News: Indie power pop royalty Sunnyboys announce Australian tour in July.
The appropriately named Sunnyboys – the band that possibly did more to bring indie guitar music in a power pop guise into the mainstream in the eighties in Australia than other band – have announced an Australia wide tour. They will be supported by the venerable Even in Sydney and Melbourne while former Screaming Tribesman …
Track: Brisbane’s DARLING. releases the atmospheric and chilling double singles ‘Illusions’/’Isolating’, and announces launch date.
DARLING. is the bedroom project of Caitlin Finn (ex-Dorothy and Dog) and Joel Glazebrook (Edith Thomas Furey – a long time favourite here at Backseat Mafia), and features music that has a dark post-punk edge. They have just released a double single that showcases their brooding enigmatic sound: an edgy and goth-tinged sonic beast that …
Premiere: Sydney’s Big Wheels debut with a shimmering and jangling ‘Chain of Fire’.
We are very pleased to premiere the debut single ‘Chain of Fire’ from Sydney band Big Wheels. This is a stunning entre to the world of Big Wheels: an alt country flavour with yearning, layered vocals and harmonies ringing out over jangling, shimmering instrumentation. It is a track that sparkles like jewels in the sun. …
News: The Pierce Brothers unveil the stately and anthemic single ‘When It All Goes Away’ ahead of European tour and EP news.
There is no better proponents of a unique and distinctive style of energised indie folk rock than the Pierce Brothers, and their new single ‘When It All Goes Away’ reveals another more sultry and slow burning side that infuses indelible pop melodies with a sense of yearning and loss. Jack Pierce says of the track: …
Track: Tan Cologne make a welcome return with shimmering and evocative new track ‘Topaz Wave’ and news of new album through Labrador Records.
It’s been a while since the stunning New Mexican duo Tan Cologne released the brilliance of their debut album ‘Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico’ back in 2020. One of the outstanding releases of that year, I called it a thing of ethereal beauty, saying that there was something in the spaces between the …
Track: Brisbane’s Full Power Happy Hour turn up the sunshine to eleven with ‘Siblings’ and announce series of launch dates.
Listening to Brisbane’s Full Power Happy Hour is like having pure sunshine poured into the ears: sonic rays of joy that sets the feet twitching and the face radiating joy. There’s a rough hewn edge to ‘Siblings’ – a low-fi thrum that instills a carefree sense of joy and a sepia-coloured tone of nostalgia and …
Track: Sydney’s legendary Caligula are back with ‘Invisible’: a stately and anthemic piece of goth-laced groove. Catch them live this month – seeing is believing.
Like a fine wine maturing, the legendary Caligula are simply getting better in their renaissance. They were brightly burning stars in the nineties and, after a long hiatus, are back on the boards with founding members Ashley Rothschild and Jamie Fonti, and some very seasoned additions – guitarist Mark Tobin (The Finalists, Steve Kilbey) and …
News: Lindy Morrison (The Go-Betweens) joins The Girl With The Replaceable Head in the UK for series of gigs in May
UK outfit The Girl With The Replaceable Head released a delicious album last year entitled ‘Love’s Lost Lovers Lost’ – a shimmering collection of delicate indie pop songs including a simmering cover of The Saints’ classic ‘(I’m ) Stranded’. The album features the legendary Lindy Morrison (The Go-Betweens and Cleopatra Wong) on drums, and the …
Premiere: We give you an exclusive listen to the self-titled EP from Iain T. McKelvey & The Midnight Tangos with launch news.
We are honoured to be able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new self-titled EP from Sydney’s Iain T. McKelvey & the Midnight Tangos (ITMMT) due for general release tomorrow (Friday, 29 April 2022). ITMMT have a genre-defying style – a mix of alt country mixed in with a gothic edge: a touch …
Track: EGOISM release the shimmering and poignant track ‘2016-2018’ ahead of Australian tour.
EGOISM‘s ‘2016-2018’ is a beautiful reflective track that seems to perfectly capture feelings of melancholy and contemplation of times past: the way our history can define us and memories can overwhelm you with a sense of yearning and regret. Ultimately, however, it is a song about survival and growth, with a bleak depiction of a …