Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review: David A Jaycock / Cracked Hands – Bishops House, Sheffield 24.09.2023

It was hard to believe there was anything going on at Bishops House at all when I arrived (admittedly, late- it being my first time there and estimating set times…

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Album Review: JOHN – A Life Diagrammatic sees London punks hone their craft into one of the albums of 2023

Out right now on the Brace Yourself imprint is the fourth album from South London punks JOHN, called A Life Diagrammatic. It’s a follow up to 2021s Nocturnal Manoeuvres, a…

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News: Queenz Sounds festival announces line up for its second outing, and first in Glasgow this October

Queenz Sounds, the festival whose goals are to promote minorities in the music industry, as well as encouraging diversity and inclusivity. The organise it will be a fun night of…

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Meet: Grimsby new indie kids on the block, Shines

We’re on the button with Shines, the project featuring two of Grimsby finest songwriters, Rob Cross and Richard Dutton, joined by Marc Poole on bass and Chris Day on drums.…

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Album Review: David Jaycock’s Hold. Star. Return is a glorious slice of 80s infused Synthpop that sparkles throughout

Let’s get this straight from the start, to quote Kevin Rowland – whatever musical hat he’s wearing, David Jaycock writes fantastic songs and tunes. In the guise he’s adopted for…

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Track: Soft Science release the brilliant new single True, along with accompanying video – watch here

Northern California dreampop/ shoegaze outfit Soft Science have returned with a new single and accompanying video ‘True’. It’s taken from their recent album ‘Lines’ which dropped earlier in the month…

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EP Review: Various Artists – Planet Socool

Curated by Andy ‘Epicentre The Dragon’ and Emily Socool, and out on the formers Dragon Trax imprint is a compilation of some of the best in new liquid drum &…

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Track: Devendra Banhart releases new song, Nun, taken from forthcoming Flying Wig album; plus World Tour dates

In the run up to his Flying Wig album, due out on September 22nd on one of our favourite labels here at Backseat Mafia, Mexican Summer, Devendra Banhart has released…

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Track: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs release live version of Big Rig ahead of Live In New York album release

We’ve long been fans of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs here at Backseat Mafia. The Newcastle behemoths seems to be winning the world over, one huge riff at…

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Live Review: Badly Drawn Boy / Liam Frost – Sheffield Memorial Hall 12.05.2023

Sometimes beautiful things are difficult to get to. Often though, when you take the trouble to search through the things obscuring it, getting in the way of it even, it…

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