Indie
Premiere: Portable Radio Release video for Flight Home
Taken from their Jim Noir produced eponymous EP, out tomorrow, we’re delighted to premiere the video for Flight Home by Potable Radio. It comes ahead of their debut album, planned for October. The band, Phil Anderson (Beep Seals, Hanging Stars), Mof Gimmers & Robyn Gibson (Junipers, Watch 44) summon up all that is good about …
See: Even as we speak release new video for ‘Someone’
Taken from their forthcoming ‘Adelphi’ album, out on July 24th via Shelflife Records, legendary Australian indie-pop band Even as we Speak have released a new video for the track ‘Someone’. The band formed back in 1986 in Sydney and released records on the infamous Sarah label, did three John Peel Sessions and game crashed indie …
Track: Two Door Cinema Club release cover of John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’
In these lockdown times we all need help with a lot of things, from the mundane and everyday to the life-saving and life-changing. So it’s heartwarming to see Two Door Cinema Club do something practical about that, and re-record John Lennon’s Isolation to help raise money for Ireland’s leading social justice charity, Extern. Money raised …
Track: Squid – Broadcaster
Following their galvanizing single Sludge, and the accompanying lockdown influenced video, Squid have unveiled next track Broadcaster. The track will sit alongside Sludge as a “10 vinyl release on new their new label Warp Records, currently available to pre-order here. In comparison to Sludge, although an incredible contrast, Broadcaster is also exceedingly complimentary to it; …
See: Soft Palms release new video for ‘Rainbows’
Soft Palms are husband and wife team Julia Kugel (The Coathangers, White Woods) and Scott Montoya (formerly of The Growlers) and ahead of their self-titled debut album, out on July 31st via Everloving Records the pair have released a new video for the track ‘Rainbows’. Rainbows has this gloriously ethereal quality to it, Julia Kugels …
See: Dehd release new single/video – ‘Loner’
Chicago trio Dehd – aka Emily Kemp on vocals and bass, Jason Ball on vocals and guitar and drummer Eric McGrady have announced their new album ‘Flower of Devotion’ is out on July 17th via Fire Talk, and ahead of it they’ve released a new track/video for lead single ‘Loner’. “It’s okay to be lighthearted …
Premiere: Garsa – The Devil’s Own
After releasing a stunning debut earlier this year, (‘Jimmy sour highs‘) solo artist Martin Garside, operating under the name Garsa, is back with another perfect slice of dream pop/ shoegaze in ‘The Devil’s Own’, which Backseat Mafia is proud to premiere. This is a beautiful release, infused with an air of wistfulness and yearning and …
Track: Crack Cloud – OUSTER STEW and announce release of new album
Vancouver collective Crack Cloud have announced their new album ‘Pain Olympics’ due July 17th via Meat Machine. The follow-up to the group’s critically acclaimed 2018 EPs – Crack Cloud and Anchoring Point. The band hit UK and Irish shores for a run of shows in November in support of Pain Olympics. Dripping with an 80s attitude and featuring a drum …
Premiere: Boyracer release new video for ‘Girl in a Soul Band’
Boyracer, beloved indie artists of iconic labels such as Sarah and Slumberland, are back with a new album – ‘On a Promise’, out via Emotional Response Records on June 5th, and from it we’re delighted to premiere the video for ‘Girl in a Soul Band’ right here on Backseat Mafia today. The album is the …
Track: Richard’s Orchestra – Amazing Sunrise
In the midst of the rather oppressive age of isolation, Italian band Richard’s Orchestra have released a single that is infused with a sense of bucolic joy – fitting given the band comes from the gorgeous area of Reggio Emilia. ‘Amazing Sunrise’ is a trippy, psychedelic song, seemingly born out of the sixties, haunting and …