Premiere: Iconic multi-talented artist Catherine McQuade unveils exquisite and evocative video for ‘Hold Me’.
Catherine McQuade is a tour de force in the Australian music industry – composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist with origins in Melbourne’s iconic art-punk band The Ears, immortalized in the cult classic film ‘Dogs in Space’. She later joined legendary pop outfit Deckchairs Overboard, working with producers like Mark Opitz and NYC disco legends John Morales & …
Premiere: Matt Malone & the Holy Spirits are filled with a delicious, burning ‘Jealousy’ as they head off on tour.
We last covered Matt Malone & the Holy Spirit in their utterly cathartic and immensely enjoyable album ‘For The Term Of His Natural Life’ back in 2023, and we are inordinately honoured to premiere the video for his new track ‘Jealousy’. It’s the second of a trio of releases that began with last year’s Halloween ‘Wolfman’ …
Track: Lutruwita/Tasmanian’s gothic Dvrkworld unveil thundering new single ‘Stimulation’ ahead of Party in the Paddock festival outing this weekend.
Without any hint of fanfare or warning, the dark lords of southern shoegaze Dvrkworld have snuck out a new single ‘Stimulation’. An electrical crackle and slamming drums over a bed of feedback introduce a visceral wall of noise that looms like a tsunami, before the louche, distant Antarctic vocals enter the sonic fray. It’s heady …
Premiere: Yama Rama exclusively unveil video for the exquisite track ‘Sentimental Feelings’, ahead of new EP with live sessions and a curated concert series.
Over the last decade, Charlie Clark‘s professional and personal life has undergone drama, tragedy and chaos as stormy and relentless as the oceans off his native Scotland. And yet throughout the vicissitudes of life, his songwriting has remained as authentic and brilliant as ever from his early days in Astrid and throughout his later solo …
Premiere: Big League exclusively unveil thrilling new track ‘Dangerous Like You’ ahead of new EP and launch date.
Big League, purveyors of the most delicious brand of indie rock, are back with their new single ‘Dangerous Like You’, and as one our favourite antipodean outfits we are honoured to premiere this track ahead of its release tomorrow. This track is off their forthcoming EP ‘Windanswagger’, set for release on March 25, and featuring …
Album Review: It’s all ‘In The Manifesto’ – Sacred Cowboys unveil a collection of attitude-laden gems that burn brightly.
Sacred Cowboys have been – and still are – a legendary bunch of misfits together in various forms since 1982, but always with Garry Gray as a mainstay at the reins along with Mark Ferrie. They essentially began in 1982 as a supergroup with Gray from seminal new wave outfit Negatives and Ferrie from the Models. …
News: The Great Emu War Casualties are back with news of their debut album ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’, accompanying their sparkling new single ‘Donut’.
It’s been a while but the brilliantly, if rather enigmatically, named band The Great Emu War Casualties are back with the announcement today that they will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ on Friday, 27 March 26. And to sweeten the deal, a new single off the album paves the way. …
News: Naarm/Melbourne’s brilliant HighSchool announce East Coast Australian tour following extensive US/European schedule, in support of debut self-titled album.
In very exiting news, one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite antipodean bands, Naarm/Melbourne’s HighSchool, have just announced an East Coast tour of Australia in support of their self-titled debut album. This album followed up their magnificent EP ‘Accelerator’ in 2024 (see my 9/10 review here) and a spate of brilliant singles leading up to the album release …
Premiere: With links to Australian musical royalty, New York’s Ruby & the Clumsy Dollies exclusively unveil their cool new single ‘Right Through Me’ ahead of debut album release.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Right Through Me’ from New York outfit Ruby and the Clumsy Dollies. It’s their second release and comes off their forthcoming debut album ‘New and Improved’ due out on 24 April 2026 through the inimitable Cheersquad Records. Founded and fronted by Ruby Rogers-Garcia (daughter of Australian …
Live Review + Gallery: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds set fire to the Domain, Sydney, 24 January 2026, supported by the luminescent Aldous Harding
Fittingly perhaps, bats floated lazily over the sun drenched Domain with the stark outline of Sydney’s high-rises as a back drop. The crowds gathered on the gently rolling greens for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds‘s first gigs in Sydney for quite a while and it was magnificent. Support came from New Zealand’s luminescent and …