Indie
ALBUM REVIEW: Kevin Morby – ‘Sundowner’: simple acoustic truths deliver great profundity
Sundowner is a much more bucolic work than last year’s Oh My God. in Kansas he’s explored the simple complexity of the 60s’ folk-troubadour aesthetic and pulls it off, admirably. It’s a damn lovely record.
Album Review: Dead Famous People – Harry
There is a simple and very expressive joy that threads its way through the new album by the enigmatic Dons Savage under the nom de plume of Dead Famous People. It has to be a genetic implant in New Zealanders – it can be found in the work of The Chills, The Clean and The …
SEE: Teen Creeps release new single, ‘Seeing Shapes’, ahead of second album
“SEEING Shapes’ is the first single taken from Forever, the new album by Belgian indie rockers Teen Creeps, set for release on January 22nd, 2021 on [PIAS] Recordings. An ode to 90s’ fuzz-drenched bands such as Dinosaur Jr., Superchunk and Sonic Youth, the trio are sure to tick all the right buttons for those nostalgia …
Premiere: Andrew Adkins releases new single, ‘Save The Day’
NASHVILLE songwriter Andrew Adkins is releasing a new single today, “Save The Day”, ahead of the November release of his album The Echoist; and we’re delighted to premiere the single here today on Backseat Mafia. Inspired by the current state of his country (and the world), Andrew says of the track: “‘Save The Day’ is …
Premiere: The Apartments – I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’
We are very honoured to premiere the new video from the legendary Australian band The Apartments for the track ‘I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’. Coming off their album ‘In And Out of The Light’, released last month, it has all the hallmarks of front man Peter Milton Walsh’s delicate and poetic delivery …
Premiere: Lauren Hulbert releases her new single Honeydew
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Lauren Hulbert is releasing a new single ‘Honeydew’ which we’re delighted to premiere today right here on Backseat Mafia. The track, out on Monday, is taken from her forthcoming EP ‘Superbloom’ which drops on October 30th, and was written whilst living with her ex-boyfriend in Ecuador, renting a house in Quito after …
Premiere: SUSU return with the smouldering ‘Break You’
New York City’s SUSU, aka Liza Colby (Liza Colby Sound) and Kia Warren (Revel In Dimes), both supported by Joey Wunsch (guitar), Ronnie Bruno (drums), and Connor McClelland (bass), of the raucous and energetic trio Dry Clean Only. Taking the lead from the likes of Tina Turner as well as a heady dose of southern rock, …
NEWS: THE WEDDING PRESENT AND FRIENDS TO RELEASE ALBUM OF BOND THEMES FOR CALM
Come Play With Me proudly presents a collection of 20 Bond themes covered by current and former members of The Wedding Present. This benefit album will be released on Friday 4th December as a double LP (including CD), CD, and digitally. 100% of the profits from its sale will be donated to ‘Campaign Against Living …
PREMIERE: hear three tracks from Sorry Eric, outta Ohio on a Flying Nun tip
MARK TWAIN once said, it is noted, about Cincy, The Queen City, out there in Ohio: “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati; because it’s always twenty years behind the times.” C’mon now Mark: great writer you may have been, but is that entirely fair? Well, it’s had it’s …
SEE: Robbie & Mona – ‘Fidelity’: eerie dream pop from Pet Shimmers project
“FIDELITY” is the new single by the duo Pet Shimmers’ side project, Robbie and Mona. Hailing from Bristol, Robbie & Mona is the pseudonym for the pairing of William Carkeet and Eleanor Gray, two members of the esteemed Pet Shimmers. It’s an outlet for their surreal, psychedelic pop, seemingly transmitted straight from a David Lynch …