Los Angeles
Track: Touché Amoré – Rapture
Taken from L.A. based post hardcore band Touché Amoré’s recent Stage Four album, Rapture is the latest (the fourth, to be exact) single to be taken from the record. Whereas in the past the band trod firmly down the in your face, brittle post-hardcore path, Stage Four saw them move to a more melodic edge, …
See: Gothic Tropic release new video for ‘Stronger’
Stronger is the new track from LA-based Gothic Tropic, essential the brainchild of guitarist and songwriter Cecilia Della Peruti, who earns an honest crust away from Gothic tropic as a touring and session player for Charli XCX, BØRNS, and more. Her extraordinary ability has seen sponsorship deals with Fender and the like, and she brings …
Track: RKCB x Demo Taped – Open Arms
Ahead of heading down to SXSW, and fresh from playing a sold out show in their hometown Los Angeles, RKCB have teamed up with Atlanta producer and artist Demo Taped for a new soul/RnB infused single – Open Arms. Demo Taped himself is revving up for a US tour with Vallis Alps. Open arms has …
Track: Pretty Sister – Drive
As I look out of the window here in Sheffield, right now, it’s cold. Very cold. Windy too, with a storm named after a girl coming to deliver 80mph winds. However, Zak Waters, aka Pretty Sister has laid the sunshine on so thick, I could run around in my trunks out there. Almost. You might …
Track: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – No Love Like Yours
Los Angeles collective Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros have announced the release date of their 4th album. Titled PersonA via Community Music, the ten song set will be available on April 15th. Of the group, singer/bandleader Alex Ebert says “We had long been a social experiment first, musicians second. Over time, though, we were …
See: Madeaux releases new video for Kill For Me
Not only is A-Trak a stellar producer, seems he ain’t half bad at recognising talent either. LA producer Madeaux was spotted by him, and was signed to Fools Gold following conversations via Twitter DMs. Kill For Me is full of sweeping electronics and slightly menacing vocals emploring the recipient to, well, you know. It veers …
Track: Timcantswim – Breathing Underwater (Vinci & Darrell Remix)
Timcantswim, aka Los Angeles producer Tim Wright, released his electro-house floor filler ‘Breathing Underwater’ last Summer, and Teknofonic Recordings are releasing a new tech-house remix by Brazilian duo Vinci & Darrell digitally on January 26th. It’s got this heavy, deep groove about it, permeated by these old school house stabs and piano led melodic features, …
Track: Mood Robot – Drip
By Ryan Jameson Weaver Los Angeles synth-pop trio Mood Robot (Jenny Helms, Alex Kazenoff, Ben Kazenoff), have been steadily releasing a sleek catalog of one-off velvet gems for the past year or so with each release giving us more awareness to their acuity of making PBR&B saccharine cuts. Their newest single, Drip, furthers this testament …
Track: Vampires Everywhere – Black Betty
It’s been a wait, but finally Los Angeles rockers Vampires Everywhere have dropped some new music, their first since 2012, in the shape of Black Betty. It comes ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Ritual’, due out in the new year. As vocalist Michael Vampire explains,”This song is special to me because it represents a part …
Premiere: Sugarplum Fairies reveal new video for Blues Run The Game
Describing their music as ‘playing melancholic songs on sparkling instruments’, Los Angeles Sugarplum Fairies play gentle, expressive songs that hint at folk and Nico and tears shed over lost loves. We’re delighted here on Backseat Mafia to premiere their new video, for a cover of the Jackson C. Frank song ‘Blues Run The Game’, and …