Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

New Music: Bubblegum Lemonade – Have you seen Faith?

Bubblegum Lemonade is an offshoot of sorts for Lawrence ‘Loz’ McClusky, who is usually one half of Strawberry Whiplash with Sandra McClusky. He makes what is essentially pure jangly indie-pop…

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News: Wet Nuns announce album release and tour dates

Names. It was the thing that caused the most consternation in our house upon the birth of my daughter. I liked the flowery names; Daisy, Poppy – stuff like that.…

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EP: FunkinEven – Species EP

I’m useless with technology. Really – I’ll give you an example. The band I’m in on occasion did a pop festival in Aarhus, Denmark. It was a good bill, which…

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Track: Sam Smith – Safe with me

If I were to strip a Car down, I would find that if it were a Porsche it would have fantastic manufacturing, fantastic engineering and the best components available, and…

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See: Vuvuvultures release new video for Steel Bones, plus album launch news

Why is it scary stuff happens in Car Parks in films and TV. Yet in my life nothing even remarkable has happened in a Car Park. Once, when I was…

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See: New Video drop from Gentleman’s Dub Club for ‘Give it away’

We used to live in a flat in London. It wasn’t the biggest block of flats in the world, but there were about twelve flats in the block. We had…

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Track: Ming City Rockers – Chic and the Motherfuckers

I have this friend. we went to University together. Just two ordinary slackers – when it was cloudy/rainy we played Snooker, when it was sunny we played golf. On…

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Track: The Joys of Sleeping release new track, Dude York parts I & II

I like sleeping. That feeling when you wake up and you don’t really know what time it is, or it’s much brighter than you expect is a wondrous thing. And…

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Track: L.A. producer Classixx remixes Preatures – This is how you feel?

It’s that time of the year when everything needs getting done, in our house anyway. I’ve got things to pack for the impending holiday, children to look after, and a…

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Track: New York duo Cardiknox release engaging new single, Hold me down

I never quite got it right in the 1980’s, the bits I remember anyway. There was the case of the elasticated trousers, where my Mother, with money being very tight in…

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