Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: We Came as Strangers release video for ‘Still Life’

Experimental rockers We Came as Strangers have released a new video for the track Still Life, taken from their forthcoming third album, Eyedom, out on August 31st. Originally formed as…

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Premiere: Sundays and Cybele – Almost Heaven

Named after the 1962 French film directed by Serge Bourguignon, Sunday’s and Cybele are the brainchild of Tokyo multi-instrumentalist Kazuo Tsubouchi. Taken from the band’s forthcoming album Heaven, out on…

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News: Susumu Yokota dead at 54

Prolific Japanese composer/producer Susumu Yokata passed away earlier in the year, his family have announced. Yokota, who also released albums under aliases such as Ebi and Prism as well as…

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See: N. Lannon releases new video for “Endless Night”

Sometime Film School guitarist N. Lannon aka Nyles Lannon has recently released his third solo album, Falling Inside, and eclectic mix of electro-folk onto which Lannon has added samples from…

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See: Sun Drug release new video for “Wildman”

Taken from their recent Sun Drug EP, the LA four piece of the same name are releasing a new single taken from that EP, Wildman, out on August 7th. From…

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EP: Florian Kupfer – Explora

Rising German producer / DJ Florian Kupfer produced something of an instant classic when he released his debut track, 2013’s Lifetrax, and he followed it up with a slew of…

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Track: Morly – And Sooner Than We Know It…

On August 14th, In Defence of My Muse the debut EP from Morly (aka Katy Morley) drops via Cascine. Its a collection of records inspired by her time (reputedly Autumn…

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Track: Copywrite – Philophobia

Australian alt-indie four piece Copywrite are preparing for the release of their debut single, Philophobia. The band started to record when they were just 16 at high school, and it…

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Meet: John J Presley interview

Sometime guitarist for Duke Garwood John J Presley is very much an artist in his own right, as previous singles Honeybee and Left amply demonstrated, and now he’s back with…

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Album Review: Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People

He’s mixed up, Ezra Furman. His third album, and first for Bella Union, Perpetual Motion People mixes up genres as it sweeps through indie, rock and roll, blues, folk, musical…

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