Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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Playlist: Paul Nash, aka North Sea Navigator shares with us his top ten influential tracks

On the cusp of his new album ‘The Memory Clears the Space for What’s Needed’ via Blurred Recordings on 13th April 2018, former Gravenhurst sideman Paul Nash, aka North Sea…

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Album Review: Menagerie – The Arrow Of Time

Out today (February 9th_ on Freestyle Records is the new album from Menagerie, led by prolific Australian Lance Ferguson, the creative force behind projects such as The Bamboos, Cookin’ on…

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News: Lorenzo Senni & Francesco Fantini – The Challenge original soundtrack as artbook/Vinyl 2nd March via Warp

Warp wunderkind Lorenzo Senni can now announce details of the vinyl release of the original soundtrack for short film The Challenge. The release exposes Lorenzo Senni as a musical chameleon…

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News: Nine Mile Records reissue Pavement’s Scott Kannberg’s Spiral Stairs and Preston School of Industry albums

On February 16th, 2018 Nine Mile Records will release three classic albums from Scott Kannberg’s projects Spiral Stairs and Preston School of Industry. Preston School of Industry’s 2001 release All…

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