Benjii Jackson, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Crumb – Ghostride plus tour dates

If you’re in the mood this evening for a leisurely, almost lounge-esque track to ease you into the upcoming weekend, Brooklyn collaborators Crumb is exactly the easy, relaxed group of artists…

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See: Sebadoh reveal video for Sunshine plus tour dates.

Sebadoh, the once lo-fi side project of Dinosaur Jr. bass player Lou Barlow, are to be on our stereos/streaming from our mobile devices (delete as appropriate) once again. Act Surprised looks…

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Track: The Paranoyds – Hungry Sam/Trade Our Sins.

I’ll admit that in my old age I am still a sucker for a synth or an organ in music. Luckily for me, I’ve been introduced to The Paranoyds, a California…

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Track: Dommengang – Wild Wash

California trio Dommengang are set to release their new album, No Keys, on May 17th through Thrill Jockey and have unleashed a pulsating new single ahead of its release. “Wild Wash”…

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Album Review: Interpol – A Fine Mess

It’s a drab Wednesday afternoon here in Leeds; I peer out the window to see concrete walls stained with rain and a sky as dour as the people walking in…

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Track: Dead Slow Hoot – An Island Keen To Float

You should never skim through music judging it’s first 30 seconds alone. Let “An Island Keen To Float” be a cautionary lesson for both listeners and writers, myself included. The…

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See: Gauche reveal new video for “Running”

They say that the green-screen music video is becoming an outdated concept. Gauche would beg to disagree, however. The DC supergroup’s video for “Running” plays up a kitsch production value that…

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Track: Heavy Rapids – “Paisley Pattern” plus tour dates.

Bratty punk rock is the call of the day when it comes to Glaswegians Heavy Rapids. Don’t let the term “bratty” allude to negative connotations though – punk is meant to…

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Track: Interpol – “The Weekend” plus tour news.

For those of us who subscribed to the NME religiously throughout the noughties, you couldn’t forget the resurrection of post-punk in popular music. Post-punk revival, as it was termed, was…

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