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Track: Polish Club unveils poppy new dance floor filler with a dark heart – ‘Stop For A Minute’

Sydney duo Polish Club have released a unabashedly dance floor filler of a single in ‘Stop For A Minute’, one that, despite the apparent gloss, deals with some not so…

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EP: Elle Músa’s gorgeous ‘sun, sun,sun’ is filled with dappled filtered sunshine and hints of melancholia

Brisbane’s Elle Músa has released an EP that literally sparkles and shines like the sun on the Queensland coast. A bucolic and sleepy air hangs over the EP – but…

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Track: Flyying Colours release the shimmering ‘OK’ on the eve of new album ‘Fantasy Country’

Anticipation is building for the new album ‘Fantasy Country’ by Australian shoegaze exponents Flyying Colours, heightened by the release of the track ‘OK’. This shimmering, glowing track offers a tantalizing…

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Track: Marveline returns with ‘Our Parade’ – another smashing power pop track

Last year, Marveline, the solo work of Sydney artist Pete Marley, released the debut album ‘Savoury-toothed Tiger’, premiered on Backseat Mafia. It was a pop powered package of good humour…

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Premiere: Balcony’s Paradise release laid back cover ‘It Must Be True Love’

Balcony’s Paradise are premiering their cover of the Toots and the Maytals song ‘It Must Be True Love’ – a version so laid back it’s almost supine. There is a…

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Premiere: Nocturnal Animals release the blazing single ‘Articuno Makes Waves’

We are honoured to premiere the new single from Adelaide band Nocturnal Animals, ‘Articuno Makes Waves’, due out on Friday, 19 February 2021. The mysterious masked Nocturnal Animals made their…

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Premiere: Damien Binder follows up his indie anthem ‘Here It Is’ with a brilliant and evocative video

Damien Binder‘s anthemic track ‘Here It is’ was recently premiered by Backseat Mafia – in my review I wrote it was an extremely satisfying indie rock track with a hint…

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News: Crowded House announces new album ‘Dreamers are Waiting’ and release exciting new track.

In very exciting news, New Zealand legends Crowded House have made a surprise announcement of a new album called ‘Dreamers are Waiting’. This is their first studio album in more…

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Track: The Bamboos effortlessly reinvent ‘Ride on Time’ with an organic, funky analogue style

I remember feeling deeply uncomfortable in the late eighties when I first heard Black Box’s ‘Ride on Time’. There I was, covered in black and an attitude, wearing Docs and…

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Album Review: Kilbey/Kennedy release the spectacular album Jupiter 13 – a sci-fi journey cloaked in a psychedelic indie shimmer.

If there was any doubt about the ability of The Church’s Steve Kilbey to eat, sleep and dream brilliant music without limit, this new album with long time collaborator Martin…

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