Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Black Grape return with a new single Milk ahead of tour and new album later in the year

Black Grape, the swaggering Manchester band headed up by Shaun Ryder and Kermit (aka Paul Leveridge) return with a new album ‘Orange Head’ out on November 3rd via DGAFF Recordings.…

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Track: Poolside reveal new single, ‘Ride With You’ featuring Ben Browning; watch video here

LA based producer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist Jeffrey Paradiseis, aka Poolside, has returned with a new single ‘Ride With You’, featuring Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning. It’s taken from the…

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Track: Sofia Kourtesis releases new single ‘Vajkoczy’ ahead of debut album on Ninja Tune

Sofia Kourtesis recently gave us more details on the release of her debut album. It’s called Madres, and is out on the utterly brilliant Ninja Tune imprint on October 27th,…

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Album Review: Slow Knife – A Hymn Supreme

Todmorden experimentalists Slow Knife have returned with a second album, the fully improvised two track long player, A Hymn Supreme. Taking its lead more than likely (as well as half…

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Track: Peter Broderick and Ensemble 0 release unreleased Arthur Russell track, Give It To The Sky. Watch beautiful accompanying live video, here

It seems as more time passes since his death, the more the extraordinary musical cannon of Arthur Russell is explored and appreciated. Musician and composer Peter Broderick has teamed up…

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Track: Steven Wilson releases a brilliant new track ‘Economies of Scale’ ahead of album release

With his new album The Harmony Codex due at the end of the month on Virgin, Steven Wilson has released a sighter of whats to come from the album in…

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News: The Cranberries set to release expanded reissue of third album ‘To The Faithful Departed’

Out on October 13th via Island/UMe is the reissue of The Cranberries third album ‘To The Faithful Departed’. Upon its original release, it sold over six million copies worldwide, reaching…

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Track: Oneohtrix Point Never releases brilliant new track and accompanying video, A Path Barely Lit

As I constantly point out, Warp Records is one of, if not my favourite label. Ever. And one of its most brilliant and interesting artists right now is Oneohtrix Point…

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News: L7 release pre-order for ‘Cooler Than Space’ flexi ahead of US tour – dates and details here

Legendary grunge/riot grrl quartet L7 have announced a pre order for their forthcoming limited edition ‘Cooler Than Mars’ 4-pack flexi disc single, which drops on September 12 and is strictly…

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Track: Listen to the demo version of Pale Saints ‘Kinky Love’ ahead of 4AD reissue

Pale Saints, the Tintwhistle band who managed to straddle both Shoegaze and elements of indie rock, have just announced the expanded reissue of their classic 1992 album In Ribbons, as…

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