News: Perth dream pop duo The Money War announce new EP ‘Blood’ and unveil shimmering new title track in anticipation.
Earlier this year Perth dream pop duo The Money War caught my attention with their gorgeous single ‘Miles Away’, and members Carmen and Dylan Ollivierre have just announced the release of a new EP entitled ‘Blood’, due to be set free on 5 November 2021. To whet our appetites, the title track has just been …
Track: Deadshowws exude power and riffage in the anthemic punk pop track ‘Baltimore’.
Hailing from the Central Coast in New South Wales, Deadshowws have just unveiled a blistering piece of punky poppy rock artistry in their new single ‘Baltimore’. Displaying an acute sense of melody filtering through a robust and aggressive delivery, this is an outburst that is considered and controlled and manages to avoid cliched quiet/loud patterns. …
Premiere: Sydney’s coolest gang Golden Fang are back with the scything, incisive single ‘Breathe’ and welcome news of new album ‘Man With Telltale Scars’
We are extremely pleased to be able to premiere the first new single from Sydney band Golden Fang since the release of their album last year ‘Here. Now Here’ (reviewed by me here). I summed this album up as being the epitome of the inner west of Sydney – the Marrickville Sound – raw, visceral …
EP: Anna Smyrk’s sparkling EP ‘The Hour Between Us’ is a melodic collection of glittering gems.
Last month we had the honour to premiere the single ‘The Excavator’ from Melbourne artist Anna Smyrk which showcased her gorgeous vocals and bright pop style. Smyrk has now released the EP ‘The Hour Between Us’ which cements her reputation as a significant songwriter with an exceptional voice. This is a collection of vibrant pop …
EP: Sydney’s Moody Beach unleashes a brilliant, fuzzy, dreamy landscape of gritty pop in ‘Assembly of the Wild’.
Moody Beach‘s new EP ‘Assembly of the Wild’ is a total delight that satisfies any cravings for down and dirty rock’n’roll leavened by a dreamy and at times ambient soundscape. The EP has an outrageous sense of well earned confidence and attitude: a rampant delivery of straight forward scuzzy pop with an arched brow and …
Meet: We have a chat with Remy Boccalatte, head honcho at the ultra chic False Peak Records in Brisbane
As part of our irregular series on the important and often silent figures behind the music scenes – the record labels, promoters and managers – we are today having a chat with venerable Brisbane figure Remy Boccalatte of the shining star that is False Peak Records. We here at Backseat Mafia have covered many bands …
Premiere: Before The King swagger out with attitude in their thumping new single ‘Fast Machine’.
We are very honoured to premiere the deliciously cool new track ‘Fast Machine’ from Sydney band Before The King. ‘Fast Machine’ is primed to the hilt and full of a zesty, cathartic swagger in the best traditions of a brand of rock’n’roll that veers towards the brazen and the cool. There is detectable an Arctic …
Premiere: ioakim unveils exquisite video for the gorgeous single ‘Tongue Tied’
We are very pleased to premiere the new video for the track ‘Tongue Tied’ by Australian artist ioakim ( i – owe – kim ). ‘Tongue Tied’ is a velvet smooth atmospheric track filled with a sense of yearning and regret: bubbling instrumentation and a gently melodic, syncopated pace evoking a late night cityscape vision …
Premiere: Damien Binder unveils another stirring slice of indie pop in the shimmering slow burning track ‘Don’t Know What’.
We are very honoured to premiere today the gorgeous new slice of indie pop from Perth resident Damien Binder, ‘Don’t Know What’. Binder’s New Zealand roots shine through in this slice of melancholia with the achingly beautiful pop genes of Crowded House shimmering in the delivery. Binder’s vocals are expressive and filled with an air …
Premiere: Richard Cuthbert unveils a jangling pop treasure ‘Tomato Plants’, seeded with a sprinkling of wry humour
We are pleased to premiere today the new single ‘Tomato Plants’ from Sydney singer/songwriter Richard Cuthbert: a delightful jaunty paean to the joys of agriculture involving the iconic red fruit. Layered harmonies and a poptastic lilt sees yet another winner from Cuthbert who as an ear for melody and a knack for lyrical humour. Cuthbert …