Los Angeles
Track: Drab Majesty – Long Division, plus European Tour Dates
LA duo Drab Majesty have just announced their new album, Moden Mirror, is set to be released on July 12th via Dais Record. From it, the band have shared a second single, Long Division, and have also announced a string of UK dates as part of their European Tour that takes in Birmingham, Nottingham and …
Meet: We interview The Paranoyds
LA garage rock four piece The Paranoyds already have the a new two track ep out now digitally, ‘Hungry Sam / Trade Our Sins’ with a 7″ vinyl copy to follow via Suicide Squeeze label on July 12th. Here at Backseat Mafia towers (well, my kitchen anyway) we were totally enamored with the tracks, so …
Premiere: Karmic – X Marks The Spot
We’re absolutely delighted to premiere Los Angeles electro-indie pop six piece Karmic new single, X Marks the Spot here on Backseat Mafia. X Marks the Spot this little bubble of positivity, the co singers Laura Baruch and Kylee Katch trading harmonies and pretty much everything else as it floats around, its smart , cool pop …
Say Psych: News: Death Valley Girls announce European Tour & Share video for ‘Street Justice’
After releasing their album Darkness Rains last year via Suicide Squeeze Records, Los Angeles’ Death Valley Girls share a new video for ‘Street Justice’ and announce a European tour. Speaking about the single, Bonnie Bloomgarden said “This country is so messed up politically right now. Everyday we wake up it feels like we are stuck in a fucking haunted house. But we know in …
Say Psych: Track: L.A. Witch – Haunting
Californian trio L.A. Witch announce their new EP Octubre, to be released on 2nd November on Suicide Squeeze Records and share the first single from it, ‘Haunting’. Octubre may be a records about unhealthy infatuations and debilitating love, but it’s also an inadvertent statement in the past and permanence. Offered to the world as a …
Say Psych: Album Review: Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
Rock n’ roll has always served as a means to elevate the fringe of society, though it’s accentuated the plights of the outcasts and misfits in different ways throughout the years. Today we see it manifest in LA’s Death Valley Girls, who are more like a travelling caravan than a band in the traditional sense. At …
Say Psych: Track: Death Valley Girls – Disaster (Is What We Are After)
Los Angeles glam/psych rockers Death Valley Girls have announced that their third studio album Darkness Rains is scheduled for release on 5th October on Suicide Squeeze Records and released the lead track ‘Disaster (Is What We’re After) for digestion. The video has been causing a stir, with Iggy Pop recreating the famous Andy Warhol Eating …
Track: The Rare Occasions – Physics, plus US tour dates
Los Angeles four piece The Rare Occasions are preparing for the release of their new album ‘Into the Shallows’ which drops on May 25th. Ahead of it, they’ve released a new track from the album ‘Physics’ and announced a string of US tour dates. Physics is this twisting Arctic Monkey-ish indie rock affair, spewing out …
Track: AKA Wolves – Wanna Get(ft. The Glitter Club)
Los Angeles producer AKA Wolves has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes in the last couple of years, writing and producing music with the likes of Deorro, Lostboycrow, Bell Saint and Leeuw. It’s his turn to shine now though, and he’s released his debut single, Wanna Get (featuring The Glitter Club) which …
Track: Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Tea, plus UK dates
L.A.’s Frankie And The Witch Fingers share new single ‘Tea’ Raving rock maniacs Frankie and the Witch Fingers are back with a potent dose of “Tea,” the storming b-side of a new 7″ due in May from Let’s Pretend—three hundred lavender-vinyl copies only! Starts like Black Sabbath, then overdrives right into “Black To Comm”—why play …