Backseat Downunder
Live Review & Gallery: Enmore dissolves into a dreamscape with Slowdive and Beach Fossils, Sydney 6.05.2025
Beach Fossils and Slowdive Make a Case for the Beauty of Melancholy
Live Review & Gallery: New Model Army Set Mary’s Underground Ablaze in Furious Return 4.05.2025
Political Fire and Punk Energy: New Model Army Hit Sydney With Operation Ibis in Tow
Album Review: Heligoland’s Karen Vogt releases the shimmering, ambient solo album ‘Haunted Woodland, Volume 5’.
Australian-born Karen Vogt plays in the Melbourne dream pop shoegaze band Heligoland – who a few years back toured Europe and forgot to return home, ending up based in Paris. And while Heligoland have been relatively quite (although there is movement on the horizon), Vogt has continued to explore the world of atmospheric, ambient dreamy …
Track: ‘Set You Up’ – Kat Greta radiates a blinding percussive pop blast with her new single.
Kat Greta is a much admired artist here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia for her pure pop songwriting craft and radiance, evident ever since we premiered her debut video for the track ‘Let It Go’ back in 2022. A common theme in our reviews of her music is observing her blinding luminescence that …
News: Mosh, Sway, Rave, Repeat: Spilt Milk’s 2025 Lineup Is a Monster
Headliners include Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, Sara Landry, Dominic Fike, and ScHoolboy Q.
Joining them are d4vd, Nessa Barrett, Skin On Skin, sombr, Club Angel, The Rions, South Summit, and Sofia Isella.
Also appearing: Baby J, Chance Peña, Don West, Ennaria, Esha Tewari, Lyric, Mia Wray, Ninajirachi, Rebecca Black, Rum Jungle, and The Dreggs.
Track: AI, Anxiety, and the Art of the Ambush: SOFIA ISELLA drops ‘Crowd Caffeine’
Sofia Isella’s ‘Crowd Caffeine’ Is the Sound of the Algorithm Coming for You
News: Dear Seattle’s TOY Tour Set to Kick Off With a Full Tank of Riffs and Emotion
The Countdown Is Over: Dear Seattle Hit the Road This Week With Heart Attack Man in Tow
Track: The Itch Are Back: Signed, Sealed and Synthy
Signed and (Re)Delivered: The Itch Resurface With Twinned Club Anthems
News: Spilt Milk 2025 Locks in Dates, Lineup Coming Soon
The Countdown Is On: Spilt Milk Festival Returns This Summer With a Mystery Lineup
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Ringlets unveil second thundering single ‘Street Massage’ off their forthcoming album.
New Zealand’s Ringlets recently announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the second delicious tempting morsel, the single ‘Street Message. It follows the earlier single ‘Heavenly Wheel’ (reviewed by me here). Ringlets have that classic Dunedin sound and …