Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: Slime releases new video for “Hotdog”, plus London live date

We were already a fan of London based, Newcastle born Will Archer, aka Slime and the stuttering indie/electronic soul of his track Hotdog, but even more so now we’ve seen…

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EP: Myles Bigelow – Turning Pages

Out already on vinyl and available on download on August 10th comes the new release from Yoruba Records. Called Turning Pages, it’s from label newcomer Myles Bigelow, who honed is…

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See: Siv Jakobsen unveils video for “Caroline”

Following on from the release of her EP, The Lingering in May, Norwegian singer songwriter Siv Jakobsen has released the video for the track Caroline. Siv herself explains about the…

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See: Alibis release new live video for Only Time

Taken from their forthcoming Home Truths EP, South London duo Alibis have released a video for their track Only Time. A melancholy tale of a past childhood sweetheart, the pair…

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Album Review: Kelpe – The Curved Line

On his fifth album, The Curved line – Kelp, aka London producer Kel McKeown, doesn’t reinvent the electronic wheel, rather just polishes his own version of it a little bit.…

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See: I am Lono release video for Only Love

Nottingham avant electro dup I am Lono, aka Matthew Cooper and David Startin have a new six-track self-titled EP out on white vinyl and download on 22nd August through Louder…

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Premiere: The Gildings – Sweet Lady of the gently rolling plains

The Gildings is the moniker of singer songwriter Edmund Cottam, who hails from (broadly, at least) the North West and makes this striking baroque folk music. We’re very proud here…

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EP: Wozniak – Auster

Here at Backseat Mafia, we’ve been long time admirers of Scottish Post-Rock/Shoegazers Wozniak. The Edinburgh four piece have a new EP, titled Auster, out now via the bands bandcamp page,…

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Track: Danny McLauchlan – Enough

Taken from his forthcoming EP, due for release early next year, comes a new song – Enough, from London producer/singer-songwriter Danny McLaughlan. From the beginning’s gentle electronics it’s slow, delicate…

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Album Review: The Rubs – The Rubs Are Trash

If, after you’ve listened to Hard Enough, the opening track on Chicago Garage Rockers The Rubs (essentially the solo project of a certain Joey Rubbish, in that he sings, writes…

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