Indie
Live Review: Heelapalooza Festival – Play Brew Co, Middlesbrough 18.06.2022
BY Adam and Hazel Littlemore What a fantastic festival this years Heelapalooza has been, with the amazing artists and bands that signed up to perform. The first band on was Picnic, who confidently opened the festival with their funky sound that had the whole crowd dancing along with Robyn’s powerful voice coupled with the lush …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival, Cate Le Bon. Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 19.06.2022
Tonight, Cate Le Bon dedicated the song ‘Miami’ to the late great Julee Cruise: a fitting reference to the style and enigmatic sounds of the Lynchian favourite – elements that Le Bon herself displayed throughout this bavura performance as part of the Dark Mofo Festival. The creaky old Odeon Theatre played its part on this …
Live Review: Flyying Colours Lansdowne, Sydney 18.06.2022
Flyying Colours mesmerise Sydney crowd with their glorious shoegaze.
Track: Beths back with new track and announce upcoming Album
Kiwi legends, the Beths are back with new track off upcoming album.
EP: Opus Kink – ‘Til The Stream Runs Dry
Brighton’s Opus Kink have released their frantic and jaunty EP ‘Til The Stream Runs dry via Nice Swan records. The EP kicks into life after the blaring of horns of Into The Stream straight into ‘I Love You, Baby’. A ferocious lively track with urgent guitar stabs rousing horns and vocals that are spat go …
Track: Bec is Back with Delectable ‘Cost of Love’
Bec Sandridge’s irresistible new single ‘Cost Of Love’ sounds like the jaunty love child of Shania Twain and Sheena Easton.
Premiere: London band Volleyball release the dreamy psychedelic pop of Kitua Fortune; watch the video exclusively here first
Describing themselves by saying “We create psych music that sits in a dreamy haze between catchy and explorative. Six singles have set a strong sonic territory on which to build their sound, with two mini albums set for release this year, the band are keen to innovate at the forefront of the UK psych scene,” …
Premiere: Kula Shaker release new video for Whatever it is (I’m against it); see it first, here
Taken from their new album 1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love (and free hugs), Whatever it is (I’m against it) is the brand new single from a re-energised Kula Shaker, and we’re delighted to be able to share the accompanying video for the track exclusively here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The song is a …
Track: A.A Williams – Evaporate
A.A. Williams has announced the news of her much-anticipated second album, titled ‘As The Moon Rests’, due the 7th of October via Bella Union. To celebrate the announcement Williams has shared an intense and beautifully shot b/w video for lead single “Evaporate” directed by Fraser West. “Traditionally, your second album is the worry; where there’s the weight …
Live Review: Tim Burgess / Dean McMullen / Tom A Smith – Riverside, Newcastle 13.06.2022
By Hazel Littlemore It’s always good to see Tom Smith performing and see how much he has changed and how far he has came in his music career. As soon as Tom came on stage the whole crowd started to cheer his name and singing along to his lyrics. Tom has such a unique powerful …