Indie pop
New Music: Mogwai, Every Country’s Sun
Scotland’s Mogwai are one of those bands that have been on the periphery of my vision (or hearing?) for many years, receiving strong critical acclaim and amassing a huge and dedicated following. I just haven’t had room on my brimming musical plate to encompass them, and to be honest the idea of a (mostly) instrumental …
Track: Bayonet – Just Want You
Sheffield consistently tops polls of friendliest/happiest places to live in the United Kingdom and with music like this pouring out of it, it’s not hard to see why. Bayonet are a Sheffield four piece who bring an endearing aesthetic to everything they do, whether it’s their artfully retro videos, poster-boy-pretty good looks or carefully constructed …
New Music: Priest, White Wing Dove
We’ve been huge fans of duo Priest since their debut under the name XPriestX and its great to see a new release following a brief hiatus. “White Wing Dove” has all the hallmarks of Priest – yearning melancholy indie electro-pop with expansive skywide choruses and bittersweet melodies. Priest is the result of a collaboration between …
New Music: Unruly Girls, Cruel Tales
Many years ago in the nascent years of Backseat Mafia, we wrote about a number of exciting Italian bands creating distinct indie rock with style and attitude. One of these was a wild and brilliant band called “Sweet Jane and Claire” who (as their name suggested) were very much a Velvet’s-influenced attitude-laden breath of fresh …
Album Review: Flyte – The Loved Ones
‘The Loved Ones’ is the long anticipated debut from London four-piece Flyte. It’s been some time in the making – about 3 years in fact. Flyte separately admit that as early as age ten, a career in music was their only ambition. Drummer Jon Supran and bassist Nick Hill met guitarist and lead vocalist Will …
Video and News: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Over Everything
This must be the most perfect laconic, low-fi alt.country indie music match in history – Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile are releasing an album together entitled “Lotta Sea Lice”, due out on 13 October 2017. First release off the album is the song “Over Everything” and it is everything you would expect from these two …
Meet: Interview with QUIET DOMINO
Quiet Domino recently released the debut single ‘Metropelium’, drawing inspiration from new musings on a hometown city. Founded in San Francisco, this is the new project of singer-songwriter-reckoner Mark Nelsen. His unpredictable live shows and knack for writing and producing genre-blending songs led him to create his debut single as Quiet Domino. Over the past …
News: Cherry Red release C88 deluxe 3CD box set
Cherry Red follow on from the Classic C86 and follow up C87 with this new 3 CD deluxe Set featuring music from the DIY indie Scene of 1987. When the likes of Depeche Mode, New Order and Kylie were propping up the top end of the indie charts in 1988, the smaller self funded UK …
Track: Girl Ray – Don’t Go Back At Ten, plus UK tour news
Girl Ray announce their eagerly awaited debut headline tour and share an ode to friendship with new track ‘Don’t Go Back At Ten’. The North London trio – comprising Poppy Hankin (guitar/vocals), Iris McConnell (drums) and Sophie Moss (bass) – recently announced details of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Earl Grey’ (out 4 August via …
Album Review: San Cisco – The Water
San Cisco return with their eagerly awaited third album “The Water”, following the tracks “Slo Mo” and “Hey, Did I Do You Wrong”. It’s the follow up to their smash “Gracetown” which reached #2 in the Australian charts in 2015. The band (Jordi Davieson, Scarlett Stevens, Josh Biondillo and Nick Gardner) have toured extensively in …