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News: Award-winning Melbourne blues stalwarts, Checkerboard Lounge set to release new album, Roller Coaster
Following on from the 2022 release of the acclaimed SUN Sessions album (recorded at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis), Checkerboard Lounge have just announced the upcoming release of Roller Coaster on the 8th December, with the new album being co-produced by Jeff Lang and released via Cheersquad Records. The album is preceded by the …
Track: Dominic Breen makes a welcome return with the raw acerbic glory of ‘The Pits’, ahead of live dates.
It’s been two years since Dominic Breen impressed us here with a string of impressive single culminating in the glorious album ‘Blue Volume’ (reviewed by me here), released through the magnificent Double Drummer label. He is back at last with the scuzzy low-fi buzz of ‘The Pits’ – an angry, dirty track with a barbed-wire …
News: Shelf Lives have unveiled their blistering new EP ‘You Okay?’ Listen To New Single ‘Kids’
London’s most electrifying duo deliver a project packed with fizzing tracks of riotous electro-punk, sounding as extroverted as ever and finding a way to portray a world on the brink with a uniquely entertaining touch. The pounding new single ‘KIDS‘ immediately locks listeners into a trance, after an attention-grabbing EP opener ‘All Grown Up‘, which flows into frenzied single and BBC Radio …
Track/Video : Johannesburg jazz collective iPhupho L’ka Biko offer up ‘Braam Streets’ ahead of their significant debut EP ‘Azania’
More proof then, if you really need it, of the power and fortitude within new gen South African jazz. Those diligent sound searchers at We Are Busy Bodies announce ‘Azania’, the upcoming vinyl debut by iPhupho L’ka Biko, on the racks and shipping from 15th December. Formed by bassist/composer Nhlanhla Ngqaqu in 2015 from musical …
Premiere: Coyle Girelli offers us an exclusive first listen to his magnificent new album ‘Museum Day’.
We here at Backseat Mafia hyperventilate every time there is a new release from UK-born US resident Coyle Girelli with unseemingly scraps over who gets to review his songs. The good news is Girelli’s new album ‘Museum Day’ is due out tomorrow and we get to give you an early listen before it is released …
Premiere: TUSHAR’s ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ is an effervescent pop delight dealing with darker issues. Tour dates announced.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ from Tarndanya/Adelaide-based indie-pop artist TUSHAR – produced by long-time collaborator Benny Tamblyn (MANE) and mastered by Mario Späte (Meg Washington, Tkay Maizda, Elsy Wameyo). ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ has an effervescent trot with plonking, dappling guitars and a high-stepping canter. TUSHAR’s voice is velvet soft, yearning and …
Premiere: Victoria unveil brilliant new track ‘Rushing Bull’ ahead of debut album and live outings
We are inordinately proud to be able to premiere the brilliant new single ‘Rushing Bull’, with video, from Sydney supergroup Victoria. The single is out tomorrow through legendary producer Wayne Connolly’s label Scenic Drive Records. ‘Rushing Bull’ is a rambunctious angular slice of indie pop, leavened by a melancholy delivery as the guitars hop, skip and jump …
News: Slam Dunk Festival announces first wave of acts for 2024
Slam Dunk Festival has today announced the first list of acts performing at next years festival taking place at Hatfield Park on Saturday, May 25 and Leeds Temple Newsam Park on Sunday, May 26. Headlining the event is You Me At Six and All American Rejects with YMAS frontman Josh Franceschi quoted as saying: “Looking …
News: Cabo Don Shares New Single ‘Outsiders’ Feat. Trey Detroit
Cabo Don, the versatile instrumentalist and artist hailing from the heart of Texas, has proven himself a master of the creative juggling act, melding unique talents into a symphony of musical excellence. This classically trained pianist and violinist, who once strolled the same halls as luminaries like J. Cole during his time at St John’s …
News: Colour TV Shine On New Single ‘You Treat This Place Like A Hotel’
South West indie-rockers Colour TV return with the considered, intricate and yet strikingly infectious new single ‘You Treat This Place Like A Hotel’. Serving as a tantalising precursor to their forthcoming third EP, the band continue to capitalise on the tastemaker radio play that has come their way over their previous single including support from …