Indie
Track: Chad VanGaalen’s ‘Night Waves’ is lush and Velvetsy; live stream news
YOUR favourite leftfield Canadian songwriter, Chad VanGaalen, is shaping up to go public with his accolade as the World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener, his new album for Sub Pop on March 19th; and as part of his podium speech on receipt of that trophy, we can reveal from his hastily scribbled notes, a new track, …
See: Elkyn shares new video for the heartbreaking Something
Joseph Donnelly, aka Elkyn, has just released his new single ‘Something’ via Tambourine Machine Records. It’s the Leeds based singer-songwriters follow up to last years debut EP Beech , and the single ‘if only it was alright now’. On the track, Elkyn says “’something’ is about not feeling anything. It’s about all the things I …
Album Review: Carpool Tunnel – Bloom; a bubbling slice of Californian indie
Carpool Tunnel are musically fluorescing with the release of their debut album Bloom. After only releasing singles since 2017, Carpool Tunnel are kicking their discography off to an encouraging start with this 60’s inspired, simplistic sounding album that will transport you from a dreary day to the Californian coast. Bloom offers an escape from the current climate and creates an excitement for the go-ahead of festivals. The 11-track album is an effortless listen from start to finish. Each track is a heartwarming combination of tender …
See: Heligoland release an arctic chill with gorgeous new video for ‘Hera’ off album ‘This Quiet Fire’
The track ‘Hera’ perfectly encapsulates the overall shimmering beauty of Heligoland‘s album ‘This Quiet Fire’ (reviewed by me recently), and the band has released an enchanting video that is the perfect cinematic vision for the track. The black and white landscapes loom ominously – the snow-laden, naked boughs and walls of frosted trees frame the …
News: Wolf Alice announce new album ‘Blue Weekend’ and unveil epic, anthemic single ‘The Last Man on Earth’
Legendary indie band Wolf Alice have announced their return with news of a new album entitled ‘Blue Weekend’ scheduled for release on 11 June via Liberator Music / Dirty Hit. To mark this great news, the band has also released a video for a new single off the album – ‘The Last Man on Earth’. …
Track: Oya Paya – ‘Pretty Slick’: bip-bippin’ with the lo-fi electro thang
LIVERPUDLIAN lo-fi indie combo Oya Paya, who we last bumped into on our daily peramble gosh! all way back in December with the slacker-pop winter warmer of “Focus”, are back! with a complete brainworm of a groovy ditty, “Pretty Slick”, which manages to fuse a wholly bedroom indiepop aesthetic with some verry Eighties’ kinda melodies, …
Track: New Bums – ‘Cover Band’: lamentin’ the life of the working combo
NEW BUMS, the duo of Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny and Skygreen Leopards’ Donovan Quinn, are all set to release their actually really lovely second album, Last Time I Saw Grace, in about three weeks, via the offices of Drag City; and they’ve made it three’s company this very afternoon with a new single …
See: Left Field Messiah release new video for ‘Young Libertine’
You might recognise some of the names in Left Field Messiah. All the protagonists have form, with Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat, Jeremy Ruzumna from Fitz & The Tantrums, and former Wilding man Erik Hanson making up the line- up. They have an debut album coming up, In Praise of Bombast, due out July 23rd on …
See: Sparks release new video for ‘Left Out In The Cold’
Taken from their recent long player ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’, the bothers Mael are back again with a new video for album favourite ‘Left out in the cold’. The band are also being celebrated, or at least documented in a new film ‘The Sparks Brothers’ by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver). …
Exclusive: The Last Morrell records Picking In Stitches live in session
We’ve already had Yorkshire raised singer-songwriter The Last Morrell in session once before, and it created such a spark that we couldn’t wait to get him back in. Or maybe, he sent us another track recorded at the same time, and we love him so much here at Backseat Mafia we couldn’t do anything but …