indie exclusives
Premiere: Altameda release the glorious melancholy of ‘Nightmare Town’
Canadian duo Altameda are back with a new single, Nightmare Town, and we’re absolutely delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. It’s out today via Modern Sky, and is based largely on the film Badlands, and the true story that it’s loosely based on. Of the track, the band say “Though the violence …
Premiere: Skep Wax announce new compilation from former Sarah Records artists – first listen to new tracks from The Luxembourg Signal and The Orchids, here
So we all know (well, I do anyway) that indie pop royalty Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, who have between them (and together) an extensive cannon behind them, including Heavenly, Marine Research, Talulah Gosh, Tender Trap – and more latterlyThe Catenary Wires and Swansea Sound, have started a label Skep wax. We’ll out for pre-order …
Exclusive: The Red, Pinks and Purples record Don’t Come Home Too Soon live in session for Backseat Mafia
We were delighted to have Glenn Donaldson from The Reds, Pinks and Purples join us for a Backseat Mafia Session with this acoustic performance of Don’t Come Home Too Soon. The San Francisco-based performer gives Don’t Come Home Too Soon a new unique atmosphere when stripped back to just guitar and vocals. It’s taken from …
Premiere: Velvet Sunset reveal the scuffed beauty of new single ‘I Ride All Night’
French duo Velvet Sunset, aka Max and Eleonore are back with a new single, I ride all night, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The band mix up this indie rock sound with element of shoegaze and psychedelia in the single, with these scuzzy guitars winding …
Premiere: Stump’s whispering foil Kev Hopper returns for Dimple Discs – hear the rubbery baroque pop excellence of ‘The Dog Walker’
STUMP were one of those ultra-Peel bands, like The Noseflutes, Bogshed, The Fire Engines, who sorta belonged to the (no doubt press-confected) ‘shambling’ movement of the Eighties – Beefheartian, collapsed, askance, freakishly fun, revealing truths about the world from an oblique perch above it all. They had an all-too-brief moment of notoriety in the public …
Exclusive: Salvation Jayne and Ashton Rapturous team up to record Arlo Parks’ Black Dog in session for Backseat Mafia
UK alt-rock five-piece Salvation Jayne teamed up with Ashton Rapturous to cover Arlo Park’s Black Dog for our latest Backseat Mafia Session. Their performance really brings a new life to the song with Rapturous’ feature displaying how collaboration can be a very creative tool. Check out their recent single ‘A Mouthful Of Magnificent Spite, which …
Premiere: Eucereon releases the beautiful melancholic indie-folk of ‘Go’
UK/US based indie folk singer, songwriter and producer Eucereon has unveiled her new single ‘Go’. – written in Denmark, produced in the UK and released in the US, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Of the track, Eucereon says “Go is about codependency masquerading as …
Premiere: The Silver Bars release new single, The Long Night
Barrow-In-Furness Indie rock quintet The Silver Bars are back with a new single, The Long Night, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s a follow on from their debut EP which dropped earlier ion the heart, and see’s them channel and refine their sound in a …
Premiere: The Jazz Butcher – ‘Time’: RIP, Pat, but there’s one final album in store and a celebratory gig in Camden this weekend
THE JAZZ BUTCHER is one of those artists who make indiepop kids of a certain generation go misty eyed, and with good reason; Pat Fish, the man behind the jazz despatching curtain, as it were, was an all-round gentleman of the whimsical song, someone you’d definitely find in the kitchen at parties; sometime indie television …
Premiere: Lazyrave reveal the trashy brilliance of ‘Snakey’
Newcastle Upon Tyne’s indietronica outfit Lazyrave – aka the unlikely union of frontman (Dan Clark) and drummer (Ben Kindlan) from rock & roll band ‘The Kush’ with producer (Mark “Clem” Clemmett) and tech engineer (Pete Cheyne), are releasing a new track Snakey, and we’re absolutely delighted to be able to premiere it right here on …