Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: Frankie Cosmos reveal new video for Being Alive, plus UK tour dates

Taken from their forthcoming Vessel album, due out on Sub Pop on March 30th, Frankie Cosmos have revealed a new video for their track Being Alive, this rather lovely indie/punk…

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See: Mark Pritchard releases new video for Come Let Us (feat. Gregory Whitehead)

Mark Pritchard has been releasing music under different guises for nearly 3 decades (Global Communication, Reload, Africa Hitech, Harmonic 313, Harmonic 33, to name a few) but reverted to his…

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See: Half Waif releases new video for Keep it out, plus European tour dates

Nandi Rose Plunkett aka Half Waif has released a video for the lead single from her upcoming album Lavender, out on April 27th via Cascine. Its a brooding yet beautiful…

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Track: Rebel ACA & French Monkey Wrench – John Wayne

After meeting 15 years ago, as one managed and the other produced a funk reggae band, Rebel ACA (the ACA being Anti-Clockwise Attitude) and French Monkey Wrench (him being a)…

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Album Review: The Just Joans – You Might Be Smiling Now…

Discussing the newish (yeah, we missed it – sorry) album from Glasgow’s Just Joans, singer-songwriter David Pope says “You Might Be Smiling Now… could be considered a loose concept album.…

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Track: Ash – Buzzkill

Out on May 10th is the new album, Islands, from the mighty Ash via Infectious Music (a return to the label which released their 1977 and Free all Angels albums)…

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News: Jungle announce run of UK, European and North American headline dates

Today Jungle have announced a run of new live shows confirmed for this April in North America and May in the UK and Europe (full list of dates below). Jungle,…

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See: Jamie Isaac reveals new video for Doing Better, plus UK/US tour dates

Doing Better is the the first single to be taken from producer, singer-songwriter and all round musical polymath Jamie Isaac. After the success of his debut album Couch Baby, he’s…

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See: August Greene release video for Optimistic ft. Brandy

IN the pantheon of super-groups, August Greene has to be up there somewhere. Consisting of Golden Globe, GRAMMY, Academy Award winning activist, actor and artist Common, four-time GRAMMY Award winning…

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Track: Husky Loops – When I Come Home

Hot on the back of their second EP, which dropped last year, London based trio Husky Loops have shared another slice of interesting take on R’n’B/Hip-Hop and 70 Italian Songwriting…

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