Backseat Downunder
Track: Christchurch band There’s A Tuesday unveil the delightfully dreamy and fey anthemic track ‘Baby Blue’.
There’s A Tuesday add to the burgeoning dream pop scene emanating from New Zealand with the absolutely delightful new single ‘Baby Blue’. A track filled with a sense of whimsy and sparkle, ‘Baby Blue’ is a catchy anthemic tune imbued with a sense of yearning, depicting the exquisite pain of love and missed opportunities: Baby …
Track: No Setting Sun release cover ‘Come Together’
No Setting Sun release cover version of ‘Come Together’
Live: Wha Cup – Snails, Palmerston North, 25.03.2022
Powerhouse duo, Wha Cup, showed their hometown what they are made of at Snails in Palmerston North on Friday night for their first ever hometown show. Supporting Wha Cup and kicking off the night was newly formed local band The Fire in Me, with their charismatic frontman showing Palmy what they are made of! These guys are …
Track: Brisbane’s Dopamine return with the anthemic blast of ‘Turn You Heart’ and tour news.
Following up last year’s effervescent single ‘Strange Situation’, Brisbane indie band Dopamine return with the thumping track ‘Turn Your Heart’. Chiming guitars and mountainous choruses combine to create a rousing anthem, with Dopamine’s genetic links to Britpop/madchester guitar driven epics on full display. Fin Miller (lyrics and vocals) says of the track: This song was pieced …
Track: Sydney’s legendary nineties heroes Caligula return with the blistering single ‘World on Fire’.
Caligula‘s brand of thrilling electro grunge reached its apotheosis in the early nineties with the album ‘Rubenesque’, and having burned so brightly, the band went into hiatus until reforming to support Pop Will Eat Itself’s (PWEI) Australian tour in 2018 with founding members Ashley Rothschild and Jamie Fonti. A few live shows have followed, signifying …
Track: Christchurch’s T.G. Shand is back to transfix us with her mesmerising lush sounds in new track ‘Little Sieve’.
Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label) sends out the most delightful sonic missives in the name of T.G. Shand. We here at Backseat Mafia have been transfixed by her stream of jangling, sparkling singles over the past year (‘The Ease‘, ‘Lemony‘ and ‘Seats‘). Her new single …
EP: Auckland’s Silk Cut shape out another elegant dream pop delight in new EP ‘panda’.
Last year’s ‘astronaut’, the debut EP from New Zealand’s enigmatic Silk Cut (reviewed by me here) was a hazy dreamy introduction to a band that has, amongst its constituent members, a breadth of experience. Singer/guitarist Andrew Thorne has played with Modern Chair – a collaboration between him and another veteran of the NZ music scene, Wayne Bell. …
Album Review: Aldous Harding – Warm Chris – Fire Walk with Me
Aldous Harding’s ‘Warm Chris’ is an early contender for album of the year.
News: Is there anything this man cannot do? Perfume Genius announces new album & short film
Perfume Genius is no mere mortal – embarks on global tour and releases new album and short film.