indie exclusives
Premiere: Bromide – Two Song Slot
Two Song Slot is the first single from London noise-pop three piece Bromide’s sixth album I Woke Up. Penned by the bands singer-guitarist Simon Berridge in his car outside Tesco after walking out of an solo open mic slot, it was the line “Elvis woulda stayed.. he would’ve slain them” that came to him first …
Premiere: Johnny Cyrus and His Band of Ghosts – Longevity I (EP)
We are delighted to premiere the debut EP ‘Longevity I’ from Ipswich’s Johnny Cyrus and His Band of Ghosts. Ipswich is a town west of Brisbane, Queensland and you can feel deep in the roots of the music a certain Australian outback theme – dusty desert roads filled with roadkill and killer semi-trailers with hot …
Premiere: Tia Gostelow – Giants
18 year old Australian singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow is about to release her debut EP Status Anxiety, with an album and some global touring in the works in 2018. We delighted to premiere Tia’s next single ‘Giants’ here on Backseat Mafia. It has this indie pop/rock sound that opens with delicate picked guitars and unfurl into …
Premiere: The Ocean Party – Vein, plus Interview
Coming just months after the release of ‘Beauty Point’, the seventh album from Australian sextet The Ocean Party, the band have wasted no time in recording a new EP, titled guilt. More restrained and country tinged that their previous releases, its a nod to the likes of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Ahead of its …
Premiere: Dominic Waxing Lyrical releases new video for ‘Susan Sontag’, plus UK tour dates
Ahead of the release of Dominic Waxing Lyrical’s new album ‘Rural Tonic’, which drops on 21st April via Tenement Records, we’re delighted to premiere the new video for his new single ‘Sunsan Sontag’. The Edinburgh based poet, otherwise known as Dominic Harris and his ever changing line up of collaborators this time features both his …
Premiere: Graces – Smile
Sheffield band Graces have set the mark with new single ‘Smile’, released on 10th March 2017, introducing their own brand of cinematic indie-pop to the modern world. The track will be officially launched with a sold-out show at the Rocking Chair, cementing their roots in Sheffield’s rich indie music heritage. ‘Smile’ follows the band’s debut EP …
Premiere: Long Teeth – Pangea
Here at Backseat Mafia, we’re delighted to premiere the new single from East London three piece Long Teeth. Called Pangea, it’s out on March 20th via Drastic Decline Records and precedes the bands ‘Canned Laughter’ EP which follows in April. The EP is a follow on from the bands two previous self-released singles – ‘Little …
Premiere: The Holiday Crowd release video for Cheer Up
Toronto indie pop quartet The Holiday Crowd have released a new video for ‘Cheer Up’, debuting here today on Backseat Mafia. It was the first single to be taken from the bands self-titled sophomore effort, which dropped last month on the Shelflife label. Cheer up is this picture-postcard indie pop (postcard being the operative word …
Premiere: Black Mamba Fever reveal video for Fake Blood
Theres a whiff of The Cramps, Television, Gang of Four and their post-punk ilk about Sheffield indie rockers Black Mamba Fever, but they manage to create a sound all of their own, wiry muscular guitars and the dark baritone of Louis Ashman draped all over a melodies that stick in your mind. We’re very pleased …
Premiere: Stop Drop Robot – For the Day
One of the first ever articles we ever wrote on Backseat Mafia was about Sheffield proto-indie rock group Stop Drop Robot, so when they announced it was the end of their particular road back in March, we mourned with the rest of the steel city (as well as people who had witnessed the bands extraordinary …