Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: IDestroy – Vanity Loves Me

Bristol all-grrrl (you see what I did there, right) trio IDestroy, aka singer/guitarist Bec Jevons alongside Becky Baldwin (bass/backing vocals) and Jenn Haneef (drums), are preparing for the release of…

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Album Review: Alex Smoke – Love Over Will

Mendelssohn just wanted to be Mendelssohn. So said my essays at University. All of them. Admittedly in a music degree where performance and composition were given (at least by me)…

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See: Last Shadow Puppets release video for Bad Habits, announce June live dates

There’s two ways of looking at it I suppose. Either that the waits nearly over, or alternatively the anticipations almost at boiling point. It’s those Last Shadow Puppets, ostensively Alex…

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Track: Wild Nothing – Reichpop

“I desperately wanted for this to be the kind of record that would displace me,” says Jack Tatum, aka Wild Nothing, of his forthcoming third album, Life of Pause. “I’m…

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Track: Three Trapped Tigers – Silent Earthling

It might have taken a while, five years to be exact, but London trio Three Trapped Tigers are back with a follow up to their debut album ‘Route one or…

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Track: Dead Stars – In My Mind

In My Mind, the new single from Brooklyn trio Dead Stars owes a lot to the 90s indie (power) pop of the likes of Weezer, Dinosaur Jr and The Lemonheads,…

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Track: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – No Love Like Yours

Los Angeles collective Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros have announced the release date of their 4th album. Titled PersonA via Community Music, the ten song set will be available…

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See: GETOVERHER releases video for debut single “Baby Oil”

Jason Scott is finally finding his own way in the music world, after years of taking on all sorts of different roles, in his new solo project, called GETOVERHER. “I’m…

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News: Wet Nuns announce charity fundraiser

If you’re a long term reader of Backseat Mafia, you’ll be well aware of Wet Nuns. The hell raising Sheffield duo were favourites of ours pretty much throughout their existence,…

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See: Wolfmother reveal video for Victorious

Grammy winning Oz rockers Wolfmother are building up to the release of their new album Victorious, with the release of a new video for the title track. Shot in Los…

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