Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Premiere: Naz and Ella release the brilliant No (Doesn’t Mean Convince Me); take a first listen here

Taken from their forthcoming EP (DE)HUMANISE, Naz and Ella have released a new track ‘No (Doesn’t mean convince me)’§, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here…

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Meet: Cathal Coughlan, ahead of his new solo album ‘Songs Of Co-Aklan’

Cathal Coughlan’s music permeates my record collection. I remember my first discovery – his early band Microdisney’s ‘Singers Hampstead Home’, (on glorious 12”) on one of those teenage record shop…

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Meet: Electronic artist Llyr on his new EP 3D Reworks, and working with Max Cooper

Llyr, aka Gareth Williams has just released his debut EP on Mesh, following on from Reid Willis’ in the 3D Reworks series. The series is aimed at challenging artists to…

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Premiere: Bob Hillman and Spooky Ghost reveal new video for the brilliant noise-folk of Urban Wildlife

Following on from last years collaboration between Bob Hillman and Bowie/Rufus Wainright/Suzanne Vega guitarist/soundscape artist Gerry Leonard, aka Spooky Ghost, the pair are releasing a new video for the track…

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Premiere: Mike Alias – ‘Drift’: celestial jazz-hop from California

CALIFORNIAN artist Mike Alias today releases his new single, “Drift”, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here today on Backseat Mafia. Born into a musical family,…

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Premiere: Mike Clerk reveals new video for the claustrophobic alt-rock of ‘The Air In Here’

Mike Clerk, the former frontman of The Lost Generation, is gearing up for the release of his debut solo album, ‘The Space Between My Ear’, which is out on 26th…

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Premiere: Niko Novak’s ‘Tuesdays, Tuesdays, Saturdays’: watch the snow fall over his bar-stool yearning

WE’RE absolutely delighted to be able to premiere the new video from Niko Novak here at Backseat Mafia today. It’s for a song entitled “Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays”, which is out…

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Premiere: French indie rockers Velvet Sunset release beautiful shoegaze of new single, Blue

French indie rockers Velvet Sunset release their new single Blue tomorrow, and ahead of it we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. The…

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See: Molly Burman reveals the sardonic indie pop of Fool Me With Flattery

North London singer songwriter Molly Burman has just released her debut single, ‘Fool Me With Flattery’, out now on Prolifica Inc. Growing up in a musical household, her mother singing…

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Scratch the Surface: The Passmore Sisters – First Love, Last Rites (Sharp Records, 1988)

Scratch the Surface is a pretty new development in the Backseat cannon, providing long reads of forgotten, under-appreciated or just classic albums from the outskirts of pop music. Bradford’s The…

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