Backseat Downunder
Premiere: With a forecast for sunshine, Perth’s Bad Weather reveal the expansive anthemic ‘Flowers In Your Room’ and announce live dates.
We are very pleased to premiere the tasty morsel of indie alt pop from Boorloo/Perth band Bad Weather. ‘Flowers In Your Room’ combines an indelible anthemic thunder with a yearning melancholia: the perfect ingredients for a perfect pop song. Coupled with an oceanic wave of guitars and an insistent rhythm section, Bad Weather have cast …
Premiere: The magnificent Key Out return with the ethereal single ‘Face’ and news of signing to the iconic False Peaks Records label. A match made in musical heaven.
We are absolutely catatonic with joy to be able to bring you the first listen to the new single ‘Face’ from Sydney band Key Out – one of the most exciting and underrated antipodean bands in recent times. And if that wasn’t enough to gladden a heavy heart, Key Out have announced they have signed …
Track: Hope D releases new single ‘Emerald’ off upcoming Debut Album
Hope D releases new track ‘Emerald’ off her upcoming debut album.
Premiere: Supergroup Super American Eagle, with members from The Dandy Warhols, Courtney Barnett’s band and Immigrant Union, exclusively unveil their blistering debut track ‘Yes’. Filthy and furious fun.
We are very honoured to bring you an exclusive first listen to the debut single from Super American Eagle – a band consisting of The Dandy Warhol’s drummer Bent DeBoer, Courtney Barnette’s drummer (playing bass) Dave Mudie and front man/guitarist Bob Harrow from Immigrant Union. And such an explosive union could only come up with …
Premiere: Drummer/songwriter Kat Greta emits a bright ray of sunshine in the video for her debut track ‘Let It Go’, and announces EP and live dates
Kat Greta is by trade a drummer and songwriter who exclusively unveils for Backseat Mafia the video for her debut single ‘Let It Go’, sung by Melbourne’s Charlie Lane. His voice lends the song a dusky, edgy, whiskey-soaked tone to the driving, restless music that swells beneath. Greta’s steady and patterned rhythms form the spine …
Track: Newcastle quintet, DUST, release powerful new single “The Gutter”.
The Gutter is an industrial post-punk banger which spits venom from the very opening notes of its’ guitar intro, continuing at a frenetic pace throughout its’ electrifying two and a half minutes duration. Dust‘s most sophisticated song to date, The Gutter has shown another exciting side to the development of this young Newcastle band still …
Meet: Barnaby Weir from The Black Seeds chats about hope, building grooves and finding meaning with their long awaited album “Love and Fire” and nationwide tour.
Aotearoa’s Barnaby Weir has earnt his place as the humble, iconic and supremely talented national treasure and “chef” to such epic musical projects as The Black Seeds and Fly my Pretties. “Love & Fire” is a long awaited and much welcomed gift created over a collectively challenging time. The release of the album and nationwide …
EP Review: As We Leave release new EP ‘Stop Making Plans’
Four friends from the Isle of Wight merge Blur, Beach House, the La’s and their own shared history to produce a an EP packed with glorious acoustic shoegaze anthems.
Premiere: Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) unveils single and video for the shimmering and poignant track ‘Graduation Day’, featuring Little Birdy’s Katy Steele.
It’s a real treat to premiere the new video and single from the enigmatic Kav Temperley, the front man for one of Australia’s most enduring and endearing indie bands, Eskimo Joe. The fact that it features Katy Steele from another beloved indie institution, Little Birdy, is a pure golden filigree on the surface. This is …
Track: Sir Jude captures the Zeitgeist with her new track ‘Madonna’
Sir Jude to release euphoric new track ‘Madonna’ that perfectly captures the Zeitgeist