Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Premiere: Montmartre Remix of Tim Ayre’s Mexican Holiday is out today via Kitsuné; hear it here first

French producer Montmartre has just released (today no less) his new remix of ‘Mexican Holiday’ the recent release from Australian indie pop artist Tim Ayre, on Kitsuné Musique. It ahead…

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Meet: Beautiful Machines on new single Control, their forthcoming album, and recording during a pandemic

After hearing the dark, yet beautiful, synth-pop of their single Control, out now via Republic of Music, we knew we wanted to try and track down its creators, duo Beautiful…

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Feature: The Scaramanga Six give us a track by track insight into their new album Worthless Music

Out today is the new album, Worhtless Music, from Yorkshire art-rockers The Scaramanga Six, aka brothers Paul and Steven Morricone, alongside Julia Arnez and Gareth Champion. Their tenth album to…

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Premiere: Eucereon releases the beautiful melancholic indie-folk of ‘Go’

UK/US based indie folk singer, songwriter and producer Eucereon has unveiled her new single ‘Go’. – written in Denmark, produced in the UK and released in the US, and we’re…

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Premiere: Lil Seyi – Westside (La Felix) remix; NZ producer brings the funk to a Summer hit

Upcoming Auckland, NZ based producer / DJ La Felix has his new remix of US electro-soul singer-songwriter Lil Seyi’s Summer hit ‘Westside’ out tomorrow (3rd December) via the ever brilliant…

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Live Review: The Levellers / Peat & Diesel / Maelor Hughes, Manchester Academy 26.11.2021

Unfortunately, the perils of the M62 and the dreaded Pennines scuppered my chances of making it to the Academy in time to catch the opener, Maelor Hughes, on the bill…

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Premiere: The Silver Bars release new single, The Long Night

Barrow-In-Furness Indie rock quintet The Silver Bars are back with a new single, The Long Night, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia…

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Premiere: Sunday Driver release new visuals for the cool jazz/psych pop fusion of ‘Somewhere Nice’

Taken from their upcoming album Somewhere Nice, out in June, UK fusion band Sunday Driver have announced a new single, Somewhere Nice, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere…

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Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Patrick Pearson of LYR

If you heard last years brilliant Call In The Crash Team, no doubt you’ll be a fan of LYR, the band comprised of poet laureate Simon Armitage alongside producers Richard…

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Album review: The Allergies – ‘Promised Land’: on a hot streak with huge melodies

IN THESE days, months, or years even, when everything has been dominated by viruses, or at least one in particular, there have been many earnest releases focusing on the despair,…

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