gothic
Premiere: Golden Fang – Don’t Take Your God To Town
We are delighted to premiere the blistering new single from Sydney band Golden Fang – a cool, rumbling track imbued with swagger and attitude and a wall of tasty guitars. And a great pop sensibility. Golden Fang have the essential ingredients for delivering gritty and passionate music as well as an insouciance and attitude that …
Track: Evanescence – The Game Is Over With Video Premiere On Youtube on 3rd July at 12 pm ET / 5 pm UK time.
Evanescence release ‘The Game is Over’ the second song to be taken from The Bitter Truth, their first album of new original music in nine years. The Bitter Truth will be released incrementally throughout 2020 via RCA. Singer Amy Lee says of “The Game is Over” – “This song is about being sick of the facade. The disguises we wear for …
Track: Rex – Palaces
Amsterdam-based trio Rex have released an epic single ‘Palaces’ which has about it an exciting studied pose and swagger, and a video that captures this band’s cool presence. Singer Jonathan Rex has that razor sharp feel and profound delivery that cannot help recall the likes of Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave – ultra cool yet …
Album Review: Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me
Since covering her single ‘Blazing Radio’ back in 2014, we here at Backseat Mafia have keenly followed the career of Melbourne’s Gena Rose Bruce and it is with great joy to declare her debut album, ‘Can’t Make You Love Me’, a promise strongly delivered. There can be no doubt that Bruce’s style has matured and …
W Fest, Amougies, Belgium 15-19/08/2018
W Fest in deepest Belgium, sits 30km from the French border, and now in its third year is becoming a major draw for music fans of all ages with a dark side (with a strong showing of 50-somethings). My failed attempts to land the job of stage presenter resulted in me being offered campsite manager, …
News: Dark Mofo Festival
Over the past few years, the city of Hobart in the Australian state of Tasmania has been transformed by the building of a privately-funded art museum called the Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) on the banks of the Derwent River. The museum has achieved international recognition for its innovative and eclectic collection and …
Track: Holy Boy – 15 Billion Miles
Holy Boy is a new Norwegian outfit – 15 Billion Miles is their first video, and anyone looking for gothic synths with occasional crashing guitars would be advised to check it out. Moody video too; although it must be uncomfortable wandering around the desert in those leather threads. It’s from the upcoming album due in …