Leeds
SEE: Magick Mountain – ‘Cherokee’: low-slung garage punk for a strawberry moon
LEEDS garage trashpunks Magick Mountain are flexing ‘n’ ready to unleash the dirty hip grooves of their debut album Weird Feelings on Friday week with one final sleazy come-hither in the shape of “Cherokee”, which you can dive into below. The power trio Lins Wilson, Tom Hudson and Nestor Matthews, have thrown a quartet of riffin’ beauties out …
ALBUM REVIEW: V/A ‘Come Stay With Me’ – a leg up for a virus-hit Leeds scene
IT NEEDS no reiteration that the ‘rona has devastated the working British music scene: no gigs, no festivals, no instores, no nuttin’. So in a little way, in response to the privations being experienced on the grassroots Leeds scene in particular, that city’s Come Play With Me label is set to release a compilation entitled …
NOT FORGOTTEN: Edsel Auctioneer – from the Pump Room to the Duchess: life in the 90s’ noisepop scene
In an exclusive look at the 90s’ indie scene, Backseat Mafia interviewed Ashley Horner of Leeds’ The Edsel Auctioneer. Ashley proved warm, voluble and candid about life in a nearly famous British noisepop band in the 90s. It’s a cracking interview. Read on …
Premiere: Sang Froid reveal new video for Lachrymose
Leeds art-rockers Sang Froid have returned with the second of three singles they’ve recently recorded, Lachrymose, and we’re delighted to be premiering the accompanying video right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Ais- the bands vocalist/keys player, says “This song is a simple mirroring of what I hear in my head all day, …
Track: Galaxians – Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker is the new track from Leeds-based disco-funk trio Galaxians, taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Chemcial Reactions’, out on 26th June. Of the track, concerned with female empowerment, personal freedom, taking the likes of Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and – according to the bands frontwoman Emma Mason Even Prince and his delicious feminine energy”, …
EP: Venus – Wicked Things
Rock Queens – ‘Venus’ have released their first EP ‘Wicked Things’ available now from the bands Bandcamp. Lead singer GK, says; ‘With it being our first body of work, wewanted to take both ourselves and our listeners on a journey.Life can be sporadic with what it throws at you, it doesn’t everseem to slow down …
See: I Like Trains reveal video for comeback single The Truth
Some 8 years following the the release of their last album The Shallows, and having recently signed to the Atlantic Curve label, Leeds band I LIKE TRAINS have announced new album ‘Kompromat’ and with it, lead track ‘The Truth’. Something of a departure from their previous releases, yet unmistakeably I LIKE TRAINS, it’s an absolutely storming piece of work, one can …
Meet: Leeds post-punks Household Dogs
Intrigued as we were by the beguiling and atmopspheric ‘Ain’t no Heaven’, We decided to investigate Leed’s Household Dogs. Forming in 2018, they’ve been mixing up elements of alt-rock, alternative rock, post punk and a nod towards Americana, all delivered with a darkness of touch and keen sense of drama with their lyrics. We spoke …
Track: Mush – Fear Index
Not ones to sit around sitting on their hands after the release of their Lauded debut album 3D Routine, Leeds art rockers Mush have jumped back in the studio to record a new 5 track 7” EP “Great Artisanal Formats” which is coming out to coincide with Record Store Day on June 20th via Memphis …
Track: Household Dogs – Ain’t No Heaven
Leeds post-punks Household Dogs are back with their first new music of the year in the shape of a single, ‘Ain’t no Heaven’. It’s a gorgeous slice of slowcore indie, somewhere between Bill Ryder-Jones at his most intimate and The Saxophones / Cigarettes after Sex sort of way. It has this hushed, close atmosphere about …