Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Feature: Soundtrack of Our Lives – The Flatmates

THEY came bursting outta Brizzle on the back of one-foot-in-the-Spector-camp fizzbomb pop classics like “Shimmer” and “I Could Be In Heaven”. And this year, a mere 34 years after their…

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Premiere: The Apartments – Pocketful of Sunshine

Sydney’s legendary The Apartments are back with a new album, ‘In and out of the light’, out on September 18th via Talitres Records. Peter Milton Walsh formed his charges in…

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Track: Jade Emperor – Greener

Jade Emperor has returned with her second single ‘Greener’. Inspired by Etta James, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald, the song focuses on the brighter side of life, imploring the listener…

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Track: Eli Brown remixes Sub Focus & Wilkinson’s ‘Just Hold On’

Out now is the incredible new track ‘Just Hold On’ from electronic music royalty Sub Focus and Wilkinson. Don’t just take my word for it – between them they’ve racked…

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See: Michael Kiwanuka Reveals new video for Light

In light (no, that’s not a pun), of the current Black Lives Matters campaign that’s hit the world as we venture tentatively out of lockdown, Michael Kiwanuka has revealed a…

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Track: Sparkle Division – You Go Girl!

An unusual partnership it may be, that of renowned composer and tape loop pioneers William Basinski, and young up and coming studio assistant Preston Wendel, but nevertheless, the pair got…

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Track: Bill Frisell Trio – We Shall Overcome

Legendary Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has put together a new trio featuring bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston for a new album Valentine, released on August 14th via Blue…

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Track: Warriors of the Dystotheque / Howie B – No Borders

Released this month in aid of the Black Minds Matter Charity is a new collaboration between Warriors of the Dystotheque and Howie B, made remotely under lockdown, and put together…

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Track: Video Age reveal their forthcoming album title track, Pleasure Line

New Orleans duo Video age have announced that their new, third album, Pleasure line, is out on August 7th via Winspear and ahead of it they’ve released the title track…

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Track: Allegra Krieger – Welcome

Taken from her forthcoming ‘The Joys of Forgetting’ album, out on August 7th via Northern Spy Records is ‘Welcome’, the new single from Brooklyn singer-songwriter Allegra Kreiger. If the track,…

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