Indie
Meet: Doomshakalaka aka Paul Rafferty ahead of his album release
One of our favourite tracks of the year here on Backseat Mafia has been ex-Hot Club De Paris bassist / singer Paul Rafferty’s tracks One Last Saturday Night in his new guise – Doomshakalaka. Its a gorgeous slice of life affirming indie rock, and with his album out next week (June 5th) via Moshi Moshi, …
Album Review: The Silent Boys – Tilt-A-Whirl
Out now, is the new album, ‘Tilt-A-Whirl’ from US IndiePop band, The Silent Boys. This group of likely lads from Richmond, Virginia, have been creating poppy songs with added jangle for the last three decades. Right from the off with the effervescent title track, the new album sees The ‘Boys embracing different genres and going …
Album Review: Warmer – Wooden Box with Strings
Warmer is the project of Nature Strip’s John Encarnacao – Backseat reviewed their last EP, Past Pacific, back in 2018. More recently the other main songwriter in The Nature Strip, Pete Marley, released ‘Savoury-toothed Tiger’ under the name Marveline which I reviewed last last month. With the release of Warmer’s new album ‘Wooden Box with …
Track: Tim Ayre – I want it
Sydney musician, composer and vocalist Tim Ayre has released a new track ‘I want it’, released via revered French label Kitsuné Musique and co-written with Jack Glass of Bag Raiders. Of the track, Tim says I’d just moved up to Sydney from Melbourne and was hanging out with my mate Jack a heap writing songs. …
Not Forgotten: Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
There’s a reason Teenage Fanclub, and particularly Grand Prix, have endured when so much music from the 90s just been washed away.
Track: The Blind Owls – There’s Something About That Girl
For those who like their rock’n’roll a little scuzzy, a little dirty with a whiff of the sixties and a dash of reverb, The Blind Owls fit the bill perfectly. There’s a little Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, a little The Cramps, a touch of The Gun Club and the Stray Cats – …
Track: Sweater Curse – Close
Brisbane’s Sweater Curse have just released the fantastic single ‘Close’, which has to be in my opinion one of the most bubbly, bouncy pop hits of the year so far. ‘Close’ has sky-high anthemic choruses, a certain indie pop sensibility and enough grit and grunge to be effervescently cool. And through the bubblegum pop melodies, …
Track: Jason Molina – Shadow Answers the Wall
Secretly Canadian have announced a new record – Eight Gates, from the late Jason Molina, the last collection of solo recordings made by the American songwriter, who also traded under the names Songs:Ohio and Magnolia Electric Co., before his death at 39 from complication related to alcoholism in 2013. Mostly recorded in London, where Molina …
Track: Polyhymns – Down With The Kids
Sheffield trio Polyhymns – Andrew Bolam, Gavin Harris and Sam Smith have just released a new single, Down With The Kids, which has already been garnering plenty of interest, and was chosen out of 200 tracks to be a favourite on the BBC Introducing Fresh on the Net website, as well as getting a slot …
Track: Inhaler – Falling In
Out now is the new single Falling In from Dublin quartet Inhaler. It’s a follow up to their recent singles Ice Cream Sundae and We have to move on. The band – Elijah Hewson, Robert Keating, Ryan McMahon and Josh Jenkinson, formed at school and their likeable indie rock has racked up 25 million streams …