Backseat Downunder
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: Lost Paradise is back with a bang!
Lost Paradise is back with a colossal line-up including Arctic Monkeys and Lil Nas X!
News: HOT DREAMS Festival to fire up Brisbane’s Princess Theatre in June: Featuring Lucy Dacus, Cate Le Bon, Andy Shauf, Glass Beams, Pinch Points + More
Jet Black Cat Music, Handsome Tours and The Princess Theatre are excited to announce HOT DREAMS – an all-new, multi-stage, one-day festival happening at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Saturday 11 June. The inaugural festival is brought to you by the same team behind the beloved Nine Lives Festival. HOT DREAMS will give Brisbane’s music and …
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: …
News: Yeah Yeah Yeah it’s True! Yeah Yeah Yeahs have signed with Secretly Canadian and will release new music later this year!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs back with tour and new music later this year!
Album Review: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets release the fluid brilliance of ‘Night Gnomes’
I had the pleasure of witnessing Psychedelic Porn Crumpets turn a sold-out Factory Theatre to pure liquid chaos the night before this album was released. Playing songs old and new, it was celebratory for the occasion. ‘Night Gnomes’ came out fittingly at midnight, lurking in the quiet darkness, waiting for the prime listeners to play …
Track: Something to get your hips moving – Warpaint release new track
Track: Warpaint want to get your ‘Hips’ moving. Release new track off upcoming album and announce tour.
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 …