Indie
Gallery and Setlist: George Ezra, 3Arena, Dublin, 08/03/2023
George Ezra made his return to Dublin on his ‘Gold Rush Kid’ tour and what a spectacle it was with George and his band bringing a great looking and more importantly great sounding show to the 3arena this past Wednesday. George play a range of songs across all three of his albums which the crowd …
Premiere: Arliston Share The Shimmering And Intoxicating Track ‘How In Heaven’
The South London indie pop duo of Jack Ratcliffe and George Hasbury that go by the name Arliston, are set to release their forthcoming EP set for release in the early summer via their own label Sob Story Records. No stangers to the Backset Mafia pages, we are excited to premiere the first taste from this …
Track: New Zealand’s Queen of indie Fazerdaze releases ethereal and anthemic new single ‘Flood Into’ from her EP ‘Break!’
Delayed by the unfortunate climate events in the North Island of New Zealand, and following a high profile support for New Zealand’s other pop magician Lorde‘s tour, the magnificent singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Fazerdaze (the nom de plume for Amelia Murray) has just released her stunning new single ‘Flood Into’. The final track off her recent EP ‘Break!’ …
Premiere: Matt Ward’s ‘Nobody Told Me’ is a golden ray of dappled sunshine filled with a deliciously delicate poignancy.
We are very excited to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single from Matt Ward entitled ‘Nobody Told Me’. Pedal steel guitars tremble and shimmer over a thundering rhythm section and Ward’s vocals are yearning and soft as they deliver a brillant anthemic alt country tune that canters along with an indelible melody. …
Track: The New Pornographers unveil ‘Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies’ following signing to Merge Records and on eve of new album ‘Continue As A Guest’.
Veteran indie legends The New Pornographers are about to release their ninth album ‘Continue As A Guest’ through new home Merge Records on 31 March 2023 and have unveiled the deliciously entitled single ‘Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies’ to whet the apetite. The single is a buoyant horn-tinged jingle jangle delight with an ominous riff running …
News: Dave Graney and Clare Moore detail launch dates for their album ‘Dave Graney & Clare Moore in a mistLY’ but first declare ‘We Need Cash’ in wry new single.
The swagger and panache of antipodean legends Dave Graney and Clair Moore is center stage in the release of the delightful single ‘We Need Cash’ with its chaotic accompanying video. It is a fitting amuse bouche to the announcement of a series of dates launching last year’s tremendous album ‘Dave Graney & Clare Moore in …
Track/Video : Scott Lavene releases new single ‘Waitrose Has Run Out Of Lobsters’ – a people’s pop anthem.
That seasoned purveyor of the short burst, lo-fi pop song Scott Lavene has just announced a new single ‘Waitrose Has Run Out Of Lobsters’, out on 7th March via London’s Nothing Fancy. The follow up to last year’s fine family homage ‘Prettiest Peach’, this supermarket name dropper once again crackles with Lavene’s sardonic wit and …
Album Review: Tagua Tagua – ‘Tanto’ : Lush and lived in Brazilian nu-soul.
Riding the upward surge of new Brazilian pop comes Felipe Puperi (a.k.a Tagua Tagua) with solo album two, Tanto, available now via those global dance aficionados Wonderwheel Recordings. Acclaimed in his home country for some sharp production work and fronting the spacey alt-rockers Wannabe Jalva, his solo debut, 2019’s Inteiro Metade, turned the spotlight on …
Track: Ritual Cloak envelopes us in a delicious psychedelic fugue with their new track ‘Left Behind’ as new EP ‘Vanished in Transition’ is announced.
Welsh duo Ritual Cloak have just announced a new EP entitled ‘Vanished In Transition’ through Bubblewrap Collective Records, and to whet the appetite have released the track ‘Left Behind’. ‘Left Behind’ is an absorbing, mesmerising fugue of jangling guitars that circulate and flow below the distant vocals. The effect is hypnotic and enchanting, with an …
Live Gallery and Setlist: Somebody’s Child/ Big Sleep. The Academy Dublin, 03/03/2023
Irish artist Cian Godfrey AKA Somebody’s Child made his long awaited return home to Dublin on the 3rd of March 2023. It was a night filled with great music from one of the freshest Irish voices of this day and age. Support came from Italian-Irish band Big Sleep. Big Sleep are one of my favourite …