Electronic
Track: Mark Lanegan Band – Playing Nero
Following on from Stick It Up, which we fell for previously, the Mark Lanegan Band have released a new track, Playing Nero, in the run up to the released of the band Somebody’s Knocking in October. It’s Lanegan at his introspective best, his lived in voice offering up a rather melancholy tale. As he says “Sietse …
Track/Video: Haiku Salut – Loves / Going Back
Written over a two month period in their studio on the edge of the Peak District, Haiku Salut have written a new soundtrack to Buster Keaton’s 1926 comedy classic ‘The General’, and from it they’ve released a new double a-sided single, Loves / Going Back, ahead of the albums release on August 2nd via Secret …
Track: TTY – Buttercream
TTY are our sort of band. Ahead of the release of their EP this coming Friday on the ever brilliant Young Turks label, they’ve shared a track, Buttercream. But it goes way beyond that. As the label say: They definitely slept in the Young Turks studio for about 18 months. They would emerge from the …
See: !!! (chk chk chk) release new video for UR Paranoid
Art/Dance/Punk scenesters (delete as appropriate) !!! have released new music UR Paranoid and Off the Grid, and predictably it’s gluey, throbbing electro goodness, full of chanted verses, tinny high hats and a vibe that pulls you inside out over the dancefloor. The band have released a statement with it, saying “Who doesn’t feel paranoid or …
See: Metronomy launch video for new single Lately, plus album and tour news
Metronomy are gearing up for their new, sixth album, in the Autumn and have released their first new music since 2016’s ‘Summer 08’ album in the form of a new track, Lately. It’s classic Metronomy, with the eerie Stranger Things like synths at the start, taking more of a back seat as these sparkling chords …
See: Hot Chip release new video for Melody of Love
Hot Chip’s long awaited (at least by us here at Backseat Mafia) album A Bath Full Of Ecstacy is out on June 21st, and it’s the first time the band have worked with external producers, drafting in Philippe Zdar and Rodaidh McDonald. They’ve now released another second song from the record, ‘Melody of Love’. Apparently the …
Album Review : Flying Lotus’ ‘Flamagra’
Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus, has been on an upward swing from the moment he arrived in 2006 with his debut 1983. Falling comfortably into the shoes of producers like Madlib and J Dilla, with also element of psych, hip hop, trip hop, and jazz, each Flying Lotus record ups the one that came before. …
Track: Cross Record – PYSOL My Castle
Cross Record, aka Emily Cross of Loma, has had an eventful time of it since her last album Wabu Sabi. She’s got divorced, stopped drinking and become a death douma, as well as touring with the aforementioned Loma. Seems despite that she’s had enough time on her hands to write and record a second, self-titled …
Premiere: Solo Collective (Sebastian Reynolds / Anne Müller / Alex Stolze) – For Hazel
Solo Collective, aka composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Sebastian Reynolds, along with German cellist/composer Anne Müller and violinist/producer Alex Stolze are back following their acclaimed Solo Collective Part One album with (wait for it) Solo Collective Part Two, out on June 7th via Nonostar Records. Sitting between the classical tradition and the Silver Mt Zion, Sigur Ros, A …
See: Other Nature release video for Walking A Wall
Other Nature, multi-instrumentalist and producer Sena Verdi aka Lyonheart, and singer/writer Tariq Khan. Neither are strangers to the music scene – Verdi releasing music with the likes of BT, Paul Oakenfield and Chicane as well as writing and producing for Sheffield post-punks RALE while Khan, as well as being Bat for Lashes’ brother, turned out …