Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Premiere: Tony Harrah – Unicorns album stream

Everything changed for singer-songwriter Tony Harrah about year ago when his wife, and mother of his three children, suddenly passed away. The result of that is a new record, titled…

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EP: The Cosmics – The Cosmics

Out right now is the new self-titled debut EP from Birmingham scuzz pop band The Comics, collecting six of the tracks the band have been playing live and recording them…

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Premiere: Trick Shooter Social Club – Boxcar Racer

Chicago Americana/Rock outfit Trickshooter Social Club make the sort of warm, intelligent rock and roll that lumps them in with the likes of Wilco and The Black Keys, although on…

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Album Review: Sonic Youth – Battery Park, NYC July 4th 2008

It may not be a new release, but Sonic Youth’s show at Battery Park, NYC on July 4th 2008 is out now commercially and is a document of a band…

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Premiere: Axel Filip releases video for No Me Cascoteen el Rancho

A stalwart of the Buenos Aires jazz scene, drummer Alex Filip has released a video for No Me Cascoteen el Rancho, taken from his album El Equilibrio Secreto de Las…

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See: Night Beats reveal

On the back of the release of Night Beats perform the Sonics’ ‘Boom’, their Record Store Day album that dropped digitally last week via Heavenly Recordings, the band have released…

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Track: Ty Segall – Radio

It’s hardly news at all that the ferociously prolific has a new record out (First Taste, August 2nd via Drag City) or a new single, but such is the relentless…

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News: Catfish and the Bottlemen announce further Arena dates

Hot on the heels of their new album The Balance, Catfish and the Bottlemen have bowed to fan pressure (and ticket sales no less) and added a couple of extra…

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Track: Joney – Owl School

Taken from his forthcoming album Bananarchy, out this summer via Audiolith / Anette Records, Hamburg based producer / DJ Joney, aka Jonas Schiefferdecker has streamed the album opener Owl School.…

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Premiere: Minimal Animal release video for Rise, plus new EP news

Under a new moniker, Minimal Animal, former Screaming Maldini main man Nick Cox is releasing his first new music since the band, a favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia,…

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