Indie
News: Merseyside band The Mysterines announce new album ‘Afraid of Tomorrow’ and unleash powerful new single ‘Stray’ as a taster.
Merseyside band The Mysterines announce their new album Afraid of Tomorrows, the highly-anticipated follow up to their critically-acclaimed Top 10 debut album ‘Reeling’, is set for release on June 7 via Fiction Records and Virgin Music Group. Alongside the announcement, they have unveiled the brooding lead single ‘Stray’. Vocalist and guitarist Lia Metcalfe has barbed-wire vocals wrapped in gossamer …
Premiere: Golden Fang make a triumphant return with evocative new single ‘Blue Boy’ ahead of Anth Dymke-produced album ‘Small Worlds’
We are ever so honoured to bring you a first taste of Golden Fang‘s new album ‘Small Worlds’ with the brilliant evocative single ‘Blue Boy’. With production by the esteemed Anth Dymke (Jo Meares, Pony Boy and solo work), this is the first release from the band since their 2021 album ‘The Man With Tell …
Live Review plus Gallery: MONA FOMA Festival, Paul Kelly, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 18.02.2024
It’s a strangely warm night at the edge of the world in Hobart and it must be quite a shock for the troubadour extraordinaire Paul Kelly who has only just got back from performing on a ship in Antarctica. The thing is, though, Kelly and his band raised the temperature quite a bit on their …
Live Review: The Go! Team – Roundhouse, London 10.02.2024
“One, two, three, four, five!” The Go! Team do like to count. The maths that matters most tonight though is the twenty years that have passed since the release of their debut album – Thunder, Lightning, Strike. So it’s pom poms at the ready because The Go! Team are back! Celebrating the anniversary of their …
Live Review & Gallery: Royel Otis Brings Endearing Indie-Rock to Liberty Hall for Sold Out ‘PRATTS & PAIN’ Tour – Eora/Sydney, 16.02.24
On Friday night, Royel Otis, the Australian guitar-pop sensation, cast a spell over Liberty Hall in Eora/Sydney with a swirling cloud of blue smoke and a dynamic indie-rock showcase. The sold-out crowd was treated to a performance that seemingly etched itself into their hearts, leaving a lasting impression on those fortunate enough to witness the …
Live Review plus Gallery: MONA FOMA Festival – Courtney Barnett and Stella Mozgawa, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 17.02.2024
Mona Foma, run by the iconic Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart, is a summer festival of music and art, running from 15 February to 2 March 2024. This festival is the ying to Dark Mofo’s yang – a celebration in the sparkling light as opposed to the gothic wintry dark. Perhaps making …
Track: Balancing Act – She Plays The Theremin
Balancing Act are back with their first single of 2024 with new track ‘She Plays The Theremin’. Produced by longtime Balancing Act collaborator, Richard Woodcraft (Radiohead, Paolo Nutini), ‘She Plays The Theremin’ was created during a writing trip to a studio in France. Guitarist Jackson Couzens comments: “We found the best way for us to write is to …
Live Review + Gallery: Mainland Break Dive into Indie-Rock Bliss at OAF Gallery – Eora/Sydney, 15.02.24
Last night, the OAF Gallery in Eora/Sydney played host to a sensational performance by Mainland Break, the indie-rock sensation hailing from the other side of the pond in Colorado, USA. Known for their seamless fusion of post-punk and pub-rock, Mainland Break delivered a thrilling dive into the heart of indie-rock. The atmospheric allure of OAF …
Album Review: Eilish Gilligan is ‘The Final Girl’ – a cathartic journey through pop’s dark labyrinth.
A longtime favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia, Eilish Gilligan continues to release the most evocative and distinctive music that is without peer. Her electronic pop is differentiated by her ethereal vocals and her passionate delivery, soaked in an air of pain and regret and yet distilled by a resilience and strength that creates …
Track: Norway’s Oliver Hohlbrugger channels the Velvets and Bowie in his über cool track ‘Velveteen’ off forthcoming album ‘Nothing’s Changed, Everything Is New’
The new single from Norwegian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Oliver Hohlbrugger is infused with an über cool panache that just oozes a sixties, studied, Rayban-framed world. Accompanied by an enigmatic monochrome video with only the most subtle movements, Hohlbrugger’s vocals have a deep resonance that echoes Bowie at times and Lou Reed at others over …