pop
Album Review: Kim Wilde – Pop Don’t Stop (2 CD Greatest Hits & 7 Disc Collector’s Edition)
I first became aware of Kim Wilde on hearing her cover of The Supremes’ hit, You Keep Me Hanging On. I hadn’t actually heard the original, or, in fact, did I know that it was a cover version at all. But that was to be the start of a love affair that would stretch across …
Track: LoneLady – Former Things
LoneLady has shared the title track of her forthcoming third album ‘Former Things’, out now via Warp Records. Alongside this LoneLady shares a cinematic video directed by Jon Edwards at Naive Studio. The video evokes the golden-tinged magic of childhood, and centres around the ruins of a tree, one that is intertwined with LoneLady’s childhood …
Premiere: Calista Kazuko releases the smart alt-pop of new single 内 Uchi
Following on from her 2019 debut album, Calista Kazuko has released a new single, 内 Uchi, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s been a busy time for the former student at London’s Royal Academy of Music, as she’s worked with NHS staff in a project …
Album review: Zoee releases new album ‘Flaw Flower’ and it’s a beautifully imperfect art-pop bouquet
Flaw Flower is the exciting debut LP from London-based musician Zoee, out now via Illegal Data. The new, solo record follows previous collaborations with Joe Goddard of Hot Chip and hyper-pop collective PC Music, as well as prior single releases via Ryan Hemsworth’s Secret Songs imprint and Vegyn’s label Plz Make It Ruins. Over the …
Track: The Lottery Winners tickle your summertime taste buds with ‘Favourite Flavour’
FLOODED with pure catchiness aimed straight at your grin glands, the completely irrepressible Lottery Winners are straight outta Leigh with a song which summer itself might’ve designed, “Favourite Flavour”. Lyrically centred on all the fun and sweet things, chocolate chip and buttercream, berry sauce and ice cream, it’s a cute-as proper lurvesong. “When I come …
Track: Elliot Lee – Drama Queen
Brooklyn based artist Elliot Lee (Photo Finish Records) has shared track ‘Drama Queen’ which is the second single from her forthcoming EP Queen of Nothing which tells the story of ‘Queendom’ and the rise and fall of an empire seen through the lens of a tyrannical ruler. In ‘Drama Queen’ Elliot explores materialism as a coping mechanism and the inability to …
News: Red Rum Club announce an October album with the slick, brassy pop of ‘Nightcalling’
LIVERPOOL’S upbeat popsters Red Rum Club are gonna be swinging into autumn with a new album, in which the sextet are gonna unveil a dastardly plan couched in well-turned tunesmithery – How To Steal The World. Top hats, twizzling ‘taches and some bloody decent tunes. Wanna hear a first single? Good-o, because “Nightcalling” is with …
News: New label Carrie launches with the Stevie Nicks elegance of Soft Focus’s ‘Easy For You’
MANCHESTER events site GigList is branching out from promoting music into giving it a specific platform of its own with the launch of a sister label, Carrie: an imprint that aims to elevate and celebrate female musicians, producers, and female-presenting voices. And Carrie is launching this midsummer morning with a first track from Yorkshire’s Soft …
Track: Wolves sings a sad leftfield pop of the relationship’s end on ‘The Dream That Woke’
WOLVES is how south-east Michigan’s Magdalen Fossum chooses to dress for the world of music, and from behind which lupine mask she brings a delicate, dreamy, chattering pop to the world, all penned and produced at home. She released a new single, “The Dream That Woke” yesterday, and it opens out a world of gliding, …
Album Review: Bright Light Bright Light – ‘So Gay, So Dramatic’
It’s been a busy twelve months for New York dwelling Welsh man Rod Thomas, AKA Bright Light Bright Light. It was only September last year when he released his forth studio album, Fun City. He’s remixed tracks by the likes of Jujubee, Dubstar and Caveboy. His classical album Quiet City came in the opening months …