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Meet: Milltown Brothers’ Matt Nelson on their new album and much more

If your of ‘an age’, as they tend to say, and you had any sort of taste in music, you’ll remember The Milltown Brothers. The Colne, Lancashire band, headed by…

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Premiere: Boyracer release new video for ‘Girl in a Soul Band’

Boyracer, beloved indie artists of iconic labels such as Sarah and Slumberland, are back with a new album – ‘On a Promise’, out via Emotional Response Records on June 5th,…

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Track: Pizza Daddy – Too many boyfriends

Pizza Daddy is the new project of London dream-pop band BOYS founding members Ross Pearce & Mike Stothard who are taking a break after 5 years, and doing something different…

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Meet: I Like Trains’ David Martin on new material, how they work, lockdown and more

It’s been eight years since we last heard from I Like Trains, or at least that’s when their last album dropped. Maybe best remembered for their first two records –…

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Premiere: Nikitta – Dance in the Night (Acoustic)

Glasgow via Manchester singer-songwriter Nikitta has given us access to an acoustic version of her track Dance in the Night, that we’re delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia…

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Track: James Holt – Pendulum

James Holt has just released a new single, Pendulum, a life-affirming little slice of indie pop, produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, and invoking the spirit of the likes of…

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Steven Adams and the French – Bring on the Naps

If ever there needed to be a celebration of the daytime snooze, it’s in these lockdown times, right? Former Broken Family Band frontman and his new charges Steven Adams &…

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Track: Lazarus Kane – Night Walking

Lazarus Kane is weird. That’s all I can get from his press release which alleges he’s a musician, a philanthropist, a successful American businessman recently relocated to the West Country, And that…

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Track: Sophie Hunger – Everything is Good

Everything is Good is the name of a David Shrigley design, owned by Swiss multi-lingual singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger. It’s also the name of her new single, taken from her forthcoming…

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EP: Howie Payne – In Dreams

Ex-Stands front man Howie Payne has some pop breeding, brother to The Zutons’ Sean Payne and visual artist/singer Candie Payne as well as his own musical DNA, and he’s shown his hand with…

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