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Premiere: Minimal Animal release video for Rise, plus new EP news
Under a new moniker, Minimal Animal, former Screaming Maldini main man Nick Cox is releasing his first new music since the band, a favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia, split. Taken from his new EP out today, Nick has released a new video for lead track Rise, which we’re delightedly to premiere here. Of …
Premiere: Gus Ring – Will I be alone for the rest of my life?
Ahead of the release of his new album ‘For us Lonely Souls’, out early 2020, we’re delighted here at Backseat Mafia to premiere the new single and video from Gus Ring, entitled “Will I Be Alone For The Rest Of My Life?”. Following his albums Boredomtapes (2015) and Hypnoseas (2017), the new single shows that he’s delving into …
Premiere: The Purple Lights reveal new video for Lake
We’re delighted here on Backseat Mafia to premiere the new track/video from London/Suffolk duo The Purple Lights for their forthcoming single Lake, out on July 12th via 3-6-9 ‘Essentially Lake is a break-up song, for anyone who has loved and lost, a coming to terms with reality and moving forward in life’ say the band, and …
Premiere: DEWR reveals new video for Serenity
San Francisco singer-songwriter DEWR, aka Brian Dewar is about to release his new single Serenity and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the video here on Backseat Mafia. The song, Dewar told us “….is a song about not being able to have it all. You have a finite amount of energy and attention you …
Premiere: Luke Hogan – Windowpane
Taken from Portland singer/songwriter Luke Hogan’s debut album ‘Thank You Stranger’, we’re delighted to premiere the track Windowpane here on backseatmafia.com Of the single, Luke told us that “I wrote ‘windowpane’ in my tiny bedroom in what will hopefully remain the worst apartment I’ve ever lived in- my first official place in Los Angeles after …
Premiere: Gianni Paci reveals new single and video ‘Another Day in June’
Singer-songwriter Gianni Paci learn the ropes the hard way, touring with The Butthole Surfers, sharing the stage with, amongst others Ace Frehley of Kiss, Steven Adler of Guns N Roses and the late Mike Starr of Alice In Chains and in the studio with the likes of Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie, Gwen Stefani), Jon Anderson (Yes, King Crimson) and Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai). But songwriting …
Premiere: Addie Brik reveals video for Belly
Georgia born but Scotland based singer songwriter Addie Brik is set to release her new album ‘I have a Doctor on Board’ via her own Itza label on June 8th. The ten track album was written in a small room overlooking the Firth of Clyde and is based around a series of interviews Addie had …
Premiere: Listen to an exclusive stream of Rougge’s album ‘Cordes’
French Singer-Songwriter Rougge is on the cusp of the release of his new album ‘Cordes’, out tomorrow via The Gum Club, and ahead of it’s release, we’re delighted to host an exclusive album stream. The work harks back to his two previous solo albums, 2007’s Fragments and its follow up, Monochrome (2016), but he’s re-imagined …
Premiere: Johanna Amelie – Into Blue
Taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘Distance’, co-produced by Gordon Raphael (The Strokes), we’re delighted to premiere the new song from Berlin based singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Johanna Amelie, Into Blue. Of the track she says “Into Blue is a song about a near-death experience. My idea was to express a contrast of opposites in the …
Premiere: The Shut-Ups reveal new video for Et,Tu? Tomorrow
Taken from their forthcoming fifth album ‘Just Another Generation’, Altanta-Athens quintet The Shut-Ups have revealed a new video for the track ‘Et,Tu? Tomorrow’, and we’re delighted to premiere it here on Backseat Mafia today. Harmony driven but comfortably indie at heart, Et,Tu? Tomorrow skips along (in keeping with the rest of the album) as if …