Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Sarah Records, and an interview with Clare Wadd, co-founder

Both me and my brother went through a period of waiting furtively for the postman to deliver these plain brown packages, which we ripped open and almost tore the plastic…

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New Music: Kodaline – High Hopes (Romare Remix)

I have this little seven-year old girl at home, and when she is not watching Scooby-Doo or arguing with her mother about brushing her hair, she is doing craft things.…

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Meet: Ghost Wave

Trouble is, wherever you look, there is music. Thousands of bands springing up, splitting, making records, touring, remixing, showcasing, re-releasing. Everywhere – all over the world. I was looking through…

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New Music: Northern Portrait – Pretty Decent Swimmers EP

It started with The Smiths. When I first heard them, I began to doubt whether I would ever love a band any more than that. After that, I started to…

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New Music: Everything Everything – James Rutledge 'Arc' Album Remix

They told us we didn’t have many lectures on my music degree because we needed time to immerse ourselves in music, and that we needed three hours practise time per…

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Track: Everything Everything – James Rutledge ‘Arc’ Album Remix

They told us we didn’t have many lectures on my music degree because we needed time to immerse ourselves in music, and that we needed three hours practise time per…

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New Music: Half Hour Hotel – Run from Sirens

Our family hails from a part of the UK that’s almost the furthest away from any coastline you can possibly get. There is a canal but I’m not sure you’d ever…

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Album Review: Johnny Marr – The Messenger

Jim F finds that despite spending years in the background, there’s always been a frontman in Johnny Marr that’s been fighting to get out. Rather like the end of one…

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Track: Beacon – Bring You Back, plus album news

I hate that word you hear people use sometimes ‘chill-ax’. What need is there, ever, to put two words together that essentially mean the same thing. I’m quite prepared to…

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Album Review: Screaming Maldini – Screaming Maldini

Sheffield six-piece Screaming Maldini release album, an incredibly catchy prog-pop collection of songs, cue Jim F fauning almost uncontrollably I’ve been waiting for this. If there were ever a band…

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