Indie
NEWS: Billy Bragg announces tour dates for autumn ’21
THE BARD of Barking, conscious songwriter and lyricist extraordinaire, provider of mushroom biryanis to John Peel, and a steadfast political commentator: national treasure Billy Bragg has announced an 22-date tour of Britain and Ireland for autumn 2021. It’s a way away, but that’s got to be something to look forward to. Billy says: “In these challenging …
Premiere: Jo Meares – Reasons
It is with great delight we premiere the amazing new video for artist Jo Meares‘s spectacular new single ‘Reasons’. There is such a haunting quality to both the song and the perfectly matched video that seems to capture the cyclical nature of life – natural processes that are disturbing, intimidating yet so breathtakingly beautiful. Meares …
SEE: The Lathums – ‘I See Your Ghost’: a ska-psych grenade lobbed over pop’s wall
WIGAN’S THE Lathums? I mean, they’re sweet, thoughtful lads (see their recent, very neat plan to raise funds for beleaguered hometown football club by raffling off a one-only vinyl pressing of their cover of northern soul classic, “The Snake”- and there’s still time to enter the draw). But appearances can be deceptive; they’ve followed up …
TRACK: Mountain Goats – ‘Picture Of My Dress’: yearning Americana ahead of next week’s album; live stream news
MOUNTAIN GOATS have dropped just one more track ahead of next week’s new album, Getting Into Knives – and they’ve gone with the acoustic Americana excellence of “Picture Of My Dress”. Have a listen to a touching and understated number below. It’s reported that the song’s creation happened in plain sight, beginning with a single tweet …
Album Review: Rough Church – Emergency Breakthrough
Rough Church‘s new release ‘Emergency Breakthrough’ is an album – and sound – that is really difficult to categorise. What is certain is it is a thoroughly enjoyable serving of unbridled, unhinged indie rock with a siding of humour and compassion. There is a wild Pixies element with an unhinged, explosive and unpredictable side (‘That’s …
ALBUM REVIEW: Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club: eclectic and rallying
WORKING MEN’S CLUB’S self-titled debut can be counted as one of the better UK releases of 2020, youthful zeal and hard-hitting beats redeeming the occasionally gimmicky lyrical and musical content. The album draws on an eclectic range of influences, from dance-rock and acid house to funk and techno, the constant mixing and rearranging of which …
EP Review: Holy Springs – Camera
South London based trio Holy Springs have shared their new EP – Camera recorded in a weekend in Peckham at the end of last year. Influenced by shoegaze, lo-fi and psych, all of which you can hear over the 4 tracks on this EP. Opener, ‘What I’m Supposed To Do’ has a nice slowed down …
Album Review: The Bachelor Pad – All Hash & Cock (compilation)
Many folk of a certain age will recall the NME’s 1989 charity compilation video “Carry On Disarming”. One of the standout tracks was The Bachelor Pad’s “Country Pancake” – a riotous assault which fondly recalled the energy of early C86-era Soup Dragons singles with a large slice of lysergic cake thrown into the mix and just …
Album Review – Emmy the Great: April /月音
Emmy the Great (Emma-Lee Moss) released her fourth album on October 9th. ‘April /月音’ (the Chinese script, which translates as ‘Moon Sound’ on Google Translate but is given as ‘Mid-Autumn’ on the first track signifies her origins in Hong Kong). It was a bit of a rushed job, the fastest she’s ever recorded, ironically as …
Premiere: Jaco releases new video for ‘In The Sea’
following on from the release of his new album Dose, which dropped last Friday via Cornelius Chapel Records, Jaco (aka Jake Waitzman) has released a new video for the track ‘In the Sea’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the song, Jake says “This song started with me …