Track: According to Greta Stanley, ‘It’s Cool To Be In Love’ – a dreamy anthemic blast of rock pop goodness out through Double Drummer.
One of our favourites here at Backseat Mafia, the enormously talented Greta Stanley returns to the scene with a thoroughly energetic new single that seems to herald a new direction. ‘It’s Cool To Be In Love’ dials up the pace and the energy and delivers a sonic punch with an anthemic chorus more dramatic than …
Premiere: Go to a special place with folkloric rock of The Elsewheres and their new single ‘Run Away With Me’, with launch date announced.
We are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘Run Away From Me’ from Melbourne folk rock outfit The Elsewheres. Coasting on layered instruments fringed by delicious horns and sparkling acoustic guitars, the barbed wire-coated vocals are soaked in whiskey and regret as they tell a tale of heady love trysts and passionate desire. With …
Live Review Plus Gallery: The Church, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 03.06.2023
It was rather apt that The Church should mark their first gig in Hobart for more than twenty years one week ahead of the ritual bacchanalia that is Dark Mofo. A perfect time for sonic absolution before the descent into the wicked ways of Hobart’s famed winter festival. And what a performance it was. The …
Track: ‘Hurt Me Harder’ – Jacob Fitzgerald unveils a masochistic urge with his sparkling, vivacious new single, ahead of tour.
Jacob Fitzgerald has an ability to craft heartfelt indie pop anthems that sparkle and shimmer with vivacity. His new single, ‘Hurt Me Harder’ is no exception: a bright bouncy track with a cyclic riff that has a thread of deep yearning throughout, aided by Fitzgerald’s velvet tonsils. A saxophone burst adds a lounge room burnish …
News: Teenage Dads unveil new single ‘Speedracer’ on announcement of expansive Australian and New Zealand tour
Teenage Dads, currently touring UK, Ireland & Europe,have unveiled a science fiction-inspired new single ‘Speedracer’, and the announcement of a huge 30-stop national headline tour across Australia & New Zealand over August – September of this year, playing to their biggest venues to date. ‘Speedracer’ is a louche, funky track that seems to be imbued …
Track: Everything is ‘Bright’ for New Zealand’s Marmalade: a shimmering tasty dollop of sweet indie pop, with launch date announced.
Tāmaki Makaurau-based five-piece band Marmalade today release their new single ‘Bright’ – a jangly sparkling track laden with a dusting of melancholy and the sweetest harmonies to ever nest inside your head. With a chorus more expansive and beautiful than the Southern Alps, this is a shimmering piece of pure antipodean indie pop that floats …
Premiere: We are in the Big League now with their new single ‘Dine Out On The Subdivide’ and single launch party.
It is with the greatest of pleasure that we premiere the new single from Melbourne’s venerable Big League, the intriguingly titled ‘Dine Out On The Subdivide’. Driven by a wall of fuzzy guitars and pattering drums, the song crackles with a vitality and power – the high voltage riffs driven by powerful passionate harmony of …
Track: ‘Shit’s a Thing’ – Super American Eagle are back with a vengeance with an excoriating single and live date.
We premiered Super American Eagle‘s debut single ‘Yes’ last year which received an enormous amount of interest and cleared out a few cobwebs from the brain. And that’s not surprising given the key constituents of the band. The band, based in Melbourne, consists of The Dandy Warhol’s drummer Bent DeBoer, Courtney Barnette’s drummer (playing bass) Dave …
News: Living icon Ed Kuepper announces reissue of classic solo albums ‘Electrical Storm’ and ‘Honey Steel’s Gold’ and Australian tour.
The legendary and iconic Ed Kuepper has been a vital cog in the wheel of Australian indie music ever since forming The Saints in 1973 – releasing what is often argued as the first ever punk single ‘I’m Stranded’ – and a body of extraordinary work in the innovative Laughing Clowns, The Aints and as a …
Premiere: Jordan Wilson (Georgia Fair) unveils the eloquent track ‘Newcastle’ – an epic and immersive journey.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Newcastle’ from Jordan Wilson (part of duo Georgia Fair). The almost Middle Eastern instrumental at the beginning gives way to Wilson’s half spoken delivery over dappling guitars, telling visceral tales of an imagined journey to the eponymous city with a depiction of manhood, alcoholism and masculinity. It’s …