Indie
Track: Brisbane psych exponents Nice Biscuit want to stop the ‘Rain’ and find some respite in an effervescent glam stop.
Brisbane’s Nice Biscuit – a firm favourite here at Backseat Mafia – have unveiled their first single since their 2021 double EPs, ‘Create Simulate’ and ‘Passing Over’, and following last year’s cover of Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ which was dropped in support of 2023 UK/EU dates that included festival appearances at Wide Awake and …
Live Review: HighSchool – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 16.05.24
Following the release of the latest EP, Accelerator, which we gave a resounding 9 out of 10 at Backseat Mafia, HighSchool hit the road on their European tour and we caught the show in Leeds. The Australian indie band bounced up the 3 steps on to the stage in Brudenell’s Community Room, but to a …
News: THE THE announce new album ‘Ensoulment’ – their first in 25 years – ahead of tour, with new visceral single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ unleashed as a taster.
With an Australian tour ahead, the fabled THE THE have announced a new album ‘Ensoulment’, their first studio album of new songs in a quarter century. This 12-song album will be released on Cinéola / earMUSIC on Friday, September 6. As a taste of what’s to come, the single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ is out today and …
News: Antipodean legends The Church announce a celebration of their iconic first four albums with ‘The ALREADY YESTERDAY Tour’
The legendary The Church, will be hitting the road for their ‘The ALREADY YESTERDAY Tour’ which will see them perform songs from their first four iconic albums in theatres across Australia. The Church will play a selection of songs from the band’s first four albums – ‘Of Skins & Heart’, ‘The Blurred Crusade’, ‘Séance’, and ‘Heyday’. Collectively, these albums …
Live Review: English Teacher – Concorde 2, Brighton 08.05.2024
By Henry Groves Kicking off their sold-out UK tour in support of their debut album, ‘This Could Be Texas’, English Teacher was on the south coast in Brighton. I had last seen the band at The Great Escape in Brighton in 2023, and I was so excited to see them back, selling out Concorde 2. …
Track: Kawala Share New Single ‘Time Slipping Away’
Ahead of their UK headline shows taking place this month, North London five-piece, Kawala have shared their third single of 2024, the irresistibly addictive ‘Time Slipping Away’. Spotlighting the struggles faced to over-achieve and stay on track, ‘Time Slipping Away’, with its energetic and vibrant sonics, act as reassurance to keep afloat amid the tough …
Track: ‘Something I Do’ – YAGKI delivers a languid yearning song that burns with intensity and soul.
YAGKI, the artist formerly known as Sarah Yagki (and no doubt still is by family and friends) is a firm favourite here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, and she has just released another thrilling, visceral track ‘Something I Do’. ‘Something I Do’ confirms YAGKI as an important talent in the music scene: it …
Meet: Legendary BMX Bandit Duglas T Stewart talks new album, the secret behind their longevity and looking to the future
As longtime admirers of BMX Bandits – stretching back to the bands earliest releases right up to seeing them at the end of last year with The Soup Dragons, we (well, I) recently had the opportunity to catch up with Duglas T. Stewart, the driving force behind this legendary Scottish indie pop band. With their …
News: Wunderhorse Announce New Album and drop track
Wunderhorse’s new album ‘Midas’ set to strike gold in August
Premiere: NYC-based legendary producer and experimental artist Martin Bisi’s ‘Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy’ EP is an eviscerating poetic discourse.
We are honoured to present the premiere of the new EP ‘Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy’ from NYC-based legendary producer and experimental artist Martin Bisi. Bisi has been a central figure in the musical history of New York City for the past four decades. Founding Brooklyn’s BC Studio in 1981, he has helped develop post-Punk, No Wave …