indie rock
Track: New Model Army – End of Days
New Model Army have released this track as a taster of what is to come with the release of the eagerly anticipated new album From Here – Due out 23rd August via Ear Music It’s not very often you get a track that knocks you sideways and right from the very first pounding drum beat and …
Track: Editors – Frankenstein
Editors have recently released some in music in the form of a single titled Frankenstein. With a hint of dance and distorted vocals you would be forgiving if you didn’t recognise The Editors on Frankenstein as the same band that wrote the likes of Sparks and Munich. There’s still that voice but they have changed …
Track: Pixies – On Graveyard Hill plus Album and Tour News
One of the most influential and inspiring bands of the past few decades, the Pixies, have announced a new album – “Beneath the Eyrie’ – to be released on Friday, 13 September, a world tour and a taste of what’s to come in the single ‘On Graveyard Hill’. And the single is the same delicious …
See: Wand release new video for Thin Air, announce European tour dates.
Taken from their recently released Laughing Matters album which came out in April via Drag City, Wand have released new visuals for the track Thin Air. The notoriously assiduous band, who’ve release an album a year for the last four years and have toured all over the world between times, have also announced new European …
Track: Crushed Beaks – Honesty Box
London-based Crushed Beaks return in a confident mood with a new album ‘The Other Room’ and new single up their sleeve. A taster of whats to come in the album is ‘Honesty Box’, a blast of pure energy powered by a driving motorik beat and drenched in layers of warped distortion. The Other Room was …
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 …
See: The Raconteurs release new video for Help Me Stranger, plus World Tour Dates
Supergroup The Raconteurs – Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler, have resurfaced with a new album ‘Help Us Stranger’, out on White’s Third Man Records on June 21st. From it the band have released a new single ‘Help Me Stranger’, and details of their World Tour. The old time blues start is …
See: Feeder release new video for Youth, plus new album announcement
Feeder have released new single ‘Youth’. The new track from the iconic rock band is Feeder at it’s best. Massive crunchy guitars, sing along chorus and soaring melodies. It’s festival material in spades and sure to continue their top 10 album run since 2016’s ‘All Bright Electric’ and the 2017 ‘Best Of’. This …
See: Watercolours release new video for ‘Habits’
Bristol-based indie/rock outfit Watercolours have released their latest single ‘Habits’, a cover of Tove Lo. With high praise from BBC Introducing, including a live session on air, the band are gaining traction ahead of their debut EP, slated for release this summer. The trio is currently on a spring tour, including a date supporting Marillion. Sitting …
See: Sebadoh reveal video for Sunshine plus tour dates.
Sebadoh, the once lo-fi side project of Dinosaur Jr. bass player Lou Barlow, are to be on our stereos/streaming from our mobile devices (delete as appropriate) once again. Act Surprised looks to make up for the near six-year absence since the group last released music (2013’s Defend Yourself) with the latest single from the album, “sunshine“, released this …