Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: God Damn release video for new track, Ghost

Black Country rockers God Damn are back following their rollocking Vultures album from last year, and no prizes for guessing they’re as noisy and pulsating as they ever were. Ghost…

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Track: Whyte Lytes – Go get it

Oxfordshire rockers Whyte Lights are preparing to release their debut single, Go Get it. The quartet – Josh Rawle (Bass/Vocals), Alex Rawle (Guitar/Vocals), Jonny Morrison (Guitar) and Jamie Langford (Drums),…

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Track: VHS – Wheelchair

“The idea behind ‘Wheelchair'” says Josh Hagerman of Seattle/Reno punks VHS of their newly released track “is kind of uncomfortable territory for me, but it’s my very uninformed take on…

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See: Darren Hayman reveals new video for Strethall (Essex), plus UK tour dates

IF you hadn’t heard of former Hefner frontman Darren Haymans new project, Thankful Villages, then jump aboard quickly as Volume one came out last Friday via Rivertones. Writer Arthur Mee…

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Track: Psycho Comedy – One

Although they formed less than a year ago, Liverpool Psychedelic five-piece Psycho Comedy are already beginning to make waves, having recently played sets at Liverpool Sound City and festEVOL. Last…

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Playlist: R.I.P. Muhammad Ali – 10 songs

And so the champion made his exit, and the man born Cassius Clay, the ‘Louisville lip’, the three time Heavyweight champion of the world left us, surrounded by his family…

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See: Jovel releases new emotionally charged video for ‘The Heroine’

Taken from London RnB rapper Jovel’s debut EP The Void, The Heroine (in this case, the spelling hides the dual meaning) is the powerful tale of someone suffering with drug…

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Track: Twin Graves – Strife

Despite having a name that screams ‘death metal’ at you (well, it did at me anyway) Twin Graves, aka Irish/Blackpool duo Jeremy Aris Polychronopoulos (vocals/guitar) Zarah Lawless (vocals/bass/synth) actually make…

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News: Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick dies at 75

WE had to check it was for real this time, following The Telegraph’s famous obituary published back in 1999. Sadly it is. Former Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick has…

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Album Review: Phoria – Volition

Melatonin, the opening track of Volition, the long overdue debut album from Brighton based electonic group Phoria, sums it up. Shades of James Blake (an almost constant influencer in these…

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