2024. Packing a heavy emotional punch, ‘Give & Take’ is an introspective, jagged slice of alt …
News: Electro techno maestros The Orb announce their 18th Album ‘Prism’ and spark things off with the pulsating single ‘Living in Recycled Times’ featuring Rachel D’Arcy.
The legendary The Orb have announced their return to the fray with the news of an new album ‘Prism’ – their 18th – and a single, ‘Living In Recycled Times’, to whet our collectives appetites. Featuring the vocals of Rachel D’Arcy, ‘Living In Recycled Times’ is a swelling, ambulant piece of electronica that pulsates and …
See: The Waterboys reveal new psychedelic video for ‘Here We Go Again’
The third single to be taken from The Waterboys forthcoming 15th studio album All Souls Hill, out on May 6th via Cooking Vinyl, is ’Here We Go Again’, and the band have just revealed a psychedelic video to accompany the track. Of the track, singer Mike Scott says “It’s the idea we’re living through a …
Track: The Waterboys – All Souls Hill
The Waterboys have shared the video for new single ‘All Souls Hill’, the title track to their new album out May 6th on Cooking Vinyl and which follows 2020’s critically acclaimed ‘Good Luck Seeker’ (read our review here) Mike Scott: “All Souls Hill is a fast-forward blast through human history, from mythical beginnings to coruscating present, set …
News: The Jesus & Mary Chain sign to Fuzz Club Records; announce reissues and promise of new music
We’re incredibly excited here at Backseat Mafia HQ that the seminal Jesus & Mary Chain have signed with London based independent (and consistently brilliant) label Fuzz Club Records, and have announced that new music is in the works. Added to that, Fuzz Club are reissuing two of the bands albums; 2017 studio album ‘Damage and …
News: Psych legends LOOP return with their first album in 32 years; see the immaculately acid strobe-fest of ‘Halo’
I REMEMBER the first time I fell down the LOOP rabbithole, as an uninitiated 17-year-old in love with the jingle-jangle sound of early Creation Records, grappling with the situationist excellence of Bogshed and Stump; finding my way into The Fall’s This Nation’s Saving Grace with a whole armful of questions for Mark E Smith. In …
Track: The Waterboys – The Liar
The Waterboys return with another album All Souls Hill due 22nd April 2022 via Cooking Vinyl. The band have shared the video for the first single ‘The Liar’. The video, features a haunting image by satirical collagist Cold War Steve. Mike Scott comments “The Liar is a comment on recent and still-current events, and both the …
See: The brilliant Sydney post punk exponents Johnny Hunter release powerful video for the single ‘Life’
I’ve waxed lyrical about the genius that is Johnny Hunter – one of the most exciting acts in the world at the moment. Their glam theatrical approach is mesmerising and exciting and their songwriting recalls the best of post punk movement with sonorous vocals, icy, edgy guitars and anthemic choruses. Jonny Hunter have just released …