Backseat Mafia

Track: Josh Record announces new tour dates and releases Kate Bush cover, Running Up That Hill

Who doesn’t like a good cover. In fact, who doesn’t like a good Kate Bush cover (or a good cut-up piece of Kate Bush, remembering Utah Saints something good) for…

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See: Forest Floors new video – Seeing Red

So, how do I feel about my shoes. They make me feel awkward and plain. Well, maybe not my shoes, I was just including The Smiths lyrics because, well, I…

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EP: Ty – A Kick Snare and an Idea part. 2

We like Ty here on Backseat Mafia. We loved A kick snare and an idea part.1, and he was an entertaining and engaging subject when we interviewed him earlier in…

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Interview: Matt Reid – Documentary Director

It is becoming increasingly apparent to me as Backseat Mafia develops that one thing keeps on leading excitingly to another and that the enjoyment won’t stop building. In this case,…

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See: The XX Night + Day sessions in London, and new Video, Fiction

The XX are one of our favourite bands here on Backseat Mafia. Well, I say that, they’re one of my favourite bands and I’m writing this article. Anyway, I…

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See: Amplify Dot releases new visuals for new single ‘I’m Good’, featuring Busta Rhymes

I think I’m probably the most mainstream of all the BM writers in my musical tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I love being introduced to new bands and in turn…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Boards of Canada-Tomorrow’s Harvest

From the opening horns of “Gemini” to the fading strands of album closer “Semena Mertvykh” there isn’t a moment on Boards of Canada’s Tomorrow’s Harvest where you wonder whose album this is.…

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News: DMC UK DJ Finals, featuring Uk Hip-Hop Royalty

The only experience I had as a youngster was rather a random one. As a budding young musician, I used to have to go, every Christmas, to the local posh…

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See: Laura Welsh releases new video for Cold Front

You read about the song in our piece earlier in June, now watch the video for Laura Welsh’s “Cold Front” (single out on 15 July). Erotic, sensual and enticing, the…

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Album Review: Curry Quiche – One Seed, No Leeches

Coming out of nearby Rotherham, which is just about as close to Sheffield as you can get, are alt-rockers Curry Quiche The band, Steve Fidler on Vocals & Guitar, Shaun…

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