Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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Video: The Riptide movement speak and record an exclusive session track

A couple of weeks ago we hauled ourselves over to Live at Leeds where amongst many others Lucan quartet The Riptide Movement we’re performing. Bonding over the likes of Johnny…

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Track: Method Man – The Meth Lab

Ahead of his forthcoming new album, The Meth Lab, legendary rapper and sometime Wu-Tang Clansman Method Man is back with a new single, and the title track from his record.…

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See: Kytes release new video for Inner Cinema

Munich indie poppers Kytes, aka Michael Spieler (Vocals/guitar), Timothy Lush (Drums), Kerim Öke (Guitar/synths) and Thomas Sedlacek (Bass), mark their arrival with a debut single ‘Inner Cinema’, self released on…

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News: Kompakt spreads its wings to Ibiza and Glastonbury this Summer – Full details

There’s not many things that legendary label Kompakt hasn’t done, but its going about filling any gaps in its impressive CV this summer. Its almost incredulous to think that a…

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Tracks: The Strypes – Get Into It, plus Autumn tour dates

After the stir their debut album ‘Snapshot’ caused back in 2013, Irish four piece are back with a new album ‘Little Victories’, out later in the year. Currently in the…

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See: Funktionalust release video for Even

South London duo Funktionalust follow the release of their debut EP A Different Street this week with a new video, their first, for closing track Even. Early tracks Seats’, ‘Dots’…

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Track: Stalgia – Rust

Its difficult to impart information on a band that there is so little information abut as Stalgia. At the same time, it means you come at it from a completely…

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See: Hooton Tennis Club reveal video to Kathleen Sat on the arm of her favourite chair, plus tour dates

We’ve written about Chester/Ellesmere Port quartet Hooton Tennis Club before, and they’re certainly a band on an upward curve. Named after (suprisingly enough) a Tennis Club in nearby Little Sutton,…

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Album Review: Other Lives – Rituals

There’s no doubt there’s something to Stillwater, Oklahoma trio Other Lives, just ask endorsees Radiohead and Bon Iver, and Rituals, the bands third album, certainly has plenty of moments where…

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