Album Review: Dead Famous People are back with a new album – the glorious shining ray of golden sunshine that is ‘Ballet Boy’.
A shimmering, blinding joy emanates from the new album by the enigmatic Dons Savage under the nom de plume of Dead Famous People. I’ve written before that there has to be a genetic implant in New Zealanders – it can be found in the work of The Chills, The Clean and The Bats – in other …
Premiere: I Am A Rocketship unveil their take down of superficiality in the track ‘Do You Feel Good’, along with album news.
We are very pleased to bring you the premiere of the new single ‘Do You Feel Good’ from Atlanta duo I Am A Rocketship. The track features drumming from Kellii Scott, known as being the drummer for the band Failure and his work with other artists, including Veruca Salt, Dr. Dre, Pink, Enemy and Christina Aguilera. Less of a question …
Premiere: It’s ‘Museum Day’ for Coyle Girelli – a blindingly bright excursion to indie pop heaven ahead of new album.
We are inordinately privileged and honoured to bring you a first listen to the new single ‘Museum Day’ from one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite artists, Coyle Girelli: the English troubadour based in New York City. Coasting along on a bright dappled instrumental sound, Girelli’s crooner vocals are cool and expressive with the kind of sonorous …
Live Review and Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Bitumen, In The Hanging Garden, 10.06.2023
The marvelous thing about Dark Mofo is the opportunity to witness bands you normally wouldn’t know about or have experienced before. While I had to miss Drab Majesty due to a timetable clash, I witnessed the powerful performance of the support, Melbourne-based band Bitumen (who have a few Tasmanians as constituent ingredients). Powered along with …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival, Max Richter – ‘Voices’ and ‘Reconstruction’, Federation Hall, Hobart, 10.06.2023
Max Richter is a pioneering composer known for his emotive and boundary-pushing music, blending classical and electronic elements. His work explores memory, sleep, and the human experience, captivating listeners with atmospheric beauty and profound melodies. Richter’s ‘Voices Live’ and ‘Reconstruction’ performance at the glorious Federation Hall, as part of the Dark Mofo Festival, was sublime. …
Live Review and Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival, The Gathering, Denni and Tasman Keith, In The Hanging Garden, Hobart, 08.06.2023
The dynamic Dark Mofo Festival kicked off on Thursday with a night entitled ‘The Gathering’, a curated lineup of First Nations artists in a precinct-wide takeover of the MONA-owned venue In The Hanging Garden. It was, as expected and indeed hoped for, a cold dark night in the semi-open precinct but the two-way stream of …
Track: We Set Sail are departing and their penultimate offering is a beautiful and passionate ‘Broken Umbrella’. Out through False Peak Records.
We Set Sail are a firm favourite here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia and if there is any certainty in life, it’s that good things don’t last for ever. We Set Sail have announced their final departure into the Queensland sunset and ‘Broken Umbrella’ is their penultimate release before anchors up, with their …
Premiere: Italian neo-psych band Bluedaze unveils a little shoegaze sparkle with ‘Flesh’ ahead of EP release.
We are honoured to give you an exclusive look at the video for the new track ‘Flesh’ from Italian neo-psych band Bluedaze, title track to their new EP due out on 30 June 2023. The track a thoroughly enjoyable blast of shimmering sounds that ebbs and flows, mixing a heady onslaught of guitars with quieter …
Premiere: Judgment is made – Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits unveils ‘For The Term Of My Natural Life’, the visceral and haunting title track to new album.
We are overjoyed at being able to bring you exclusively the new single ‘For The Term Of My Natural Life’ from Matt Malone and the Holy Sprits. Hailing from country Victoria, the song encapsulates a wild and bleak weary world that came from the cruel oppression and banditry of a Victorian era and the remote …
News: Drab Majesty announces new EP accompanied by haunting and ethereal new single ‘Vanity’ featuring Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, ahead of appearance at Hobart’s Dark Mofo Festival
Today Drab Majesty have announced details of a new EP, entitled ‘An Object in Motion’, to be released on August 25th via Dais Records. Along with the announcement, they have shared the anthemic and ghostly single ‘Vanity’ featuring a rare guest vocal appearance from Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell. The track is a heavenly slice of Arctic …