Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

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News: Canadian metal band Cauldron announce European Tour

It’s been a while since we heard anything from Canadian heavy/thrash metal trio Cauldron, nothing in fact since their fourth album, 2012’s Tomorrow’s Lost, but that was enough to convince…

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Track: Paloma Faith brings the soul on Can’t Rely On You, plus album news

It’s funny who you run into. I, in my younger days (not that much younger, I’ll admit to that) used to have these shoes that allowed my to slide, slightly…

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News: Ronny Jordan, pioneer of Acid Jazz, dies at 52

I always had this thing about Jazz, but the record that really opened the door for me, was Jazzmatazz Vol. 1. Former Gang Starr mainstay Guru released the album, essentially…

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Track: Boski – Give it Up

I don’t really feel like dancing this morning. In fact, to be perfectly fair I don’t feel like dancing most of the time, unless its been a really long night.…

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Not Forgotton: Northside – Chicken Rhythms, and new spring tour dates

For me, it started with an apple. For there, in my local record emporium (the glorious Left Legged Pineapple in Loughborough) as I thumbed through Cocteau Twins, King of the…

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Track: Ty – Kick Snare and an Idea Part 3

New year, new music from Ty. And it’s something we’re looking forward to a lot, following parts 1 & 2 of the London rappers ‘Kick Snare and an Idea’ series.…

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Track: Cleo T releases new single ‘I love me, I love me not’, plus album news

If I had any command whatsoever of the French language I would probably be able to write an article full of cleverly gauge, quoting French phrases and words to confirm…

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See: A Minor releases video for Thinking bout the things, plus release details

The weather is awful today. The wind is howling through the trees, my journey to work on the motorway was frankly awful as the lorries veered every time we got…

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Track: Röyksopp – something in my heart

There always one of those iconic dance records that comes along envy so often, that’s so good, it gets people who aren’t, or weren’t into that sort of music to…

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Album Review: Debukas – I am Machinery

John Clark knows his stuff. Already creating a buzz with his three EP releases over on the 2020 vision label, he, under his moniker Debukas produces music that shows a…

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