John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: The Stroppies reveal new video for ‘Look Alive’

Melbourne tunesmiths ‘The Stroppies’ offer up a third taster ‘Look Alive’, the title track from their forthcoming mini album on the ever energetic Tough Love Records. ‘Look Alive’ has all…

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Track: Pip Blom – Sell By Date, plus The Boat special edition news

It’s been a year since the Amsterdam scuzz poppers delivered their wave breaking debut album ‘Boat’ and to celebrate they are releasing a special limited edition of the record on…

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News: Oumou Sangare To release new album ‘Acoustic‘

Malian singing superstar, songwriter and activist Oumou Sangare has just announced details of her next release ‘Acoustic’ via No Format which will re-invent her 2017 album the super funky ‘Mogoya’.…

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Album Review: Lavinia Blackwall – Muggington Lane End

Moving on from a treasured band when you were pivotal to their sound is a difficult manoeuvre in music. Nearly two years after leaving the pioneering psych-folk explorers Trembling Bells,…

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Track: Kelly Lee Owens – Night

It seems like a long while since the convention- blurring techno sound artist Kelly Lee Owens and her eponymous debut bounced into our listening lives. A gorgeous blend of song…

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Track: Oscar Jerome – Your Saint, plus album news

From the source that keeps providing, the South London nu-jazz scene, comes Oscar Jerome with his highly-anticipated debut album ‘Breathe Deep’ (release date July 10th 2020 via Caroline International). You…

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See: Modern Nature release Harvest video, plus ep news

Modern Nature make music about today’s landscape. Tunes weave within tunes, rhythms tumble and motor, voices nest comfortably in the songs. After their opening statement, the EP ‘Nature’ and their…

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See: Ane Brun releases video for new single ‘Feeling like I wanna cry’

ANE BRUN has announced details of a brand new single, ‘Feeling Like I Wanna Cry‘, released on her own label, Balloon Ranger Recordings. It’s the first taste of her as-yet-untitled…

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Track: Diet Cig – Who Are You

Diet Cig, the power pop punk twosome from New York State, return to all listening channels on May 1st with their second LP ‘Do You Wonder About Me?’ via Frenchkiss Records.…

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News: Laibach announce Revisited – Deluxe Vinyl and CD Box Set plus Digital Release

Laibach formed 40 years ago in the then-Yugoslavian industrial town of Trbovlje. Founded in the year that the country’s founding father Tito died, the band rose to fame as Yugoslavia steered itself towards self-destruction to become one of…

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