Indie
Live Review: Maximo Park – The Roundhouse, London 07.10.2022
The North East Indie Pop band finally made it back to London on their Singular tour to play the Roundhouse for an energetically charged show, showcasing old favourites as well as a new single ‘Great Art’! Undistinguishable from other British Indie-Rock Maximo Park have come a long way since realising their first album’ A Certain …
Premiere: The formidable Jo Meares makes a triumphant return with the sumptuous ‘Faster Than A First Kiss’, off his newly announced album ‘Dream Hotel’.
We are cryogenically frozen with excitement to give you an exclusive listen to the new single from the brilliant Jo Meares, ‘Faster Than A First Kiss’. Meares to me is one of the most prodigious talents summering below the surface in Australia: his profundity and eloquence comes across as the love child of Nick Cave …
Live Review: Luke Sital-Singh, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 04.10.22
“It’s good to be back Leeds”, explains Luke Sital-Singh after the opening number – Still – “and it’s good to get my happy song out of the way” Such is the self-deprecating humour that characterises an evening with Sital-Singh, the now LA based singer-songwriter. Sure, there’s a melancholy about the material that he writes, but …
Track: Dancing On Tables – So What
Scottish band Dancing On Tables have released ‘So What’ the second single off their upcoming debut album ‘Colour In The Grey,’ due on the 14th of October via Enci Records. The band comments: ’So What’ takes raw and delicate lyrics about the realisation that you would do anything to get an old relationship back, reliving all the mistakes you made and the games that …
Meet: Robbie McSkimming From Dancing On Tables
With the band set to release their debut album ‘Colour In The Grey’ next week, Backseat Mafia caught up with Robbie McSkimming from the band to find out a little bit about Scotland’s next big export. Give us a potted history of the band We all met when we were at school but didn’t start …
Feature: Dancing On Tables Give Us A Track By Track Of Forthcoming Album ‘Colour In The Grey’
Scottish band Dancing On Tables were named as one of Variety Magazine’s ’10 Brits To Watch’, supporting Catfish and The Bottlemen’s on their arena tour, numerous festival appearances. They are set to release their debut album ‘Colour In The Grey’ and have been kind to take us through the album track by track. Of their upcoming debut full-length, the …
Album Review: Tony Wright – The Anti Album
The Anti Album is Tony Wright’s lock down creation that sees him bearing his soul and putting everything in to the 10 songs that make up the album. The fact he has done this demands respect on it’s own, but the fact its stunningly brilliant and beautifully put together is another reason. The minimal production …
Feature: A Track By Track Of Tony Wright’s Beautifully Raw ‘The Anti Album’
This is a solo album so as for states of mind etc there was only one to deal with and I suppose like everyone else at that time (lockdown) it was confusing, contradictory and mentally exhausting. I have to be thankful that I have a guitar in my room and I can lose a day …
Review: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Are White Hot With ‘Cool It Down’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with an album that reimagines their sound for and addresses the concerns of a new generation.
News: the GOLDEN DREGS announce signing to the legendary 4AD label, new album, tour dates and unveil the languidly melancholic single ‘American Airlines’
I have been a long time fan of the GOLDEN DREGS – the single ‘Nobody Ever Gets Rich (by Making People Sad)’ remains one of my top five favourite releases of the past ten years – and it is brilliant to hear of their signing to the legendary 4AD label and news of a new …