Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Sonic Youth – Bull in the Heather, plus Battery Park NYC: July 4 2008 reissue news

Matador records have announced they are releasing Sonic Youth’s live album Battery Park NYC: July 4 2008 on June 7th. Initially sold as a bonus alongside the bands final album…

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Track: The Mooks – So Kind

Toronto trio The Mooks are preparing for the release of their EP ‘I Hope That You Feel The Same’, out this Summer, and ahead of that heave released a single…

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Video: Siimba Selassiie releases new visuals for Bes’Mam

Following on from his acclaimed videos for Hooked and Bad for the Soul, Eithiopian-American rapper Siimba Selassiie (formerly known as Siimba Liives Long) has released a new Nick Von Gremp…

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Album Review: Plastic Mermaids – Suddenly everything explodes

Isle of Wight five piece Plastic Mermaids have taken their time with their debut album Suddenly Everything Explodes, out on May 24th, mixing into their musical cauldron elements of woozy,…

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Track: DJ JM – No Days Off

No Days Off is the title track of Lithuanian producer Mantas Povilaika, aka DJ JM,’s forthcoming release, out on club label Nervous Horizon. He’s emerged from the London club scene,…

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EP: Dave + Sam – Middle Passage EP

Out now on the Classic Music Company is the new EP from Brooklyn’s Dave + Sam, aka Dave Giles on vocals and Sam O.B. on the production. The duo make…

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EP: Geezer – Sprial Fires

Heavy blues trio Geezer have just released the vinyl version of their latest EP, Spiral Fires. It follows in the footsteps of the band taking on Steve Markota as their…

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Album Review: Madonnatron – Musica Alla Puttanesca

If you haven’t heard London all-girl quartet Madonnatron and you’re expecting from their name some kind of vivacious, day-glo punk/synth/pop thing with subject matter scattered between myths, legends, and things…

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Meet: We interview The Paranoyds

LA garage rock four piece The Paranoyds already have the a new two track ep out now digitally, ‘Hungry Sam / Trade Our Sins’ with a 7″ vinyl copy to…

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News: Magma to release new album “Zëss”, see review trailer

Legendary French experimental/prog band Magma have announced they are to release a new album – “Zëss” on June 28th via Seventh Records. It’s taken the band some time to pull it…

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