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New releases from Australia and New Zealand
News: Meanjin/Brisbane artist Rinse announces new EP ‘Sinker’ and asks ‘Does The World Even See Me?’ in shimmering new single, with live dates ahead.
Rinse – the nom de plume of the multi-talented Joe Agius is a firm favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia’s antipodean outpost – his 2021 EP ‘Wherever I Am’…
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Track: A Swift Farewell return with another thumping emotive track ‘Like This (I Don’t Wanna Die)’
Following a rejuvenation and a welcome return with ‘Sorry’ earlier this year, Eora/Sydney band A Swift Farewell return to say hello with new track ‘Like This (I Don’t Wanna Die)’.…
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Track: New Zealand’s incomparable Office Dog are off the leash with new track and video ‘Gleam’ ahead of northern hemisphere release of debut album ‘Spiel’.
There is a lot of justified hype about the New Zealand band Office Dog, signed to the legendary Flying Nun label in the southern hemisphere and with genetic roots to that mecca…
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Live Gallery + Review: Melbourne’s The Woodland Hunters album launch at The Union Hotel, Brunswick 14.10.2023
The Woodland Hunters launched their fourth album, Small Mercies with much aplomb to an adoring audience at The Union Hotel in Brunswick (Melbourne/naarm) on Saturday evening. Making their way through…
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Live Review & Gallery: Tumbleweed w/ Nunchukka Superfly & TBX, Crowbar 230923
Tumbleweed fans were treated to an impromptu gig at Crowbar a couple of weeks back. A last minute cancellation saw the 90s favourites called into battle with only 2 weeks…
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Live Review and Gallery: DMA’s, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 15/10/2023
There’s a certain frisson of excitement detectable when you see a band play its hometown, and tonight’s performance by Sydney’s DMA’s was no exception. You cannot help but imagine that…
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Live Review and Gallery: Fazerdaze, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 15/10/2023
I can’t deny my adulation of New Zealand’s Fazerdaze (the project of Amelia Murray) ever since the release of the album ‘Morningside’ on one of my favourite labels, Flying Nun…
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