funk/soul
Premiere: Bliss Williams reveals new single on unrequited love, Falling For You
London singer-songwriter Bliss Williams is releasing his new single ‘Falling For You’ just in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of being a loved up tale of being together though, it’s a heartbreaking story of unrequited love, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the song, Bliss …
Album Review: Tommy Guerrero – ‘Sunshine Radio’
Tommy Guerrero’s ‘Sunshine Radio’ is the latest release in his pretty consistent turnover of albums, with the skateboarding legend turned musician averaging at least an LP every three years since 1997’s ‘Loose Groove And Bastard Blues’, as well as slotting in other projects (check out last year’s ace Los Days). On a similar path to …
Premiere: vbnd and The Soulmate Collective with the delicious funk of ‘Slowly Starting to Take Form’
Out tomorrow is the new single from Saskatoon based vbnd alongside The Soulmate Collective called ‘Slowly Starting To Take Form’. It’s from his forthcoming ‘Scum Funk’ album, which is out later in the year via London label DeepMatter, and we’re delighted to premiere it on Backseat Mafia this morning. After racking up 10 million streams …
See: Midnight Sister release new video for ‘Satellite’
Los Angeles artists Juliana Giraffe and Ari Balouzian, aka Midnight Sister, have released a new single and video from their album ‘Painting the Roses’, which dropped on January 15th via Jagjaguwar. If you’re unfamiliar with the pair, Giraffe is a designer who makes the costumes for the bands videos, but also for other artists and …
Track: Stimulator Jones lays down the funk groove with ‘Cupcakes’
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘La Mano’, out via Nordic label Mutual Intentions in January, Cupcakes is the new single from DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist Stimulator Jones. Pulling together strands of soul, blues, hip hop and jazz, Jones describes the process of making the track: “I started by recording myself playing drums on a Tascam 16-track …
News: New cultural project Solidarity Tapes release ‘Vol 1: End The Hostile Environment’ featuring Goat Girl, PVA, Big Joanie, Dan Carey andmore
From the newly created DIY project Solidarity Tapes comes their first release with Vol 1: End The Hostile Environment featuring an eclectic, heavyweight cast of some of the most exciting acts in the UK today including Goat Girl, PVA, Glows, Big Joanie, the head-honcho of Speedy Wunderground and the most in-demand producer at the moment, …
Exclusive: The Last Morrell records ‘The Party’ for Backseat Mafia At Home Sessions
Following on from his recent EP ‘Sarcasm’, where he really introduced himself, Yorkshire born singer-songwriter The Last Morrell has recorded a version of the stand out single from the EP, The Party, live for us here at Backseat Mafia, and we’re delighted to exclusively release it today. Having already performed with the likes of Tom …
See: Sam Eagle releases new video for new single ‘Like This’
Taken from his forthcoming EP, ‘Something out of Nothing’, out in November on Cooking Vinyl, 21-year old multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sam Eagle has shared the visuals for his latest single ‘Like This’. Speaking about the single, Sam says, “pretty much the whole song just came that night. Lyrically it’s quite abstract I think, but to me, …
Track: Beat Bronco Organ Trio – Missoula-Nairobi Pt.1
Who knew that people were making music like this in 2020? Well, we dived into the world of Rocafort records with their recent ‘Latin Underground Revolution pt.2’ release, and we loved that so much that we followed the trail to this, its follow up on the Swiss label. It’s a impossibly jazzy Afro-Funk instrumental from …
Premiere: Scoobert Doobert releases new video for ‘Moving To Canada’
California’s Scoobert Doobert, named after the supposed real name of Scooby Doo (although in researching this article I discovered there’s some conjecture about that, and in fact his surname may indeed actually be ‘Doo’, but I digress) has just released a new video for his new single ‘Moving To Canada’ and we’re delighted to premiere …