Indie
Track: Sweet White – Tides
Aberdeen five piece Sweet White are due to release their new EP, Monet, later on in the year and ahead of it, the band are streaming the first track to be taken from it, Tides. Opening with this well worn path of synth infused indie, shoegaze (nothing wrong with that, you understand) it nods towards …
Track: Evans The Death – Expect Delays
It seems appropriate that I’m writing this on the day of a tube strike in London. Evans The Death guitarist Dan Moss sums up the lyrics of their new single Expect Delays, the title track from their second album, saying “It’s about people failing to connect with each other. It’s a good soundtrack to travelling …
MEET: Peluché talk to us about ‘The Guy With The Gammy Eye’
Peluché have been grabbing some well deserved attention of late. The Camden three piece have already featured as Guardian Band of The Week , and Q magazine Track of The Day. We recently caught up with them to find out more about their latest release – ‘The Guy With The Gammy Eye’ – and to …
Album review : Holly Golightly – Slowtown Now
The queen of British garage music is back! Holly Golightly has a new solo album, taking a break from the Brokeoffs, and the recent country-tinged sound that came out of the backwoods. Instead “Slowtown Now” is a pop album, albeit retro tinged 60s pop. Think mini-skirts and go-go boots, but accessorised with guitars and reverb. …
Not Forgotten: Sparks – Balls
One of the great things about Sparks down the decades has been their innate ability to innovate and inspire those that follow in their wake. The fact that those that follow in their wake have their own disciples and, somewhat frustratingly, bigger sales, only adds to the lure of Sparks for me. Having made great …
Not Forgotten – Suede – Coming Up
There are times when revisionism just gets it a bit wrong. In the early 90s, Suede were at the very vanguard of British guitar music. With the backing of the weekly music press, they gained a considerable amount of momentum, with frontman Brett Anderson even finding his way onto he front page of one of …
Meet: Serial Chiller + Exclusive premiere of debut track ‘HIPS STIR’
We love introducing you to fresh new bands here at Backseat Mafia, and you can’t get much fresher than this. Serial Chiller, from Lincoln (me neither, but see below and they’ll explain) have yet to play live. But they’re itching like mad to get going, have got plenty to say and with the release of …
Album Review: Deerhunter – Snakeskin
Last year when I’d heard Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox was hit by a car and put into the hospital I was worried. Not only for the guy’s health, but for the future of Deerhunter. Cox is one of those artists that always seems to be working and putting out music. Whether it’s Deerhunter, Atlas Sound, or if …
See: GHXST release new video for ‘Nowhere’
GHXST swap the dark underbelly of the Big Apple, for the stark no mans land of the desert, Brooklyn’s self proclaimed ‘rock ‘n’roll zombie kids’, return with the video for ‘Nowhere’. Dirty, reverb heavy guitars, vague, sleazy vocals give the whole affair an air of impending doom. No Wave music akin to the heady narcosis that only …
Meet: The Silhouette Era
Far from the sun drenched beaches and endless summer of their Southern cousins, the North California surf scene is more about grey skies, steely grey ocean and freezing dawns. It might sound grim, but it’s a way of life that local band The Silhouette Era have embraced to the full. The bands latest album,’Beacons’ draws influences …