Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: Damaged Bug releases video to “Jet in Jungle”

He’s full of surprises, that John Dwyer. While we’ve all been waiting to see what comes next with his troupe The Oh Sees, instead he’s spirited himself away, surrounded himself…

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Video: Kat Eaton records two exclusive session tracks for Backseat Mafia

We’ve followed the trajectory of Kat Eaton for quite a while now, the Sheffield singer songwriter seemingly able to mix up pop and soul to make something that is not…

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Premiere: The Hadron Colliders reveal video for “Bellwether””

Sydney five-piece The Hadron Colliders today release their debut video for the single ‘Bellwether’, taken from their debut EP, ‘Measuring the Space between Us All’ which came out last year…

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See: Lonelady releases video for album title track Hinterland,plus tour dates

We’ve known here at Backseat Mafia for quite some time that Warp Records can do no wrong, and that was proved once again with the release, earlier in the year…

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Track: Alvvays – Adult Diversion, plus tour dates

Taken from their acclaimed self-titled debut album, comes a new single, Adult Diversion, from Canada indie kids Alvvays. It drops, via Transgressive on June 22nd, ahead of a UK tour,…

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Track: Albert Hammond Jr – Losing Touch, plus US tour dates

Ahead of his forthcoming solo album Momentary Masters, sometime Stroke Albert Hammond Jr is back with a new song taken from that very record, Losing Touch. Its his third solo…

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Track: Clean Cut Kid – Vitamin C

Liverpool four piece Clean Cut Kid, aka Mike Halls, Evelyn Halls, Saul Godman and Ross Higginson, make music best described, at least to Halls, as “Soulful pop ballads, washed in…

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Track: Telegram – Aeons

It seems almost laughable that Telegram only formed just over eighteen months ago, given everything they have achieved since, but so it is that Matt Saunders (vocals/ guitar), Matt Wood…

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Track: Vukovi – Boy George, plus tour dates

Taken from their forthcoming debut album, experimental Scottish rockers Vukovi have announced the release of a new track, Boy George due out on August 3rd and available to pre-order right…

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Track: The Gorgeous Chans – By the highway

Nottingham six piece the Gorgeous Chans started out riffing on Paul Simons seminal Graceland album, and to an extent it still references their melodic indie music today, with their slightly…

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