Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Astronomyy releases the quietly beautiful ‘Swim Deeper’

Young Worcestershire producer Astronomyy blew up a storm with his debut EP, There For U, which was released on his own Lunar Surf label. He’d already built up something of…

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News: Orbital to split after 25 years

They’ve managed to eek out eight albums, some of them amongst the most influential in electronic music, over the course of 25 years, but brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll have…

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New Music: Cultfever return with new track, Gloria

It’s been a while but Brooklyn duo Cultfever are back with a new track, Gloria. The pair, Jafar and Durniak, met in 2010 and quickly formed the band, going on…

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See: Nat Johnson releases video for “Not Now, Horse”

I have a couple of confessions to make. Firstly, I wrote some of the brass parts for this song for Sheffield singer-songwriter Nat Johnson – I’m pretty sure that reviewers…

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Track: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Heat, plus new EP news

Following on from his critically recieved 14th album, Revelation, Anton Alfred Newcombe (to use his full name) is back in his guise of Brian Jonestown Massacre with a new EP,…

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Soundtrack of our Lives: We Were Promised Jetpacks

Out this week is the new album from Edinburgh five piece We Were Promised Jetpacks, called Unravelling. Sometimes dour, sometimes uplifting, sometimes epic sometimes understated but certainly all Scottish, its…

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Track: Bryan Ferry – Loop De Li, plus album news

Sometimes age isn’t kind. Judgement becomes cloudy, and previously unsullied back catalogues become minefields. So there’s always a bit of baited breath when artists such as Bryan Ferry (69 as…

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See: Canterbury announce split after December shows

Always one of the more interesting metal bands on the scene, it appears that sadly the Basingstoke quartet are calling time on their seven year career, making this years ‘Dark…

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New Music: Melanie De Biasio – I feel you (Eels Remix)

Taking Mark Hollis as inspiration is one thing, producing an album of the quality of No Deal is quite another, wearing its jazz influences proudly on its sleeve, stripped back…

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Premiere: Nervous Nellie release video for Cat Like Figure

Swedish quartet Nervous Nellie have a dream. Several actually, and a few nightmares thrown in as well. The two sets of brothers have documented them, as best they can, in…

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