Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Meet: Clive Jones of The Train Set, and catch up with their live dates

A couple of highly regarded 12″s, much fawning including support from Stuart Maconie and a single of the week in the NME, and kind words from the likes of Noel…

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Premiere: Quiet Type – Times are strange

Quiet Type, aka Portland indie pop duo Lee Barbara & Bobby Seus, have spent the last two years put writing, recording, producing and funding their first full-length record. Describing the…

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Meet: The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer

Vancouver duo The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer are fresh from a handful of European dates, in support of their recent record Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To. Although…

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Track: Minden – Artist Statement

If you liked the candy coated synth/indie pop goodness of Portland based Minden’s 2013 debut, Exotic Cakes, you’re going to love new single Artist Statement, taken from its follow up,…

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Track: Kid Bloom – Electric U

Seriously, if you can’t luxuriate in the pop funk of Kid Blooms new single Electric U, you need to see someone for some Valium, because you need that laid back,…

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Track: Dot Dash – Daddy Long Legs

If you like your indie rock of the rollocking good time variety, you can bounce up and down and throw your arms in the air to your hearts content at…

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Track: Cymbals Eat Guitars – 4th of July, Philadelphia (Sandy)

Taken from their forthcoming new album, Pretty Years, due out in September, is the new single – ‘4th of July, Philadelphia (Sandy)’ from New York quartet Cymbals Eat Guitars. Preceeded…

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EP: Rich NxT – NxT002 EP

As a regular resident at Fuse in both Ibiza and London – and a veteran of no less than five releases on the Fuse label, Rich NxT is a familiar…

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See: The Drifting Classroom release video for Doo What, announce UK dates

Newly signed to the label, Skinny Dog, set up by Elbow’s Guy Garvey and Mark Potter alongside Pete Jobson of I am Kloot come The Drifting Classroom. Made up of…

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Album Review: Ziggy Marley – Ziggy Marley

It’s taken Ziggy Marley six albums to run out of ideas on the title front and settle for a self titled effort, and while he’s not quite run out similar…

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