Backseat Downunder
Premiere: Joshua Murphy’s haunting and atmospheric track ‘The Fault Was Lain There Too’ gains a chilling black-laced gothic video, released ahead of debut EP ‘Lowlands’.
We are very pleased to premiere the video for the track ‘The Fault Was Lain There Too’ from Australian-born Berlin resident, the multi-Instrumentalist and songwriter Joshua Murphy. The track is a dark gothic tale with a velvet soft delivery and a haunting refrain. Like compatriot Nick Cave, the tone is that of a southern preacher, …
Track: New Melbourne supergroup, The Silversound (Shane O’Mara, Andrew Tanner, Stu Thomas & Leroy Cope) invite us to sway along to trippy first song, Shaker, taken from imminent “debut” album.
It is time to slip on your go-go swamp boots for Shaker, the electrifying lead track from The Silversound’s imminent debut album. Erupting like an overdriven lava lamp at the hyperventilating end of a blossoming psychedelic trip, Shaker is an ecstatic top-down monster truck groove with fast funk propulsion and a soul-tinted female chorus that wraps your head in silk and …
Track: Lime Cordiale Release New Single ‘Colin’
Lime Cordiale have teamed up with Colin Hay on new their new track.
Album Review: Alannah Russack’s Entropy Band (The Hummingbirds, Aerial Maps) radiates stately beauty in the epic ‘As Memories Pass Each Other’.
The Hummingbirds have a permanent place in the annals of indie rock history in Australia, shining brightly but altogether too briefly for a period in the late eighties early nineties (check out their single ‘Blush‘). The band’s singer/guitarist Alannah Russack, along with her magnificent Entropy Band, has been laying a glorious trail of breadcrumbs over the last …
News: Paolo Nutini announced to play State Theatre, Sydney in April 2023.
Bluesfest Touring have announced the return of Paolo Nutini to Australian shores after an absence of eight long years, with the singer-songwriter often referred to as a superstar in waiting, to play at the State Theatre, Sydney this coming April. Touring his 2022 album Last Night In the Bittersweet, Paolo Nutini’s fans were brought to tears …
News: Second and final Sydney show announced for Buddy Guy’s ‘Damn Right Farewell’ Australian Tour.
Bluesfest Touring, due to popular demand, has announced a final show for Buddy Guy at the State Theatre, Sydney after the sell-out of previously-announced performances in Melbourne and Sydney. This final concert on Friday 14th April at Sydney’s State Theatre, will give fans their last ever opportunity to see Buddy play in Australia on his appropriately named, ‘Damn Right …
Track: Who is ‘The Weatherman’? An anthemic and passionate single from Hein Cooper and Noel N. Butler, along with news of a launch date
Introduced by First Nations Ulladulla / Yuin elder Uncle Noel Butler, inviting the four winds torise in his indigenous Dhurga language at the song’s beginning, the new single ‘The Weatherman’ is a powerful and compelling anthem exploring the battle between nature and humanity from singer/songwriter Hein Cooper. This is a magnificent track: building up slowly …
EP Review: Holly Hebe’s debut ‘Party Mix’ is an achingly beautiful collection of dreamy pop morsels.
Holly Hebe has graced these pages a few times – her collaboration with Ivoris and Zhuli in the track ‘Supervillain‘ earlier this year was a pop delight, and her single last year ‘I Tried to Give You Ways To Love Me‘ was a dreamy reverie. Hebe has now released her debut EP ‘Party Mix’, and …
Premiere: It’s all ‘Black & White’ for Sydney singer/songwriter Charlie Gradon – a thundering anthemic world. Plus live shows anounced.
We are honoured to premiere the scything, visceral single and video for ‘Black & White’ from Sydney singer/songwriter Charlie Gradon today. This is an epic and grand track – Gradon’s voice is high and impassioned with a searing quality, driving a dynamic melody and thundering rhythms in a relentless onslaught. Gradon has a mesmerising enigmatic …